SSC CGL 2018-19 Tier 2 is to be conducted from 11 to 13 September 2019. With 200 questions for 200 marks, English Language Section plays a vital role in the final selection of a candidate. SSC CGL Tier 2 English quizzes being provided daily on SSCADDA are in the interest of candidates qualifying for SSC CGL Tier 2 and question quality is solely based on the expected experimentation of English Question paper for CGL Mains.
Direction: (1-10) Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
Q1. To lift or haul something heavy with great effort
(a) heave
(b) shrimp
(c) wimp
(d) runt
Sol. Option A is the correct substitution.
Q2. A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument
(a) rebel
(b) radical
(c) demagogue
(d) anarchistic
S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Option C is the correct substitution.
Q3. The action of repeating something aloud from memory
(a) paraphrase
(b) rendition
(c) erudition
(d) recitation
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option D is the correct substitution.
Q4. A trace or remnant of something that is disappearing or no longer exists
(a) memento
(b) variable
(c) glimmer
(d) vestige
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option D is the correct substitution.
Q5. To disorder or disarrange (someone’s hair), typically by running one’s hands through it
(a) to tangle
(b) to crumple
(c) to ruffle
(d) to crease
S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. Option C is the correct substitution.
Q6. Courteousness and refinement of manner
(a) plaudit
(b) adulation
(c) urbanity
(d) profanity
S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Option C is the correct substitution.
Q7. Involving immoral or dishonorable actions and motives
(a) redoubt
(b) scrupulous
(c) immaculate
(d) sordid
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Option D is the correct substitution.
Q8. The process by which air is circulated through, mixed with or dissolved in a liquid or substance
(a) aeration
(b) miasma
(c) effluvium
(d) volatile
S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Option A is the correct substitution.
Q9. To be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death
(a) to divest
(b) to bereave
(c) to oust
(d) to dispossess
Sol. Option B is the correct substitution.
Q10. A region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise
(a) cyst
(b) knurl
(c) contusion
(d) tumor
S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Option C is the correct substitution.