MODEL TEST PAPER FOR SSC CGL 2017

MOCK TEST FOR SSC CGL 2017

Directions (1-2): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.


1.Kamla was _____ by nature and so stayed away from all company.
(1) anti—social
(2) timid
(3) gregarious
 (4) cordial

Ans 2

2. Mohini refused to be _____ by her long infirmity.
(1) dispersed
(2) dispensed
(3) dispatched
 (4) dispirited

Ans. 4




 Direction 3 : .. Spelling test - find correct spelling
3. 1. Hygiene
2. Hygene
3. Higiene
4. Hygine
Ans. 1

Question: ( 4 -6) Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it

4. Bitter quarrel between two families existing for a long period
a. Siege
b. Feud
c. Battle
d. War
Ans. B
5. Speech delivered without preparation
a. Rhetoric
b. Oration
c. Extempore
d. Maiden Speech
Ans. C
6. One who will do any job for anyone for money
a. Mercenary
b. Recruit
c. Hoodlum
d. Merchant
Ans. A

Direction ( 7 -  10 ) Sentence Improvement
7.I hope you will be able to steer ahead of the antisocial elements.
(1) steer clear (2) steer free
(3) steer out (4) No Improvement
175. 1

8.He bowed down at the altar.
(1) next to the altar (2) No Improvement
(3) before the altar (4) infront of the altar
Ans. 3



9.They were being commanded to wait till the signal was given.
(1) commanded (2) command
(3) given command (4) No Improvement


Ans. 1


10..River Damodar in West Bengal carry the effluents from the Durgapur Industrial complex for miles.
(1) No Improvement (2) carries the effluents
(3) carries the effluence (4) carried the effluents

Ans.. 2




Direction ( 11- 14) Fill in the blanks( 11- 14)
11. It is believed that hypertension is most often the cause ____heart attack.
a. towards
b. with
c. in
d. of\
Ans. d
12. Because of low marks, he could not get admission ___any College.

a. in
b. with
c. into
d. for
Ans. a
13. Which competitor was selected for the first prize, the former or _____?

a. later
b. latter
c. the latter
d. the second
Ans. b
14. He was greatly disappointed when his proposal, on which he had worked very hard, was turned ___ by his boss.
a. up
b. over
c. down
d. off
Ans. d


Directions (Q.15-19): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below.

To those who do listen, the desert speaks of things with an emphasis quite different from that of the shore, the mountain the valley, or the plains. Whereas these invite action and suggest limitless opportunity and exhaustless resources, the implications and the mood of the desert are something different. For one thing, the desert is conservative, not radical. It is more likely to provide awe than to invite conquest. The heroism which it encourages is the heroism of the endurance, not hat of conquest. It brings man up against his limitation, turns him in upon himself and suggests values which more indulgent regions suppress. Sometimes it induces contemplation in men who have never contemplated before. And of all the answers to the question – what is desert good for – ‘contemplation’ is perhaps the best.

15. In order to receive the desert’s message, the beholder needs to be
(a) Courageous in his reaction
(b) Conservative in his responses
(c) A good listener
(d) Sensitive to nature
Ans- d

16. The desert is unique among landscapes in that in encourages only
(a) Contemplation
(b) Indolence
(c) Heroic endeavour
(d) Adventurous spirit
Ans- a

17. If one responds with insight to the mood of the desert, it evokes
(a) An inclination for deep thought
(b) The possibility of unending resources
(c) The desire for heroic conquest
(d) A sense of intense revulsion
Ans- a

18. The write calls the desert ‘conservative’ rather than ‘radical’ because it provides an environment that
(a) Inspires man to explore it
(b) Offers unlimited opportunity to conquer
(c) Tests one’s endurance
(d) Makes one gloomy
Ans- c

19. What does the phrase “it brings man up against his limitations”, mean?
(a) It makes man feel hopeless about his limitations
(b) It makes man aware of his limitations
(c) It compels man to fight against his limitations
(d) It persuades man to overcome his limitations
Ans- d
Directions (Q.20-21): In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word as your answer.

