SSC Exam English Questions
Q.No: 1
Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase bracket in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it.
Our principal is not a man (to mince words).
- A. To confuse issues
- B. To say something mildly
- C. To mix everything together
- D. To be very modest
Correct Ans: A. To confuse issues
Q.No: 2
Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase bracket in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it.
The police (tied the culprit in knots) questioning him about the crime.
- A. They tied him with a rope
- B. They tied his limbs and interrogated him
- C. They bewildered him to a great extent
- D. They beat him in the joints
Correct Ans: C. They bewildered him to a great extent
Q.No: 3
In the following question, there are six sentences marked S1, S6, P, Q, R, S. The positions of S1 and S6 are fixed. You are required to choose one of the four alternatives which would be the most logical sequence of the sentence in the passage.
S1. There was once a Persian King called Shahryar who had a beautiful wife.
- P: When the King discovered this, he killed her.
- Q: He gave orders that he was to be provided with a new wife every day.
- R: He loved her very much, but she was a wicked woman.
- S: He decided that all women were wicked and that he would punish them.
- S6. After one day's marriage, he would cut off her head and marry again.
Correct Ans: C. RPSQ
Q.No: 4
In the following question, there are six sentences marked S1, S6, P, Q, R, S. The positions of S1 and S6 are fixed. You are required to choose one of the four alternatives which would be the most logical sequence of the sentence in the passage.
S1. Primitive man was helpless and weak.
- P: He conceived of some divinity behind these.
- Q: As ages passed, he began to think and to investigate nature's mysteries.
- R: He bowed down before natural phenomena.
- S: The flash of lightning, the clap of thunder struck him with awe.
- S6. Today the knowledge gained from science has armed him with superhuman strength.
Correct Ans: C. RSPQ
Q.No: 5
In the following question, there are six sentences marked S1, S6, P, Q, R, S. The positions of S1 and S6 are fixed. You are required to choose one of the four alternatives which would be the most logical sequence of the sentence in the passage.
S1. The motor car is one of the most useful gifts of modern science.
- P: One of these is the smoke and pollution that it creates.
- Q: It has made short and medium distance journeys fast and comfortable.
- R: The other is that it has made journeys by road hazardous.
- S: Yet we can't say that a motor car is a blessing without disadvantages.
- S6. Finally, in this age of energy crisis, a personal car is an expensive thing.
Correct Ans: B. QSPR
