Dear Students, SSC CGL Tier-2 Exam will be conducted from 21 dec to 24 Dec 2017, and It is very challenging. You need practice and memorize all the grammar rules, vocabulary and practice a lot of mock tests to score maximum marks. Today, in this English quiz we are providing questions based on Idioms, Fill in the blanks, and Sentence Improvements. Attempt this quiz, learn better and be prepared for the CGL Tier-2 2017. We wish you good luck for the CGL Exam.
Directions (1 –3): The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.
Q1. The aim of a Peace Council is ________ rather than cure.
(a) salvation
(b) preservation
(c) maintenance
Q2. He gives everyone _________ the class opportunities for practice.
(a) at
(b) in
(c) of
(d) on
Q3. Harish soon gained _________ in English.
(a) provincialism
(b) proficiency
(c) efficiency
(d) eminence
Directions (4 – 6): In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
Q4. Beggar description
(a) Cannot be described
(b) Something described by a beggar
(c) A poor account of something
(d) A description of a beggar
Q5. Drag one's feet
(a) Make something more complicated
(b) Expedite
(c) Be reluctant to act
(d) Stop working
Q6. Hope against hope
(a) Think wishfully from time to time
(b) Hoped with good reason
(c) Nurture an impossible hope
(d) Pretend to hope
Directions (7–9): Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
Q7. Lack of skill
(a) Inertness
(b) Insistence
(c) Ineptness
(d) Insolence
Q8. Stick with a thick end used in a mortar for pounding
(a) Thistle
(b) Stifle
(c) Scepter
(d) Pestle
Q9. An act when people vote in order to make a decision about a particular subject or policy rather than voting for a person
(a) Efferent
(b) Exit poll
(c) Byelection
(d) Referendum
Directions (10 – 15): A sentence/a part of the sentence is bold. Four alternatives are given to the bold 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".
Q10.Jane had told me that she hasn't done her homework.
(a) told
(b) tells
(c) was telling
(d) no improvement
Q11.This survey is concerning your health as well as that of your family.
(a) concerns with
(b) is concerned with
(c) concerns to
(d) no improvement
Q12.A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
(a) be hid
(b) hide
(c) be hiding
(d) no improvement
Q13.A black and white goat were grazing.
(a) The white and the black goat
(b) A black and the white goat
(c) A black and a white goat
(d) no improvement
Q14.I had took the papers to John's office.
(a) will took the papers
(b) taken the papers
(c) took the papers
(d) no improvement
Q15. The alarming report of the building collapse had everyone spellbound.
(a) alarmed report
(b) reporting alarm
(c) reported alarm
(d) no improvement
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