20.Harbinger
(a) counselor
(b) ascetic
(c) miser
(d) follower
ans – d (Harbinger- a forerunner of something.
ex- "these works were not yet opera but they were the most important harbinger of opera")

21.Expeditious
(a) obscure
(b) barren
(c) leisurely
(d) speedy
ans – c (expeditious- done with speed and efficiency.
 leisurely- acting or done at leisure; unhurried or relaxed.)

Directions (Q.22-25): In this section a number of sentences are given. The sentences are given in different parts. Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error in any part. No sentence has more than one error. When you find an error in any of the parts indicate your response.

22. Even on the eve of an predictable fall, a)/to everyone’s disappointment b)their leader seems to be in their elements. c)/No error d)
(a) Even on the eve of an predictable fall
(b) to everyone’s disappointment
(c) their leader seems to be in their elements
(d) No error
Ans- c (use singular pronoun 'his' in place of 'their' (second one) to make pronoun agree with its antecedent 'leader')

2.3 It is not difficult to appreciate a)/ why he endeavoured so hard to conceal b)/the traces of the crime which he committed. c)/No error d)
(a) It is not difficult to appreciate
(b) why he endeavoured so hard to hide
(c) the traces of the crime which he committed
(d) No error
Ans- c (when there are two actions in the past, the first one is in the past perfect. Hence, Substitute 'had committed' for 'committed')

24. The managing director along with other members a)/were accorded b)/a warm welcome on the plantation. c)/No error d)
(a) The managing director along with other members
(b) were accorded
(c) a warm welcome on the plantation
(d) No error
Ans- b (in the case of 'along with' verb is used according to the first subject. here 'managing director' is singular, hence singular verb will be used. that is 'was' in place of 'were')

25. Neither of these two documents a)/support your claim b)/on the property. c)/No error d)
(a) Neither of these two documents
(b) support your claim
(c) on the property
(d) No error
Ans- b (Neither' is singular hence "supports" will be used)

MOCK TEST FOR SSC CGL TIER 1 2017

MOCK TEST FOR SSC CGL TIER 1 2017

Directions ( 1-5) Spot the error
1. Always remember that a (1)/ stitch at a time (2) / saves nine. (3) / No Error (4)

Solution: (2) A stitch in time saves nine is the correct form of proverb. it means: it is better to deal with something immediately because if you wait it may become worse.

2. The fearful being was driven (1) / into a narrow lane(2) / where it was slained by the kidnapper. (3) / No Error (4)
Solution: (3) The word slay (Verb) means: to kill somebody/ something. Its past participle form is slain. Hence, where it was slain by the kidnapper should be used.

3. I was having a holiday (1) / by seashore last summer (2)/ when Iran into captain Robinson. (3)/ No error (4)
Solution: (1) Here, I was spending a holiday.....should be used.

4. The Managing Director  (1)/ of the company (2) / dispensed the Manager's services. (3) / No Error (4)
1. Solution: 3) Idiom dispense with something/ somebody means : to stop using somebody/ something. Hence, dispensed with.....will be a correct usage.

5. The river is in spate (1)/ and it has overflow (2)/ its banks. (3)/No error (4)

Solutions:  (2) The word overflow (Verb ) means: to be so full that the contents go over the sides. Its past participle form is overflowed.

