Home » SSC CGL 2023 Tier 1 English 30SSC CGL 2023 Tier 1 English 30English Comprehension, Test16/10/202314/02/2024 SachinHi there! This is the English section of SSC CGL tier 1, held on 25 July 2023 1st shift. Complete the test in 10 mins. Practice well. SSC CGL ENGLISH 30 Name 1 / 25 Comprehension:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.Changes to the earth's climate, driven by increased (1)______ of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, are already having widespread effects on the environment. Shrinking of glaciers and ice sheets, occurrence of shifts in flower/plant blooming times, etc., are creating an overall (2)________ in the natural ecosystem. Conditions like the rise in sea-levels and saltwater intrusion have advanced to the point where whole (3)__________ have had to relocate, while protracted droughts are putting people at risk of (4)________. The effects of human-caused global warming are (5)_______ for people alive today and will worsen as long as humans keep feeding greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5 irreversible conditional contradictory heart breaking 2 / 25 Comprehension:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.Changes to the earth's climate, driven by increased (1)______ of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, are already having widespread effects on the environment. Shrinking of glaciers and ice sheets, occurrence of shifts in flower/plant blooming times, etc., are creating an overall (2)________ in the natural ecosystem. Conditions like the rise in sea-levels and saltwater intrusion have advanced to the point where whole (3)__________ have had to relocate, while protracted droughts are putting people at risk of (4)________. The effects of human-caused global warming are (5)_______ for people alive today and will worsen as long as humans keep feeding greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4 surgery pregnancy famine overpopulation 3 / 25 Comprehension:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.Changes to the earth's climate, driven by increased (1)______ of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, are already having widespread effects on the environment. Shrinking of glaciers and ice sheets, occurrence of shifts in flower/plant blooming times, etc., are creating an overall (2)________ in the natural ecosystem. Conditions like the rise in sea-levels and saltwater intrusion have advanced to the point where whole (3)__________ have had to relocate, while protracted droughts are putting people at risk of (4)________. The effects of human-caused global warming are (5)_______ for people alive today and will worsen as long as humans keep feeding greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3 mobs communities people conditions 4 / 25 Comprehension:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.Changes to the earth's climate, driven by increased (1)______ of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, are already having widespread effects on the environment. Shrinking of glaciers and ice sheets, occurrence of shifts in flower/plant blooming times, etc., are creating an overall (2)________ in the natural ecosystem. Conditions like the rise in sea-levels and saltwater intrusion have advanced to the point where whole (3)__________ have had to relocate, while protracted droughts are putting people at risk of (4)________. The effects of human-caused global warming are (5)_______ for people alive today and will worsen as long as humans keep feeding greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2 creativity imbalance despondence hunger 5 / 25 Comprehension:In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.Changes to the earth's climate, driven by increased (1)______ of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, are already having widespread effects on the environment. Shrinking of glaciers and ice sheets, occurrence of shifts in flower/plant blooming times, etc., are creating an overall (2)________ in the natural ecosystem. Conditions like the rise in sea-levels and saltwater intrusion have advanced to the point where whole (3)__________ have had to relocate, while protracted droughts are putting people at risk of (4)________. The effects of human-caused global warming are (5)_______ for people alive today and will worsen as long as humans keep feeding greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1. feeding creation fertilisation emission 6 / 25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.Hundreds of firms went bankrupt during the _________. revision remission recession recission 7 / 25 Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.S1. He sat in his seatA. hardly showing any signs of hearingB. beside the bed,C. gazing sternlyD. at the patient’s faceS6. what they were saying to him. DABC DCAB BCDA DBAC 8 / 25 Identify how will you say that “The doctor treated the victims of the violence very carefully”, in the passive voice. The doctor was very careful while providing treatment to the victims The victims of the violence were treated very carefully by the doctor The doctor’s care was shown to the victims of the violence The victims were treated attentively by the doctor 9 / 25 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.Author’s explanatory remarks at the beginning of a book Bibliography Biography Foreward Preface 10 / 25 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.Extol Dismay Punish Reward Praise 11 / 25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.Which _________ do you usually take to reach your office? rout root route rude 12 / 25 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.Judicious Sensible Imprudent Careless Short-sighted 13 / 25 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. Structural Allimony Hallucinate Halloween 14 / 25 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.One who loves mankind Philanthropist Pessimist Optimist Atheist 15 / 25 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.The growing population of India will have been controlled by the Indian government by 2040. By 2040, the Indian population will have continued to grow uncontrollably By 2040, the Indian government is successfully controlling the growing population of India. The Indian population will have stabilised by 2022. By 2040, the Indian government will have controlled the growing population of India. 16 / 25 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. Process Sandwitch Tour Triumph 17 / 25 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.Here / come / the bus / for Lucknow. the bus come Here for Lucknow 18 / 25 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 hardly knew nothing / about the manager / who had recently joined. We hardly knew nothing who had recently joined No error about the manager 19 / 25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.Raghav had a good ______ for stage plays. troupe troop trope trip 20 / 25 Select the correct idiom that can substitute the bold group of words in the given sentence.Shelley has been contemplating for a few days but still has not decided to quit the job. cooling one’s heels getting into hot waters biting the dust chewing the cud 21 / 25 Identify the option that can be substituted as the correct idiom for the bold part of the given sentence.As soon as the principal came to know about the inspection in the school, he put everything in perfect order. Apple of one’s eye Alley apple Apple of discord Apple pie order 22 / 25 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. Lord Ganesha, the Destroyer of Obstacles, is worshipped for his wisdom and brilliance.B. People adore the goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha on Diwali.C. This 'New Year' i.e., Diwali is marked by merchants establishing new account books.D. Goddess Lakshmi is also worshipped on Diwali for wealth and success. DABC ADBC CDBA BADC 23 / 25 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.Someone who lives in solitude Recluse Cosmopolitan Refugee Metropolitan 24 / 25 Select the option that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.Incompetent Forlorn Desperate Hopeless Dexterous 25 / 25 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.A speech by an actor at the end of a play Epilogue Duologue Prologue Monologue Your score is 0% Restart quiz