English Comprehension Section Mock test for SSC CGL Tier 1

1) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the given sentence.
The village beggars, no longer ill at ease in the gathering of gliterring dignitaries, sat
in their assigned rows and joked with vegetarian Brahmin apprentices.

2)

3) Comprehension:

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Human life is (1) _______ a unique blessing, which in turn depends on the (2) _______ of the
Self. He who is not aware of the Self can neither have peace nor can he foster peaceful coexistence.
We have to link our soul with God and body with the physical world for substance.
(3) _______ the formless God is invisible to the naked eye, our mind often wanders wherever
it goes. (4) _______ , we are unable to develop any love for the Divine. And religion like the
white light of heavens (5) _______ multi-coloured fragmentations by the prisms of men and
loses its gravity. Instead of uniting, it becomes a major dividing force. French philosopher Tail
hard de Chardin, thinking deeply on meaning of our existence and relationship with the
Divine, expounds, “we are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual
beings having a human experience”.

SubQuestion :

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

4) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.

Henry is so servile that other people take advantage of him.

5)

6) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The company's board of directors will announce the financial results at the annual
meeting tomorrow.

7) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in
the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. He repeated the experiment, increasing the amount until he had weighed up to a
thousand pounds.
B. During the spring of 1717, the iron foundries in a remote district were often visited
by a thin, middle-aged man with a notebook.
C. Three cauldrons were next prepared under his directions.
D. He would weigh out two pounds of iron, have them heated till they were red-hot and
then weigh them again.

8) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of
words.

A thing fit to eat.

9) Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the
given sentence.

She had an ability to persuade others.

10) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Zealous

11) Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank.
The hunter dogs followed the hyena’s ________.

12) Comprehension:

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Human life is (1) _______ a unique blessing, which in turn depends on the (2) _______ of the
Self. He who is not aware of the Self can neither have peace nor can he foster peaceful coexistence.
We have to link our soul with God and body with the physical world for substance.
(3) _______ the formless God is invisible to the naked eye, our mind often wanders wherever
it goes. (4) _______ , we are unable to develop any love for the Divine. And religion like the
white light of heavens (5) _______ multi-coloured fragmentations by the prisms of men and
loses its gravity. Instead of uniting, it becomes a major dividing force. French philosopher Tail
hard de Chardin, thinking deeply on meaning of our existence and relationship with the
Divine, expounds, “we are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual
beings having a human experience”.

SubQuestion :

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

13) Comprehension:

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Human life is (1) _______ a unique blessing, which in turn depends on the (2) _______ of the
Self. He who is not aware of the Self can neither have peace nor can he foster peaceful coexistence.
We have to link our soul with God and body with the physical world for substance.
(3) _______ the formless God is invisible to the naked eye, our mind often wanders wherever
it goes. (4) _______ , we are unable to develop any love for the Divine. And religion like the
white light of heavens (5) _______ multi-coloured fragmentations by the prisms of men and
loses its gravity. Instead of uniting, it becomes a major dividing force. French philosopher Tail
hard de Chardin, thinking deeply on meaning of our existence and relationship with the
Divine, expounds, “we are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual
beings having a human experience”.

SubQuestion :

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

14) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

She is _________ a peacock in the blue satin saree.

15) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in
the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. In Bihar and Central India, in particular, every district had smelters that used local
deposits of ore to produce iron which was widely used for the manufacture of
implements and tools of daily use.
B. The smelting was done by men while women worked on the bellows, pumping air
that kept the charcoal burning.
C. But iron smelting in India was extremely common till the end of the nineteenth
century.
D. Production of Wootz steel required a highly specialised technique of refining iron.

16) Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the
given sentence.

We must remember that what we teach our children is what we inculcate in them.

17) Select the grammatically correct sentence.

18) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
He won’t receive any better choice than this from anywhere.

19) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Lily-livered

20) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
Her dog can climb under the fence.

21) Comprehension:

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Human life is (1) _______ a unique blessing, which in turn depends on the (2) _______ of the
Self. He who is not aware of the Self can neither have peace nor can he foster peaceful coexistence.
We have to link our soul with God and body with the physical world for substance.
(3) _______ the formless God is invisible to the naked eye, our mind often wanders wherever
it goes. (4) _______ , we are unable to develop any love for the Divine. And religion like the
white light of heavens (5) _______ multi-coloured fragmentations by the prisms of men and
loses its gravity. Instead of uniting, it becomes a major dividing force. French philosopher Tail
hard de Chardin, thinking deeply on meaning of our existence and relationship with the
Divine, expounds, “we are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual
beings having a human experience”.

SubQuestion :

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

22) The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that
contains an error.

Neetu have been / waiting for me / since 10 o’clock / in the morning.

23) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Feeble

24) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in
the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A.The top band is made of saffron, which symbolises power and courage.
B.The constituent assembly adopted our national flag, Tiranga, which means tricolour,
on 22 July 1947.
C.As a symbol of nationalism and freedom, it is fashioned from khadi, which is
domestically spun Indian cotton.
D.It features three horizontal stripes that are all the same width.

25) Comprehension:

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Human life is (1) _______ a unique blessing, which in turn depends on the (2) _______ of the
Self. He who is not aware of the Self can neither have peace nor can he foster peaceful coexistence.
We have to link our soul with God and body with the physical world for substance.
(3) _______ the formless God is invisible to the naked eye, our mind often wanders wherever
it goes. (4) _______ , we are unable to develop any love for the Divine. And religion like the
white light of heavens (5) _______ multi-coloured fragmentations by the prisms of men and
loses its gravity. Instead of uniting, it becomes a major dividing force. French philosopher Tail
hard de Chardin, thinking deeply on meaning of our existence and relationship with the
Divine, expounds, “we are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual
beings having a human experience”.

SubQuestion :

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.