Directions (Q. 6-10): In each of the following sentences there are blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pairs of words denoted by the numbers a, b, c, d and e. Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make it grammatically correct.
  1. While the machinery and state of information in medicine allows the gadgets to _____ data and give suggestion, it will be a while before we are ready to _____ doctors for serious illnesses.
1. estimate,
2. credit evaluate,
3. credence analyse,
4. trust describe, distrust figure out,
5. confidence
2. Just because energy is _____ away coal in china does not mean that the country is no longer part of the global coal _____.
1. altering,
2. bang changing,
3. collapse stagnating,
4. rise shifting,
5. boom staying,

3. There’s abundance of _____ that transferring kids to the adult criminal justice system for trial and assurance has _____ to prevent repeat offences.
1. data,
2. declined information,
3. rise disproof,
 4. developed indication,
5. finished evidence,

4. However, ‘Digital India’ will not happen even if the _____ is in place unless equal _____ is paid to what is made available at the end of the pipeline.
1. framework,
2. thinking Infrastructure,
3. attention groundwork,
4. scrutiny backbone,
5. indifference support,

5. The national calamity organization authority should come up with national guidelines for the _____ of such deaths for immediate _____ by the states.
1. prevention,
2. implementation aid,
3. effect deterrence,
4. operation avoidance,
5. usage obstruction,
Solutions
6.3
7. 4
8. 5
9. 2
10. 1
Direction ( 11-15 ) Reading comprehension
Two or three days and nights went by, 1 reckon I might say they swam by they slid along so quiet and smooth and lovely. Here is the way we put it in the time. It was a monstrous big river down there-sometimes a mile and a half wider we ran rights, and laid up and hid daytimes, soon as night was most gone we stopped navigating and tied up nearly always in the dead water under a towhead and then cut young cotton woods and willows and hid the roft with them-Then, we set out the lines. Next we slid into the river and had a swim, so as to freshen up and cool, off then we set down on the sandy bottom where the water was about knee deep and watched the daylight come. Not a sound anywhere-perfectly shill just like the whole word was asleep, only sometimes, the bullfrogs a cluttering maybe. The first thing to see, looking away over the water, was a kind of dull line- that was the woods on other side, you couldn’t make nothing else out, then a pale place in the sky, then more paleness spreading around, then the river softened up away off and warm black any more, but gray you could see little dark spots drifing along ever so far away-trading scowe and such things and long black streaks-rafts sometimes you could hear a sweep creaking, jumbled up voices, it was so still and sounds comes so far and by and by you could see a streak on the water which you know by the look of the streak that there’s snag there in a current which breaks on it and makes that streak look that way.
11. How did the days and nights go by, according to the writer?
(a) They slid along so smooth and soft and quietly
(b) They slid along so quietly and smooth and softly
(c) They slid along so quiet and smooth and lovel
(d) They slid along so smooth and quietly
12. They stopped navigating
(a) at daytime
(b) at dawn
(c) at night
(d) at dusk
13. After a swim in the moor they
(a) set down on the sandy shore and watched the daylight come
(b) set down on the sandy bottom and watched the daylight come
(c) set down on the sandy bottom where the water was about ankle deep and watched the daylight come
(d) set down on the sandy bottom where the water was about knee deep and watched the daylight come
14. In the stillness of the night
(a) the whole world was asleep
(b) a sweep creaking or jumbled up voices could be heard
(c) sound come so far
(d) the bullfrogs also were asleep
15. The streak on the water looks as it does because
(a) of a sang there in the swift current which breaks on it
(b) the streak has been swept by the swift current
(c) the swift current has broken the streak
(d) the streak has been swept by the swift current to the shore

Solutions

11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (a)


Directions: ( 16 – 19) In each of these questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence, group of words or clauses.
16. Parts of a country behind the coast or a river's banks.
(a) Swamps
(b) Archipelago
(c) Hinterland
(d) Isthmus
 Answer: c
17. A lower-area storm with high winds rotating about a centre of low atmospheric pressure
(a) Cyclone
(b) Tornado
(c) Typhoon
(d) Hurricane
 Answer: a
18. One who promotes the idea of absence of government of any kind, when every man should be a law unto himself
(a) Anarchist
(b) Belligerent
(c) Iconoclast
(d) Agnostic
Answer: a
19. Something which is not through or profound
(a) Superficial
(b) Superstitious
(c) Superfluous
(d) Supernatural
 Answer: a


