English Quiz For SSC CGL and Bank 1/3/2016

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Spot the Error:

1.(a)Failure must not have/(b)permanent affect on a person/(c) because only the tough survives./(d) No error.

2.(a)During the rainy season/(b)many rivers overflew their banks/(c)and caused great difficulty./(d) No error.

3.(a)The Goverment cannot/(b)be able to contain/(c)Encephalitis by spending just 2% of GDP on Health sector./(d) No error.

4.(a)By the time/(b) we will get our tickets and enter the cinema theatre/(c)the show was already begun./(d) No error.

5.(a)When Vishal reached his village(b)he found that/(c)the news about him preceded him./(d) No error.

One Word Substitution:

6.Words uttered impiously about God.

  a.Logic

  b.amoral

  c.blasphemy

  d.Philosophy

7.Parts of a country behind the coast or a river bank.

  a.Marshes

  b.Swamps

  c.Isthmuses

  d.Hinterland

8.Murder of a brother

  a.Fratricide

  b.Parricide

  c.Homicide

  d.Patricide

9.An order requiring a person to attend a court.

  a.Courtship

  b.Agreement

  c.Command

  d.Subpoena

10.The art of preserving skin of animals,birds and fish.

  a.philology

  b.seismology

  c.taxidermy

  d.taxonomy

Idioms&Phrases:

11.To doctor the accounts

  a.to verify the account in detail

  b.to clear the docotor's bills

  c.to manipulate the accounts

  d.to make changes in account books

12.a damp squib

  a.a disappointing result

  b.a skirt in a laundry

  c.rainy weather

  d.none of the above

13.A bolt from the blue

  a.an inexplicable event

  b.an unexpected event

  c.a delayed event

  d.an unpleasant event

14.Akanksha  bought her new house For a Song. 

  a.very easily

  b.very cheaply

  c.at a loss

  d.On loan

15.Rahul takes leave Once in a blue moon. 

  a.regularly

  b.rarely

  c.often

  d.once a fortnight

Answers
1.B ('Effect(noun)' to be used in place of 'Affect(verb)').

2.B ('Overflowed' is the 2nd form of veb for 'Overflow' which is to be used here)

3.B (Remove 'be able to ')

4.B (Remove 'will', 'we get our tickets' is the correct form to be used)

5.B (Use 'had preceded' in place of 'preceded')

6.C
7.D
8.A
9.D
10.C
11.C
12.A
13.D
14.B

15.B
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