SSC CGL Verbal Ability English Usage Online Test 2025

In each question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or parts(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option

A:When I returned to home, I began to read

B:Everything I could get my hand on about Israel

C:That same year Israel’s Jewish Agency sent

D:A Shaliach a sort of recruiter to Minneapolis

E:I became one of his most active devotees

In each question, there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or parts(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option

A. It is sometimes told that democratic

B. Government originated in the city states

C. Of ancient Greece. Democratic ideals have been handed to us from that time.

D. In truth, however, this is an unhelpful assertion.

E. The Greeks gave us the word, hence did not provide us with a model.

Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted, From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

We can usefully think of theoretical models as maps, which help us navigate unfamiliar territory. The most accurate map that it is possible to construct would be of no practical use whatsoever, for it would be an exact replica, on exactly the same scale, of the place where we were. Good maps pull out the most important features and throw away a huge amount of much less valuable information. Of course, maps pull out the most important features and throw away a huge amount of much less valuable information. Of course, maps can be bad as well as good-witness the attempts by medieval Europe to produce a map of the world. In the same way, a bad theory, no matter how impressive it may seem in principle, does little or nothing to help us understand a problem.

Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted, From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

In the evolving world order, the comparative advantage of the United States lies in its military force. Diplomacy and international law have always been regarded as annoying encumbrances, unless they can be used to advantage against an enemy. Every active player in world affairs professes to seek only peace and to prefer negotiation to violence and coercion.

Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted, From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

I am sometimes attacked for imposing ‘rules’. Nothing could be further from the truth. I hate rules. All I do is report on how consumers react to different stimuli. I may say to a copywriter, “Research shows that commercial with celebrities are below average in persuading people to buy products. Are you sure, you want to use a celebrity?” Call that a rule? Or I may say to an art director, “Research suggests that if you set the copy in black type on a white background, more people will read it than if you set it in white type on a black background.”

Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted, From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Age has a curvilinear relationship with the exploitation of opportunity. Initially, age will increase the likelihood that a person will exploit an entrepreneurial opportunity because people gather much of the knowledge necessary to exploit opportunities over the course of their lives, and because age provides credibility in transmitting that information to others. However, as people become older, their willingness to bear risks declines, their opportunity costs rice, and they become less receptive to new information.

In each question, the word at the top of the table is used in four different ways, numbered A to D. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.

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In each question, the word at the top of the table is used in four different ways, numbered A to D. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate.

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Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Most firms consider expert individuals to be too elitist, temperamental, egocentric and difficult to work with. Force such people to collaborate on a high-stakes project and they just might come to fisticuffs. Even the very notation of managing such a group seems unimaginable. So, most organizations fall into default mode, setting up project teams of people who get along nicely ……

Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Federer’s fifth grand slam win prompted a reported to ask whether he was the best ever. Federer is certainly not lacking in confidence, but he wasn’t about to proclaim himself the best ever. “The best player of this generation, yes”, he said, “But nowhere close to ever. Just look at the records that some guys have. I’m a minnow.” ………..

Each of the following questions as a paragraph with one italicized word that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the paragraph.

Or there is the most fingummy diplomatic note on record: when Philip of Macedon wrote to the Spartans that, if he came within their borders, he would leave not one stone of their city they wrote back the one word – “If”.

Each of the following questions as a paragraph with one italicized word that does not make sense. Choose the most appropriate replacement for that word from the options given below the paragraph.

Women squat, heads covered, beside huge piles of limp fodder and blunk oil lamps and just about all the cows in the three towns converge upon this spot. Sinners, supplicants and yes, even scallywags hand over a few coins for a crack at redemption and a handful of grass.

Each question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).

A. People have good reason to care about the welfare of animals.

B. Ever since Enlightenment, their treatment has been seen as a measure of mankind’s humanity.

C. It is not coincidence that William Wilberforce and Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton, two leaders of the movement to abolish the slave trade, helped found the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal in 1820s.

D. An increasing number of people go further: mankind has a duty not to cause pain to animals that have the capacity to suffer.

Each question consists of four sentences on a topic. Some sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Select the option that indicates the grammatically correct and appropriate sentence(s).

A. Large reduction in the ozone layer, which sits about 15-30 km above the Earth, take place each winter over the polar regions, especially the Antarctic, as low temperatures allow the formation of stratospheric clouds that assist chemical reactions breaking down ozone.

B. Industrial chemicals containing chlorine and bromine have been blamed for thinning the layer because they attack the ozone molecules, making them to break apart.

C. Many an offending chemicals have now been banned.

D. It will still take several decades before these substances have disappeared from the atmosphere.

Fill up the blanks, numbered [1], [2] in the two passages below with the most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

“Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns.” With that [1] statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the Income Tax Department. “I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With interest and [2], the 20,000 became 60,000.

At that time the White House was as serene as a resort hotel, out of season. The corridors were [3]. In the various offices, quiet gray men in waistcoats talked to one another in low-pitched voices. The only color, or choler, curiously enough, was provided by President. Eisenhower himself. Apparently, his temper was easily set off; he scowled when he [4] the corridors.

Fill up the blanks, numbered [1], [2] in the two passages below with the most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

“Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns.” With that [1] statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the Income Tax Department. “I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With interest and [2], the 20,000 became 60,000.