Direction (Q20-24) : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been incearered . These number are printed below the passage and against each five wards are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
. It is niether the size nor the length of life which makes man …20… The growth of mind and intellect in ..21.. in proportion to the growth of the human body. The man may …22… physically the state of a giant, yet he may remain ..23.. a dwarf. The true worth of man …24… upon his action, dead and thought. 1. (a) human
(b) polite
(c) better
(d) humble
 Answer: a
2. (a) roughly
(b) usually
(c) ever
(d) never
 Answer: d
3. (a) earn
(b) attain
(c) keep
(d) grow
Answer: b
4. (a) morally
(b) spiritually
(c) socially
(d) intellectually
 Answer: d
5. (a) depends
(b) lies
(c) revolves
(d) gatheres
Answer a

25 . Find the correctly spelt word.
A.Adulation
B.Adlation
C.Aduletion
D.Addulatio
Answer: Option A

MODEL TEST PAPER FOR SSC CGL TIER 1

MODEL TEST PAPER FOR SSC CGL TIER 1

Directions (1-4): In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet. 

Q1. The father was right in giving a piece of his mind to the son. 

(a) speaking sadly 

(b) speaking angrily 

(c) speaking kindly 

(d) speaking cheerfully 

. Ans.(b): give somebody a piece of your mind: to tell someone angrily that you disapprove of something they have done

Q2. After getting a harsh scolding from his father, Raghu got down to business. 

(a) began to work seriously 

(b) joined his father’s business 

(c) started a business 

(d) became businesslike 

Ans. Ans.(a): get down to business-to begin seriously doing what you need to do

Q3. To play second fiddle

(a) To be happy, cheerful and healthy

(b) To reduce importance of one's senior

(c) To support the role and view of another person

(d) To do back seat driving

Ans.(c): play second fiddle-have a subordinate role to someone or something; be treated as less important than someone or something.

Q4. The police looked all over for him but drew a blank.

(a) did not find him

(b) put him in prison

(c) arrested him

(d) took him to court

Ans.(a) : draw a blank : to get no response; to find nothing.to fail to remember something

Directions (Q5-7): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as you answer. 

Q5.Subsume
(a)Include
(b)Assume something
(c)Imagine
(d)Substantial
Ans.(a) is the correct choice.
 Subsume means : include or absorb (something) in something else. i.e. option A
Substantial means : of considerable importance, size, or worth.

Q6.Ersatz
(a)chirpy
(b)artificial
(c)genial
(d)laceration
Ans.(b)
Ersatz means : An artificial substance used as a substitute to a natural one. 
chirpy means: Full of vigor and energy
genial means : friendly and cheerful. Pleasantly mild and warm.
laceration means:  a deep cut or tear in skin or flesh

Q7.Parochial
(a)sanguine
(b)exalting
(c)conservative
(d)bounteous
Ans.(c)
Sol. Parochial means: having a limited or narrow outlook or scope.
sanguine means : consisting of or relating to blood
bounteous means: Large-hearted or forgiving

Directions (8-10): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

8. A place where soldiers live

(a) Tanks

(b) Shacks

(c) Ordnance Depots

(d) Barracks

Ans.(d): barracks: a large building or group of buildings used to house soldiers.

9. A man who collects old and new coins.

(a) Geologist

(b) Numismatist

(c) Archaeologist

(d) Zoologist

Ans.(b): numismatics-the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals)

Q10. Regular users of places/restaurant etc.

(a) Client

(b) Clientele

(c) Often

(d) Usage

Ans.(b): Clientele-the customers of a shop, bar, or place of entertainment.

