English PYQ — Page 417

31,271 questions across SSC exams.

  1. SSC Stenographer • 2024

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 2.

  2. SSC CGL • 2020

    Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. CONDESCENDING

  3. SSC CPO • 2023

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. A machine had been developed by Dr. John Gibbon in the US after twenty years.

  4. SSC MTS • 2024

    Who is properly known as the ‘Grand Old Lady’ of the Independence Movement?

  5. SSC CGL • 2018

    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'. So, the next time you are eating sushi, (1)/ you…

  6. SSC Stenographer • 2022

    Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. I'm so hungry I could eat lots of food.

  7. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Fill in the blank with the correctly spelt word. The king's __ reign led to widespread unrest among the people.

  8. SSC MTS • 2023

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. And his __ manner should not be mistaken for a lack of energy.

  9. SSC Stenographer • 2024

    Identify the error in the given sentence and select the correct sentence from the given options. Tide pool is a isolated pocket of water that is formed when sea water becomes trapped as tide goes out.

  10. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Read the passage and answer the questions: The explanation of a work is always sought in the man or woman who produced it, as if it were always, in the end, through the voice of a single person that literature spoke: through the voice of a single person and…

  11. SSC CPO • 2025

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 2.

  12. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Fill in the blank with most appropriate option: This mountain is ___ than the one we climbed last year.

  13. SSC Stenographer • 2024

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

  14. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: The novel which had remained unpublished for decades (1)/ was discovered by chance in a locked drawer (2)/ and were later translated into multiple languages (3)/ by a well-known critic. (4)

  15. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Read the passage and answer the questions: Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort. Left to its own devices, the brain will try to make almost any routine into a habit, because habits allow our minds to…

  16. SSC MTS • 2024

    On 16 February 2023, who was sworn in as the new Governor of Sikkim at Raj Bhawan, Gangtok?

  17. SSC MTS • 2023

    The statement below has been given with bracketed text. Select the option with the correct idiom for the bracketed text. That new budget bill was (totally useless) before it hit the Senate.

  18. SSC MTS • 2023

    Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words. Extreme physical or mental suffering

  19. SSC MTS • 2026

    Which of the following was the first American astronaut, who set foot on moon?

  20. SSC MTS • 2026

    What happened to Bahadur Shah Zafar after the revolt of 1857 was put down by the British East India Company?

  21. SSC MTS • 2026

    Which organization developed the SCOT mission in January 2025?

  22. SSC CGL • 2016

    The friend told the poor man about the jewel and____him to look for it

  23. SSC Stenographer • 2024

    Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error. Sanchit has been read since early morning for his class test.

  24. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: 'To go through fire and water'

  25. SSC Stenographer • 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 cashier admitted that he was make a mistake.

  26. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Choose the correct idiom for the word highlighted in bold. Upon observing the growing popularity of electric vehicles, most conventional car companies chose to jump on the bandwagon and launch their own models.

  27. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    The correct meaning of the phrase 'Run riot' implies:

  28. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: 'By fits and starts'

  29. SSC MTS • 2026

    What is the minimum temperature at which a solid melts to become liquid at the atmospheric pressure known as?

  30. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Fill in the blank with most appropriate tense: The train ___ before we reached the station.

  31. SSC MTS • 2023

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Mr. Sharma opened the door of the stove to ____.

  32. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: 'To flog a dead horse'

  33. SSC Stenographer • 2022

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. He had not committed the mistake.

  34. SSC MTS • 2023

    Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No Improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct. You'll have to brakes hard when you go down the hill.

  35. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    What is the fear of spiders known as?

  36. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Fill in the blank with suitable preposition: She strolled __ the road.

  37. SSC MTS • 2026

    What is the first law of motion also known as?

  38. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Which is the correct spelling for a word meaning 'capable of being done'?

  39. SSC MTS • 2023

    Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Eventually, the water will ___ through the surrounding concrete.

  40. SSC CGL • 2020

    Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order. A. Some people love to watch birds or fish, but I love to watch how men and women behave. B. I love to watch people. C. I have the habit of observing everything they do…

  41. SSC MTS • 2023

    A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate option. Choose the correct alternative. ___ months later, Steve returned to New York to look for a job.

  42. SSC Stenographer • 2023

    The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. You can have accused / me of being lazy, / but I will not finish / the project right now.

  43. SSC CPO • 2024

    Select the correct option to substitute the given set of words. one who cannot be corrected

  44. SSC MTS • 2026

    What is the name of the two spacecrafts involved in the Proba-3 mission?

  45. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Fill in the blank with most appropriate phrasal verb: The teacher asked the students to ___ their assignments.

  46. SSC Stenographer • 2024

    Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Select the option that arranges the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. Before we could react or comprehend, the waters had wiped out all the shanties on…

  47. SSC CGL • 2018

    The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options. P: People celebrate it as a two-day festival; first day as…

  48. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Read the passage and answer the questions: "It is with deep regret that we report a terrible fire which, early on Sunday morning, destroyed a large part of the well-known Borough Market. Although the fire brigades worked hard all through the night, the…

  49. SSC CGL • 2018

    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'. A focused programme to universalize education and…

  50. SSC MTS • 2026

    'HTT-40', developed by HAL is a _.