Dear Students, English section of CGL Tier-2 Exam is very challenging. You need to mug up 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, Sentence Improvements, and reading comprehension. Attempt this quiz, learn better and be prepared for the CGL Tier-2 2017. We wish you good luck for the CGL Exam.
Q1. Salman and the other actors drove through the forest.
(a) in
(b) over
(c) among
(d) No improvement
Q2. You will not succeed unless you don't work hard.
(a) will not work hard
(b) should work hard
(c) work hard
(d) No improvement
Q3. My friend has a toothache and cannot eat something.
(a) anything
(b) things
(c) edibles
(d) No improvement
Q4. Africa is in the South of Europe.
(a) by the
(b) to the
(c) over the
(d) No improvement
Q5. Either Lata or Mala have done it.
(a) Neither Lata or Mala has done it
(b) Either Lata or Mala has done it.
(c) Neither Lata or Mala have done it.
(d) No improvement
Directions (6-10): A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
Until he was ten, young Alexander Fleming attended the nearby Loudoun Moor School. He was then transferred to Darvel School which he attended with his brothers. Alexander learned a good deal about nature during that four mile downhill hike to school and the four mile uphill return trip. He was a quick student and at twelve, the age limit prescribed for Darvel school, he was sent to Kilmarmock Academy. Two years later he joined his brothers John and Robert at the home of his elder brother Thomas, who was to become a successful occultist in London. However, the economic success of the family was yet to be and Alexander was forced to leave school for economic reasons. When he was sixteen, he obtained a job in a shipping company. Good fortune, however, was on his side and on the side of humanity. In 1901, he received a share in a legacy which made it possible for him to return to school. He decided to study medicine.
Q6. Alexander trekked __________ miles every day to attend Darvel school.
(a) four
(b) eight
(c) twelve
(d) sixteen
Q7. He was a ‘quick student’ means that Alexander
(a) Reached school before his brothers
(b) Was a lively student
(c) Ran the races
(d) Was a fast learner
Q8. “… and at twelve, the age limit prescribed for Darvel school …” in this context means that children were
(a) Admitted to school at the age of twelve
(b) Allowed to remain in the school only up to the age of twelve
(c) Admitted to the school any time after the age of twelve
(d) Not admitted to the school before they were twelve
Q9. Alexander became well off
(a) By working in a shipping company
(b) When his brother became a successful occultist
(c) Because he studied medicine
(d) By receiving a share in a legacy
Q10. Alexander left school
(a) To study economics
(b) To work with his brother
(c) To study medicine
(d) Due to financial problems
Directions (11-15): 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.
Q11. I could have continued my higher studies if I wanted but, that’s water under the bridge.
(a) something I cannot change
(b) the time I met with an accident near the bridge
(c) something my family did not want
(d) the time I went on a cruise
Q12. My parents want me to study science, but I will stick to my guns and graduate in Economics.
(a) prefer to disobey them
(b) hold on to my decision
(c) agree to listen to them
(d) show them that they are wrong
Q13. All moonshine
(a) Glowing
(b) Far from reality
(c) Celestial
(d) About the moon
Q14. At a snail's pace
(a) Quietly
(b) Quickly
(c) Continuously
(d) Slowly
Q15. Call on
(a) Telephone
(b) Seek money
(c) Pay a visit
(d) Order
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