Directions (11-15): In the following questions, you have

four brief passages with 5 questions following each

passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best

answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Blame it on broken hearts and bereavement, to

mere shyness and busy routines, millions of us suffer

from some form of loneliness. Like a disease, it cuts

across class, age groups and gender, leaving very few of

us immune. And it's not Robinson Crusoe's loneliness,

where a person is cut-off from society, but it's loneliness

despite living amid dear ones and neighbours, despite

the Internet and social networking, crowded towns and

shopping malls."People can be alone without being

lonely, or lonely in a crowd", says one research paper on

the subject.

Those affected by loneliness are generally not keen

to talk about it. They feel ashamed or embarrassed or

simply do not have anyone to discuss the problem with.

"Globally, modern urban living has become more and

more individualistic and loneliness is a byproduct of it,

"says a psychologist."Relationships in present times have

become transient, the concept of extended family has

weakened and our circle of friends has narrowed."

11. Who according to the author, suffers from lonelines?

(a) Only shy people (b) Bereaved people

(c) Many people (d) A few people

12. Loneliness is like

(a) a disease (b) shyness

(c) an immunity (d) a broken heart

13. "Robinson Crusoe's loneliness" means

(a) living on an island.

(b) being cut-off from society.

(c) being hated by society.

(d) having no family.

14. Why wouldn't those affected by loneliness want to

talk about it ?

(a) They feel ashamed or have no one to discuss

with.

(b) They are too busy.

(c) No one interested.

(d) They are immune to it.

15. The author writes that

(a) people feel lonely only when they are alone.

(b) people can be alone and not feel lonely.

(c) loneliness is caused by Robinson Crusoe.

(d) the concept of extended family is still strong.

Solutions

11. (c)

12. (a)

13. (b)

14. (a)

15. (b)

Directions: (16-18): In these questions, read each

sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The

error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The

number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the

answer is (D). (Ignore errors of Punctuation, if any.)

Q16. The value of the commodity (a)/ declines (b)/ as the rate of production raises. (c)/ No error (d)

Solution: c: Instead of raises it should be rises

Q17. Before the introduction of the cinema halls, the common man (a)/ haven’t got the opportunity (b)/ to see the quality dramas.

their views. (c)/ No error. (d)

Solution: b: Instead of “haven’t got” it should be “ did not get” 

Q18. The new model of the Maruti car (a)/ costs (b)/ twice as much as last year’s model. (c)/ No error. (d)

Solution: d: No error

Q19. He hoped to finish (a)/ the assignment (b)/ in the last month but in fact he could not. (c)/ No error. (d)

Solution c: Delete in fact, as it is a superfluous, when we are using one connector “but” then there is no need to use another connector

Q20. Everybody (a)/ was in the party (b)/ enjoying themselves. (c)/ No error. (d)

Solution: c: instead of themselves it should be together

CLOZE TEST ( 21-25)

In the earlier days, some long distance trains were (21) more number of compartments. Thus making the train (22) than

even the length of platforms. Therefore, the last compartment usually (23) outside the platform. Once a person travelling

in the last compartment of such a train could not (24) tea, coffee, snacks or water as he failed to (25) on the platform.

21(a) attaching (b) shutting

(c) travelling (d) manufacturing

22(a) bigger (b) longer

(c) heavier (d) crowded

23(a) crowded (b) vacated

(c) halted (d) derailed

24(a) get (b) offer

(c) eat (d) drink

25(a) walk (b) run

(c) wait (d) alight

Solution:

21. a

22. b

23. c

24. d

25. a

MOCK TEST FOR SSC CGL 2017 TIER 1

MOCK TEST FOR SSC CGL 2017 TIER 1

Directions (1-4): In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the answer sheet. 

Q1. The father was right in giving a piece of his mind to the son. 

(a) speaking sadly 

(b) speaking angrily 

(c) speaking kindly 

(d) speaking cheerfully 

. Ans.(b): give somebody a piece of your mind: to tell someone angrily that you disapprove of something they have done

Q2. After getting a harsh scolding from his father, Raghu got down to business. 

