English Mock Test 2 for SSC CGL 2017 (New Pattern)

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Good Morning Students,
Today we are updating another English Mock Test completely based on the pattern of SSC CGL Pre specially for candidates preparing for SSC CGL 2017. Attempt the mock test and check yourself according to the true level of exam. Do share your marks and problems related to the mock at the end.

Directions (1 – 3): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Q1. What a ……….. holiday!
(a) Momentous
(b) Memorable
© Momentary
(d) Immortal

Q2. Many important projects have reached the final stage of……….
(a) accomplishment
(b) initiation
© resolution
(d) implementation

Q3. …… you live long!
(a) May
(b) Might
© Shall
(d) Should

Directions (4 – 6): Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Q4. Caught red-handed
(a) Caught by mistake
(b) Caught with a red handkerchief
© Found wounded
(d) Discovered in the act of doing

Q5. Gate crasher
(a) Invader
(b) Thief
© Uninvited guest
(d) Children

Q6. Cat-nap
(a) Rest
(b) Fitful sleep
© Long sleep
(d) Short sleep

Directions (7): In these questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the word given in bold.

Q7. PANACEA
(a) PRAISE
(b) CURE ALL
© POISON
(d) AMBROSIA

Directions (8): In these questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which is opposite in the meaning of the word given in bold.

Q8. DETEST
(a) DENOUNCE
(b) IGNORE
© ADORE
(d) CASTIGATE

Directions (9 – 11): In these questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one word which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

Q9. An exact copy
(a) Facsimile
(b) Twin
© Mirror
(d) Clone

Q10. Someone who is incapable of being pacified
(a) Implacable
(b) Unflappable
© Insatiable
(d) Inexplicable

Q11. The killing of a race
(a) Homicide
(b) Genocide
© Suicide
(d) Murder

Direction (12): In this question, four words are given out of which only one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

Q12.
(a) Manoeuvre
(b) Manauvre
© Maneauvre
(d) Meneauver

Directions (13 – 15): 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).

Q13. The tour of the campus was so good.
(a) The tour
(b) of the campus
© was so good
(d) No error

Q14. He is an saint and as such must be respected.
(a) He is an saint
(b) and as such
© must be respected
(d) No error

Q15. Neither the captain nor his men are afraid of fighting.
(a) Neither the captain
(b) nor his men are
© afraid of fighting
(d) No error

Directions (16 – 20): In these questions, a sentence or a part of sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (D).

Q16. The trade union is hell bent at getting its demands fulfilled.
(a) hell bent in
(b) No improvement
© hell bent about
(d) hell bent on

Q17. The police had to break the door to get in.
(a) No improvement
(b) to break up
© to break in
(d) to break down

Q18. After a hard days work, I just want to go home.
(a) No improvement
(b) hard day’s work
© hard days’ work
(d) hard day work

Q19. Shall I sit between you at the concert?
(a) No improvement
(b) beside
© besides
(d) next

Q20. The plane landed and shot towards the airport.
(a) taxied
(b) drove
© wheeled
(d) No improvement

Directions (21 – 25): Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

My mom grew up in a traditional Chinese family in which open expressions of love were never encouraged. When she had me and my three siblings, she treated us with the same hard hand. It was not that she was a slave driver or anything, but she never openly showed affection. Instead she demonstrated that she cared in more practical ways. My parents couldn’t have been more different emotionally. My dad is a really open-hearted person who constantly showers us with hugs and kisses no matter the occasion.

After much persuasion from him, my mother did try to change, but it was clear that she never felt quite right expressing her emotions. Eventually, she reverted to her old self. The difference between my parents was never starker than whenever I brought home good test results from school. My dad would practically jump with joy, offering warm and affectionate words of congratulations, and my mother “Ah, good, good” she would typically say with a tense smile etched on her face. “Do better next time, ok?” I tried not to hold a grudge against her for being so reserved. That was just her way. I reasoned.

Q21. Why did the narrator not bear a grudge against her mother?

(a) She felt that her mother had that kind of nature
(b) She was satisfied her father’s love
© Her mother was Incapable of loving
(d) Her mother was angry with everyone

Q22. The narrator’s mother reverted to her old self because
(a) She fought with her husband
(b) She did not feel comfortable in revealing her emotions
© She was angry with children
(d) Her husband wanted her to be her old self

Q23. The narrator’s mother didn’t appreciate the narrator’s result because
(a) the marks were not good
(b) the marks could be better
© she wasn’t very expressive
(d) she was tense

Q24.. ‘She treated us with the same hard hand’ what can be concluded from this sentence about the behavior Narrator’s mother?
(a) Conservative
(b) Frank
© Progressive
(d) Liberal

Q25. Why was the narrator’s mother not expressive of her love?
(a) She was Chinese origin
(b) It was not her nature
© She was a harsh person
(d) The tradition at her home didn’t allow her

SOLUTIONS

Q1. (b)
Here ‘memorable’ is appropriate word.
Immortal means living forever

Q2. (d)
Here ‘implementation’ is appropriate word
Implementation means the process of putting a decision or plan into effect.

Q3. (a)
‘May’ is used to show desire in optative sentences.
Hence option (a) is correct.

Q4. (d)
Caught red-handed – to be caught while committing the act
Ex. John cannot deny what he did because he was caught red-handed.
So option (d) is correct.

Q5. ©
Gate crasher – a person who attends a party uninvited
Ex. My brother’s wedding became a social party when my gate crashers got into.

Q6. (d)
Cat-nap – Short sleep
Ex. I’ll solve this quiz after a cat-nap.

Q7. (b)
PANACEA means a remedy for all diseases
Synonyms – Cure all, elixir
Antonyms – toxin, poison

Q9. (a)

Q10. (a)
Pacify means bring someone in the state of calm.
Unflappable – showing calmness in a difficult situation
Insatiable – one who cannot be satisfied easily
Inexplicable – which cannot be expressed

Q11. (b)
Homicide – killing of someone
Suicide – killing of one’s own

Q12. (a)
Manoeuvre means movements which require skills and care

Q14. (a) Use ‘a’ instead of ‘an’

Q15. (d)
No error.

Q16. (d)
To show firm stand or determination ‘on/upon’ preposition is used with ‘bent’.
Hell bent on means determined to do something.

Q17. (d)
Break up – disruption, end of a relationship
Break in – forcefully entering into a place
Break down – break something into parts

Q18. (b)
Hard day’s work

Q19. (b)
Here ‘beside’ will be used in place of ‘between’.
Beside means by the side of
Besides means apart from, in addition to

Q20. (a)
Taxied means move slowly along the ground before take-off or after landing.

Q21. (a)
She felt that her mother had that kind of nature

Q22. (b)
She did not feel comfortable in revealing her emotions

Q24. (a)
Conservative means a person who holds traditional values and doesn’t like changes.

Q25. (d)
The tradition at her home didn’t allow her.

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