At that time the White House was as serene as a resort hotel, out of season. The corridors were [3]. In the various offices, quiet gray men in waistcoats talked to one another in low-pitched voices. The only color, or choler, curiously enough, was provided by President. Eisenhower himself. Apparently, his temper was easily set off; he scowled when he [4] the corridors.

Fill up the blanks, numbered [1], [2] in the two passages below with the most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

“Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns.” With that [1] statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the Income Tax Department. “I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With interest and [2], the 20,000 became 60,000.

At that time the White House was as serene as a resort hotel, out of season. The corridors were [3]. In the various offices, quiet gray men in waistcoats talked to one another in low-pitched voices. The only color, or choler, curiously enough, was provided by President. Eisenhower himself. Apparently, his temper was easily set off; he scowled when he [4] the corridors.

Fill up the blanks, numbered [1], [2] in the two passages below with the most appropriate word from the options given for each blank.

“Between the year 1946 and the year 1955, I did not file any income tax returns.” With that [1] statement, Ramesh embarked on an account of his encounter with the Income Tax Department. “I originally owed Rs. 20,000 in unpaid taxes. With interest and [2], the 20,000 became 60,000.

At that time the White House was as serene as a resort hotel, out of season. The corridors were [3]. In the various offices, quiet gray men in waistcoats talked to one another in low-pitched voices. The only color, or choler, curiously enough, was provided by President. Eisenhower himself. Apparently, his temper was easily set off; he scowled when he [4] the corridors.

Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

A. Last Sunday, Archana had nothing to do.

B. After waking up, she lay on the bed thinking of what to do.

C. At 11 O’clock she took shower and got ready.

D. She spent most of the day shopping

Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.

A. It was a tough situation and Manasi was taking paints to make it better.

B. Slowly her efforts gave fruit and things started improving.

C. Everyone complemented her for her good work.

D. She was very happy and thanked everyone for their help.

Each statement has a part missing. Choose the best option from the found options given below the statement to make up the missing part.

Many people suggest …… and still others would like to convince people not to buy pirated cassettes.

Each statement has a part missing. Choose the best option from the found options given below the statement to make up the missing part.

Archaeologists believe that the pieces of red-ware pottery excavated recently near Bhavnagar and ……… shed light on a hitherto dark 600-year period in the Harappan history of Gujarat.

You seemed at first to take on notice of your school-fellows, or rather to set yourself against them because they were strangers to you. They knew as little of you as you did of them; this would have been the reason for their keeping aloof from you as well, which you would have felt as a hardship. Learn never to conceive a prejudice against other because you know nothing of them. It is bad reasoning, and makes enemies of half the word. Do not think ill of them till they behave ill to you; and then strive to avoid the faults which you see in them. This will disarm their hostility sooner than pique or resentment or complaint.

Each statement has a part missing. Choose the best option from the found options given below the statement to make up the missing part.

The human race is spread all over the world, from the polar regions to the tropics. The people of whom is made up eat different kinds of food, partly according to the climate in which they live, and partly according to the kind of food which their country produces. In hot climates, meat and fat are not much needed; but in the Arctic regions they seem to be very necessary for keeping up the heat of the body. Thus, in India, people live chiefly on different kinds of gains, eggs, milk, or sometimes fish and meat. In Europe, people eat more meat and less grain. In the Arctic regions, where no grains and fruits are produced, the Eskimo and other races live almost entirely on meat and fish

Four alternatives summaries are given below each text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.

Local communities have often come in conflict with agents to exploit resources, at a faster pace, for an expending commercial-industrial economy. More often than not, such agents of resource-intensification are given preferential treatment by the state, through the grant of generous long leases over mineral or fish stocks, for example, or the provision of raw material at an enormously subsidized price. With the injustice so compounded, local communities at the receiving end of this process have no recourse except direct action, resisting both the state and outside exploiters through a variety of protest techniques. These struggles might perhaps be seen as a manifestation of a new kind of class conflict.

Four alternatives summaries are given below each text. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.

Modern bourgeois society, said Neitzsche, was decadent and enfeebled – a victim of the excessive development of the rational faculties at the expense of will and instinct. Against the liberal – rationalist stress on the intellect, Neitzsche urged recognition of the dark mysterious world of instinctual desires – the true forces of life. Smother the will with excessive intellectualizing and you destroy the spontaneity that sparks cultural creativity and ignites a zest for living. The critical and theoretical outlook. Destroyed the creative instincts. For man’s manifold potential to be realized, he must forego relying on the intellect and nature again the instinctual roots of human existence.

Answer the questions based on the following information.

There are two gaps of the following sentences. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fill the gap most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill the first gap.

From the time she had put her hair up, every man she had met had groveled before her and she had acquired a mental attitude toward the other sex which was a blend of ….. and ….. .

Answer the questions based on the following information.

There are two gaps of the following sentences. From the pairs of words given, choose the one that fill the gap most appropriately. The first word in the pair should fill the first gap.

Physicians may soon have …… to help paralyzed people move their limbs by bypassing the …… nerves that once controlled their muscles.

In each question, the word at the top of the table is used in four different ways, numbered (A) to (D), Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.

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In each question, the word at the top of the table is used in four different ways, numbered (A) to (D), Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.

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