(a) began to work seriously 

(b) joined his father’s business 

(c) started a business 

(d) became businesslike 

Ans. Ans.(a): get down to business-to begin seriously doing what you need to do

Q3. To play second fiddle

(a) To be happy, cheerful and healthy

(b) To reduce importance of one's senior

(c) To support the role and view of another person

(d) To do back seat driving

Ans.(c): play second fiddle-have a subordinate role to someone or something; be treated as less important than someone or something.

Q4. The police looked all over for him but drew a blank.

(a) did not find him

(b) put him in prison

(c) arrested him

(d) took him to court

Ans.(a) : draw a blank : to get no response; to find nothing.to fail to remember something

Directions (Q5-7): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as you answer. 

Q5.Subsume
(a)Include
(b)Assume something
(c)Imagine
(d)Substantial
Ans.(a) is the correct choice.
 Subsume means : include or absorb (something) in something else. i.e. option A
Substantial means : of considerable importance, size, or worth.

Q6.Ersatz
(a)chirpy
(b)artificial
(c)genial
(d)laceration
Ans.(b)
Ersatz means : An artificial substance used as a substitute to a natural one. 
chirpy means: Full of vigor and energy
genial means : friendly and cheerful. Pleasantly mild and warm.
laceration means:  a deep cut or tear in skin or flesh

Q7.Parochial
(a)sanguine
(b)exalting
(c)conservative
(d)bounteous
Ans.(c)
Sol. Parochial means: having a limited or narrow outlook or scope.
sanguine means : consisting of or relating to blood
bounteous means: Large-hearted or forgiving

Directions (8-10): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

8. A place where soldiers live

(a) Tanks

(b) Shacks

(c) Ordnance Depots

(d) Barracks

Ans.(d): barracks: a large building or group of buildings used to house soldiers.

9. A man who collects old and new coins.

(a) Geologist

(b) Numismatist

(c) Archaeologist

(d) Zoologist

Ans.(b): numismatics-the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals)

Q10. Regular users of places/restaurant etc.

(a) Client

(b) Clientele

(c) Often

(d) Usage

Ans.(b): Clientele-the customers of a shop, bar, or place of entertainment.

Directions (11-15): In the following questions, you have

four brief passages with 5 questions following each

passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best

answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Blame it on broken hearts and bereavement, to

mere shyness and busy routines, millions of us suffer

from some form of loneliness. Like a disease, it cuts

across class, age groups and gender, leaving very few of

us immune. And it's not Robinson Crusoe's loneliness,

where a person is cut-off from society, but it's loneliness

despite living amid dear ones and neighbours, despite

the Internet and social networking, crowded towns and

shopping malls."People can be alone without being

lonely, or lonely in a crowd", says one research paper on

the subject.

Those affected by loneliness are generally not keen

to talk about it. They feel ashamed or embarrassed or

simply do not have anyone to discuss the problem with.

"Globally, modern urban living has become more and

more individualistic and loneliness is a byproduct of it,

"says a psychologist."Relationships in present times have

become transient, the concept of extended family has

weakened and our circle of friends has narrowed."

11. Who according to the author, suffers from lonelines?

(a) Only shy people (b) Bereaved people

(c) Many people (d) A few people

12. Loneliness is like

(a) a disease (b) shyness

(c) an immunity (d) a broken heart

13. "Robinson Crusoe's loneliness" means

(a) living on an island.

(b) being cut-off from society.

(c) being hated by society.

(d) having no family.

14. Why wouldn't those affected by loneliness want to

talk about it ?

(a) They feel ashamed or have no one to discuss

with.

(b) They are too busy.

(c) No one interested.

(d) They are immune to it.

15. The author writes that

(a) people feel lonely only when they are alone.

(b) people can be alone and not feel lonely.

(c) loneliness is caused by Robinson Crusoe.

(d) the concept of extended family is still strong.

