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MOCK TEST SSC GD 2021-

PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word. Our alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

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• The housewife ________the cakes burning, and ran to switch off the oven.

• (a) smell

• (b) smells

• (c) smelt

• (d) smelling

• Ans:(c) Correct use of past participle

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• ______you leave now, you will be late.

• (a) Until

• (b) Till

• (c) Unless

• (d) Although

• Ans:(c) Unless the conjunction is correctly used here for saying that if something does not happen, something else will happen.

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• The _______were arrested for illegally hunting the bears.

• (a) poachers

• (b) rangers

• (c) soldiers

• (d) villagers

• Ans:(a) Poachers are those people who catch and kill animals illegally and thus, it is the right option in the given context.

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• If you had followed the rules, you_______ disqualified.

• (a) will not be

• (b) would not be

• (c) will not have been

• (d) would not have been

• Ans:(d) Correct use of conditional.

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• Some part of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the circle corresponding to the appropriate correct option. If a sentence is free from error, blacken the circle corresponding to “No Error”.

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• It is better to stay at home than go to market when it is raining.

• (a) when it is raining

• (b) No error

• (c) It is better to stay at home

• (d) than go to market

• Ans:(d) Replace ‘ than go to market’ by’ than going to market’.

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• All the girls students are advised to attend the meeting positively.

• (a) attend the meeting positively

• (b) No error

• (c) All the girls students

• (d) are advised to

• Ans:(c) Write ‘girl students’ instead of ‘girls student’.

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• The thief had hardly put the cash in his pocket then the owner woke up.

• (a) No error

• (b) The thief had hardly

• (c) then the owner woke up.

• (d) put the cash in his pocket

• Ans:(c) Replace ‘then’ by ‘when’.

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• In the following Questions, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case, no improvement is required, choose “No Improvement” option. Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

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• Sahil has got an extensive to finish writing his thesis.

• (a) an extension

• (b) No Improvement

• (c) an extended

• (d) an extention

• Ans:(a)

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• She stood by him under all conditions and undaunted by anything

• (a) through thick and thin

• (b) No Improvement

• (c) without reserve

• (d) without hesitation

• Ans:(a) ‘Through thick and thin’ is a phrase which means under all circumstances, no matter how difficult the situation is.

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

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• A post with little work but high salary

• (a) Director

• (b) Trustee

• (c) Sinecure

• (d) Ombudsman

• Ans:(c) Sinecure is a position with no work but with financial benefit.

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• Something that causes death

• (a) Dangerous

• (b) Fatal

• (c) Brutal

• (d) Horrible

• Ans:(b) Fatal

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• A person who writes decoratively

• (a) Calligrapher

• (b) Collier

• (c) Choreographer

• (d) Cartographer

• Ans:(a)

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Correctly spelt word

• Business

• Buissness

• Buisiness

• Bussnneess

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Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank

• The judge found him ____ of murder.

• Criminal

• Honest

• Innocent

• Guilty

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Antonym of IDEAL

• COMPLETE

• PERFECT

• SUPREME

• IMPERFECT

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Select the option that means the same

• A person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.

• Vagabond

• Explorer

• Extrovert

• Introvert

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Antonym of BONDAGE

• Riddance

• Freedom

• Liberty

• Emancipation

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