SSC CGL 2016 English Paper Set 28

In each of the following questions, choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the given word.

1. DISHEVELLED

In each of the following questions, choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the given word.

2. VENERATE

In each of the following questions, choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the given word.

3. CONGENIAL

In each of the following questions, choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the given word.

4. ABJURE

In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

5. highly skilled

In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

6. identification with the feelings of another

In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

7. insatiable desire for wealth

In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/ phrase given in bracket. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bracket.

8. cut the mustard

In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/ phrase given in bracket. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bracket.

9. a chip off the old block

In these questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/ phrase given in bracket. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase given in bracket.

10. to fish in troubled waters

In these questions, a sentence or a part of sentence is printed in bracket. Below are given alternatives to the bracket part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, mark ‘No improvement’ as your answer.

11. What (you have been) doing since the workshop last month?

In these questions, a sentence or a part of sentence is printed in bracket. Below are given alternatives to the bracket part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, mark ‘No improvement’ as your answer.

12. Corruption is (the most serious) problem in India.

In the following questions, fill in the blank(s) with suitable word(s) out of the four alternatives.

13. Sid and Harsh are ………unable to complete the task.

In the following questions, fill in the blank(s) with suitable word(s) out of the four alternatives.

14. The examinee could guess………the answer correctly.

In the following questions, fill in the blank(s) with suitable word(s) out of the four alternatives.

15. Be ………and always look to the comfort of others.

In the following questions, fill in the blank(s) with suitable word(s) out of the four alternatives.

16. As usual, a lot of people were…….in the king’s darbar.

17. In this question, four words are given out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from errors, your answer is No error.

18. He ought not (1)/ have done such a (2)/ filthy thing. (3)/ No error (4)

In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from errors, your answer is No error.

19. The reason for (1)/ his failure is because (2)/ he did not work hard. (3)/ No error (4)

In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from errors, your answer is No error.

20. I have reached (1)/ the office before (2)/ the rain started. (3)/ No error (4)

In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from errors, your answer is No error.

21. A large (1)/ consignment of books (2)/ are expected. (3)/ No error (4)

Every profession or trade, every art and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to designate things or processes which have no names in ordinary English and partly to secure greater exactness in nomenclature. Such special dialects or jargons are necessary in technical discussion of any kind. Being universally understood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have the precision of a mathematical formula. Besides, they save time, for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very properly included in every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on the outskirts of the English language than actually within its borders.
Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts and other vocations like farming and fishing that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabulary is very old. An average man now uses these in his own vocabulary. The special dialects of law, medicine divinity and philosophy have become familiar to cultivated persons.

22. Special words used in technical discussion

Every profession or trade, every art and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to designate things or processes which have no names in ordinary English and partly to secure greater exactness in nomenclature. Such special dialects or jargons are necessary in technical discussion of any kind. Being universally understood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have the precision of a mathematical formula. Besides, they save time, for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very properly included in every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on the outskirts of the English language than actually within its borders.
Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts and other vocations like farming and fishing that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabulary is very old. An average man now uses these in his own vocabulary. The special dialects of law, medicine divinity and philosophy have become familiar to cultivated persons.

23. The writer of this article is:

Every profession or trade, every art and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to designate things or processes which have no names in ordinary English and partly to secure greater exactness in nomenclature. Such special dialects or jargons are necessary in technical discussion of any kind. Being universally understood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have the precision of a mathematical formula. Besides, they save time, for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very properly included in every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on the outskirts of the English language than actually within its borders.
Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts and other vocations like farming and fishing that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabulary is very old. An average man now uses these in his own vocabulary. The special dialects of law, medicine divinity and philosophy have become familiar to cultivated persons.

24. This passage is primarily concerned with ………

Every profession or trade, every art and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to designate things or processes which have no names in ordinary English and partly to secure greater exactness in nomenclature. Such special dialects or jargons are necessary in technical discussion of any kind. Being universally understood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have the precision of a mathematical formula. Besides, they save time, for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very properly included in every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on the outskirts of the English language than actually within its borders.
Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts and other vocations like farming and fishing that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabulary is very old. An average man now uses these in his own vocabulary. The special dialects of law, medicine divinity and philosophy have become familiar to cultivated persons.

25. It is true that .