Solutions

11. (c)

12. (a)

13. (b)

14. (a)

15. (b)

Directions: (16-18): In these questions, read each

sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The

error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The

number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the

answer is (D). (Ignore errors of Punctuation, if any.)

Q16. The value of the commodity (a)/ declines (b)/ as the rate of production raises. (c)/ No error (d)

Solution: c: Instead of raises it should be rises

Q17. Before the introduction of the cinema halls, the common man (a)/ haven’t got the opportunity (b)/ to see the quality dramas.

their views. (c)/ No error. (d)

Solution: b: Instead of “haven’t got” it should be “ did not get” 

Q18. The new model of the Maruti car (a)/ costs (b)/ twice as much as last year’s model. (c)/ No error. (d)

Solution: d: No error

Q19. He hoped to finish (a)/ the assignment (b)/ in the last month but in fact he could not. (c)/ No error. (d)

Solution c: Delete in fact, as it is a superfluous, when we are using one connector “but” then there is no need to use another connector

Q20. Everybody (a)/ was in the party (b)/ enjoying themselves. (c)/ No error. (d)

Solution: c: instead of themselves it should be together

CLOZE TEST ( 21-25)

In the earlier days, some long distance trains were (21) more number of compartments. Thus making the train (22) than

even the length of platforms. Therefore, the last compartment usually (23) outside the platform. Once a person travelling

in the last compartment of such a train could not (24) tea, coffee, snacks or water as he failed to (25) on the platform.

21(a) attaching (b) shutting

(c) travelling (d) manufacturing

22(a) bigger (b) longer

(c) heavier (d) crowded

23(a) crowded (b) vacated

(c) halted (d) derailed

24(a) get (b) offer

(c) eat (d) drink

25(a) walk (b) run

(c) wait (d) alight

Solution:

21. a

22. b

23. c

24. d

25. a

MOCK TEST 1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Directions (1-4): In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase given in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bold.
1. In a nutshell
a. In translation
b. A decorative language
c. A well-packed parcel
d. Briefly and concisely
Ans. D
2. Strain every nerve
a. Try all tricks
b. work very hard
c. beg before others
d. spend a large amount
Ans. B

3/. Leaps and bounds
a. Slowly
b. Rapidly
c. Jumping
d. Stationary
Ans. B
4. Wild goose chase
a. An admirable enterprise
b. An honest effort
c. A foolish, unprofitable adventure
d. A powerful effort

Ans. C

Directions (5-6): In these questions, out of the four
alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the
meaning of the word given in bold.
5. Synonym of Spew
a. take up liquids
b. throw in water
c. to come forth in a flush
d. split

Answer:  C
Explanation:

6. Synonym of Sozzled
a. drunk
b. moderate
c. culturad
d. burning
Answer:  A

Directions (7-8): In these questions, choose the word
opposite in meaning to the word given in bold.
7.Foremost :
a. Hindmost
B. Unimportant
C. Disposed
D. Mature
Answer:  B


8.Protects :
A. Defends
B. Deprives
C. Deserts
D. Devises
Answer: Option C


Directions (9-12): In the following questions, out of the
four alternatives choose the one which can be
substituted for the given words/sentence.


9. One who will do any job for anyone for money
a. Mercenary
b. Recruit
c. Hoodlum
d. Merchant
Ans. A

Recruit means to employ somebody on job
Hoodlum means a person who engages in crime and violence
Merchant means a person or company involved in wholesale trade

10. A child born after the death of father
a. post dated
b. premature
c. paternal
d. Posthumous
Ans. D

post dated means affix or assign a date later than the actual one to
premature means occurring or done before the usual or proper time; too early.
Paternal means related through the father

11. A person who complet4ely abstains from alcohol
a. Teetotaller
b. Drunkard
c. Alcoholic
d. Imposter
Ans. A
Drunkard means a person who is habitually drunk.
Alcoholic means a person suffering from alcoholism.

