Previous Years English Questions for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2017

June 12, 2017    

Previous Years English Questions for SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2017

Dear Students, SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam will be held from 1st August 2017 to 20 August 2017. You need to practice a lot in order to achieve 40+ marks in the English Section. We are providing quizzes which include sentence improvement, error detection, idioms, one-word substitution, reading comprehension, vocabulary related questions etc. we have also provided study notes on English for SSC CGL 2017 Exam. Practice all these questions, if any doubt, post your queries in the comment section, we will answer surely. 

Directions (1-10): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for given words/sentence.

Q1. Words or lines written on the tomb of a person
(a) Epitaph
(b) Anecdote
(c) Calligraphy
(d) Cenotaph



Q2. Study of the origin and history of words
(a) Etymology
(b) Epistemology
(c) Morphology
(d) Dictionary

Q3. The practice of eating human flesh
(a) Solipsism
(b) Narcissism
(c) Cannibalism
(d) Mysticism

Q4. Someone who works only for personal profit
(a) Materialistic
(b) Mercenary
(c) Greedy
(d) Mercantile

Q5. A heavy unnatural slumber
(a) Nap
(b) Stupor
(c) Insomnia
(d) Somnambulism

Q6. A deep dislike of foreigners
(a) Acrophobia
(b) Xenophobia
(c) Claustrophobia
(d) Hydrophobia

Q7. The cannot be overcome
(a) Irrevocable
(b) Irreparable
(c) legible
(d) Insurmountable

Q8. To walk slowly, wasting time
(a) Static
(b) Strike
(c) Dawdle
(d) Plausible

Q9. One who is appointed to deal with complaints made by common people against banks companies etc.
(a) Jurist
(b) Arbiter
(c) Ombudsman
(d) Magistrate

Q10. The profession of writing dictionaries
(a) Typography
(b) Biography
(c) Cartography
(d) Lexicography

Directions (11-15): In the following questions a word/phrase is given and followed by four alternatives. Select the alternative that conveys the same meaning as the word/phrase given.

Q11. Devout
(a) devoted to religious observances
(b) to beg earnestly
(c) pertaining to public discussion or law courts
(d) a picture or other description of a person which exaggerates ludicrously one or more of his distinctive features

Q12. Abet
(a) to use for one's selfish purpose
(b) to encourage or support
(c) origin
(d) rudely abrupt

Q13. Condole
(a) sociable, courteous, and agreeable in manner
(b) despotic
(c) to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune
(d) inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon

Q14. Affiliate
(a) some auxiliary person or thing
(b) of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university
(c) to recognize (v.); to admit the genuineness or validity of
(d) plentiful

Q15. Heresy
(a) despotic
(b) historical records
(c) an opinion held in opposition to the traditional view
(d) coward





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