SSC CGL Free Mock Test 1 | Answer With Explanations

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SSC - MOCK TEST 

M.M. – 100

Time – 1 Hours  

English

Directions : - In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. Your answer is (4) i.e., No error.

Ques. 1-

1. He is a university professor
2. but of his three sons
3. neither has any merit.
4. No error

Ans: (3)

Explanation: “Neither” is used for comparing two entities. For more than two entities, “none” is used.

Ques. 2- The hotel was not too expensive, ---------

1. was it ?
2. wasn’t it ?
3. is it ?
4. isn’t it ?

Ans: (a)

Explanation: “Was it” is used to reconfirm a statement and the statement is followed by a question. In case of a positive statement, a negative question tag will be used and vice versa.

Ques. 3- Like humans, zoo animals must have a dentist ----- their teeth.

1. Fill
2. Filled
3. Filling
4. to be filled

Ans: (a)

Explanation: “must have a dentist fill their teeth” is the correct use of tense.

Ques. 4- It was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you ---- it.

1. didn’t have to do
2. hadn’t to do
3. mightn’t have done
4. mustn’t have done

Ans: (d)

Explanation: “mustn’t” adds meaning to another verb. It is used when we need to avoid doing something or while telling someone not to do it. Other options are grammatically incorrect.

Ques. 5- He went ---- sea alone.

1. in 
2. to
3. into
4. on

Ans: (b)

Explanation: The preposition “to” is used to show destination and should be used in this sentence.

Ques. 10- The --- of our civilization from an agricultural society to today’s complex industrial world was accompanied by war.

1. Adjustment
2. migration
3. route
4. metamorphosis

Ans: (d)

Explanation: “metamorphosis” means a form resulting from any change and is the most suitable word to be used here.

Directions : In the following questions choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

Ques. 6- FLORID

1. weak
2. Pale
3. Monotonous
4. Ugly

Ans: (b)

Explanation: FLORID means showy or excessively ornate. PALE means lacking in color and is the antonym of FLORID.

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