Imposter means a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others

12. One who is able to use both hands
a. sinister
b. Ambidextrous
c. Ambivalent
d. Amateur
Ans. B
Sinister means giving the impression that something harmful
Ambivalent  means having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
Amateur means  a person who has done something in an unskilful or inept way.



Direction for Q13- :In these questions, four words are given out of which only one is correctly spelt. Find that correctly spelt word
13.
Accoomodate
Accommodate
Accomodate
Acommodate
Answer: Option b

Directions(14-17): In these questions, sentences are
given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate
word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each
question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four
alternatives.
14. ..........you need a duplicate voter card, you must present the ........ of your residence.
A.) Should, proof
B.) If, numbers
C.) Had, guarantee
D.) Do, number
Answer: 'A'
Should, proof
15. The manager ......... that she should .......... her help to him to solve the puzzles.
A.) express, give
B.) desires, extend
C.) wanted, take
D.) mentioned, assist
Answer: B : desires, extend
16. Please do not ....... time on such .......... issues.
A.) take, significant
B.) waste, trivial
C.) synchronise, insignificant
D.) take, vital
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Answer: 'B' : waste, trivial
17. He ........... all his money ..........
A.) squandered, wisely
B.) deposited, prudence
C.) spent, foolishly
D.) earned, decent
Answer: 'C': Spent, foolishly

Directions: (18-19): In these questions, read each
sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The
error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The
number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the
answer is (D). (Ignore errors of Punctuation, if any.)

18. (a) Mohan is one of the students
(b) in the class who has not been absent
(c) for a single day
(d) during the entire year.
Answer: (b) Instead of “has not been” it should be “was not “
19. (a) Mira claimed that she had
(b) not only gone to Jaipur
(c) but also to Agra
(d) and had seen the Taj Mahal.
Ans. (b) it should be “not only seen Delhi”


Question 20 : A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined.  Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence.  Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.  In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No Improvement”

20. The more they earn, more they spend.
a. The more they earn, the4 more they spend
b. More they earn, the more hey spend
c. More they earn, more hey spend
d. No improvement
Ans. A




Directions (21-25): In the following questions, you have four brief passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives
A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Albert Moran, is “that form of television that works with a continuous open narrative. Each episode ends with a promise that the storyline is to be continued in another episode.”
In 2012, Robert. Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times wrote of daily dramas, “Although melodramatically eventful, soap operas such as this also have a luxury of space that makes them seem more naturalistic, indeed, the economics of the form demand long scenes and conversations that a 22-episodes-per-season weekly series might dispense with half a dozen lines of dialogue may be drawn out, as here, for pages. You spend more time even with the minor characters the apparent villains grow less a apparently villainous.
Soap opera storylines run concurrently, intersect and lead into further developments An individual episode of a soap opera will generally switch between several different concurrent “.arrative threads that may at times interconnect and affect one another or may run entirely independent of each other. Evening soap operas and serials that run for only a part of the year tend to bring things to a dramatic end-of-season cliffhanger.

21. What does the author mean ‘by the open -ended nature of soap operas?
(a) Every episode ends shruptly
(b) Consecutive episodes nave no connection
(c) Each episode ends with a promise that the storyline is to be continued in another episode
(d) Every episode has a different story
22. A soap opera has the space for it to be more
(a) dramatic
(b) tragic
(c) artistic
(d) naturalistic
23. The economics of a soap opera form demands for it to have
(a) melodramatic events
(b) promising storylines
(c) long scenes
(d) luxurious space
24. An individual episode of a soap opera generally switches between
2a) successive intersections of events
(b) different concurrent narrative threads
(c) more time spent with minor characters
(d) apparent villains that grow less apparent villainous
25. Soap operas that run for a part of the year usually end in
(a) a cliffhanger
(b) a sequence
(c) a cliff
(d) an episode


Solutions
21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (a