English PYQ — Page 279

31,271 questions across SSC exams.

  1. SSC CGL • 2022

    The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. He always / aimed highly / in life.

  2. SSC CPO • 2024

    Select the most appropriate synonym of the word in brackets to fill in the blank. Her million-dollar wedding was a ____ display of wealth. (pompous)

  3. SSC Selection Post • 2023

    Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  4. SSC CHSL • 2025

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect voice. The captain said, 'We have been sailing in these choppy waters for two days, and we expect that the storm, which is now on the horizon, will hit us in a few hours.'

  5. SSC GD • 2023

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. He is determined to__ any kind of task to prove his talent

  6. SSC GD • 2024

    Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option. Calpurnia scratched in her handbag and brought _____ a battered leather coin purse.

  7. SSC CPO • 2022

    Select the most appropriate idiom from the following options that can substitute the underlined part of the given sentence. It is his first interview, so he has a nervous feeling.

  8. SSC CPO • 2023

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. To have a strong emotional effect on.

  9. SSC CHSL • 2023

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. People were ____ to safe places by the rescue team after the earthquake.

  10. SSC CHSL • 2024

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The teacher asked the students to __ electricity by switching off lights when they left the room.

  11. SSC CGL • 2022

    Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Frenzy

  12. SSC CHSL • 2022

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Unselfish interest in the welfare of others

  13. SSC CPO • 2024

    Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence to improve it. If no improvement is required, select ‘No improvement required’. She has given a brilliant dance performance last week.

  14. SSC CHSL • 2019

    Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. But when their short racing careers are over, greyhounds are adopted as household pets. B. Greyhound racing is a popular spectator sport in the…

  15. SSC CPO • 2022

    Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Addicted

  16. SSC CGL • 2023

    Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  17. SSC CHSL • 2025

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect voice. He said to her, 'If you can solve this puzzle, I will give you the prize that I was planning to give away all along.'

  18. SSC CGL • 2025

    Choose the correct one-word substitution for: 'A building where dead bodies are kept temporarily'.

  19. SSC CPO • 2022

    Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’. The customers paid a high price for the clothes they bought by the boutique.

  20. SSC CGL • 2024

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words. The soldier struck the enemy with the short sword fixed onto the end of the gun.

  21. SSC CHSL • 2023

    Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Imminent

  22. SSC GD • 2023

    Select the correct word for the blanks in the given sentence. A ___ is a nocturnal animal and a ___ is needed for the game of cricket.

  23. SSC CHSL • 2023

    Select the most appropriate homophone to fill in the blank. The dog took a __ during his walk and lifted his __ to indicate that he was tired.

  24. SSC MTS • 2019

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No Improvement. For her, money is only the means to an end.

  25. SSC CGL • 2016

    In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'. Madhu lived in Mumbai (A)/ since 1970 to 1985, (B)/…

  26. SSC CPO • 2019

    Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. REDUNDANT

  27. SSC GD • 2023

    Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. The mob broke up the norms of the country.

  28. SSC CHSL • 2022

    Identify the option that arranges the given parts in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. a) Further, loud music is also a cause of noise pollution b) Noise pollution is the result of aircraft and heavy traffic. c) which has been…

  29. SSC CGL • 2022

    The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. No sooner did / the child start crying / then the mother / hugged him.

  30. SSC CGL • 2024

    Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word. I would love to organize the farewell party at my house

  31. SSC Selection Post • 2022

    The writer found the online course useful because he __.

  32. SSC GD • 2019

    Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. Humans have natural ___ to coordinate their movements with music.

  33. SSC CHSL • 2021

    Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. STRETCH

  34. SSC CHSL • 2025

    Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: A part of the rural population are migrated to the cities.

  35. SSC Selection Post • 2022

    Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. She was busy with preparations for lunch when Bryan walked in. B. Lucy went straight to the kitchen on…

  36. SSC GD • 2019

    Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Cutting corners

  37. SSC CGL • 2021

    Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’. The news are true.

  38. SSC CHSL • 2025

    Choose the correct passive voice transformation of the sentence: People say that she will make a great leader someday.

  39. SSC CPO • 2023

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A person who eats too much

  40. SSC CHSL • 2023

    Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence. The ruins of this building do tell us the story of a defunct organisation.

  41. SSC MTS • 2022

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) __ the idea of ‘tipping points’ two decades ago.

  42. SSC CGL • 2019

    Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. A trade that is prohibited by law

  43. SSC CGL • 2019

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. It is hard to conceive of a more__ route than the one that this determined traveler chose to follow.

  44. SSC CHSL • 2021

    The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. We will definitely win the match / this time…

  45. SSC Selection Post • 2022

    Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A meal that is usually taken late in the morning that combines a late breakfast and an early lunch

  46. SSC GD • 2023

    Select the Incorrectly spelt word.

  47. SSC CHSL • 2019

    Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. They had come from different parts of the city. B. Men, tall and skinny, short and fat gathered in Dubai. C. They were all named Mohammad! D…

  48. SSC CGL • 2020

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (1).

  49. SSC CHSL • 2024

    Identify the most appropriate synonym of the following word. Implicate

  50. SSC Selection Post • 2024

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.