Ssc 2022 GK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
Please consult a doctor before you take any medicine.
2. The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an er- ror. Select the part that con- tains the error from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.
People sometimes asks me / why carbon dioxide / is im- portant for the climate.
3. Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
The snowstorm in that region will effect thousand of travellers.
4. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
HARMONY
5. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Sagacious
6. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.
We had hundreds of courageous scientists."
7. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Thus, ...... of their purpose, the three knights tried another plan.
8. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Segregate
9. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the un- derlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required.'
Abraham also had one sister, of who not much has been recorded.
10. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Obtrusive
11. The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an er- ror. Select the part that con- tains the error from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.
A man tends to one / of the horses after it's / training at a stud farm.
12. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Change of heart
13. Select the option that corrects the incorrectly spelt words in the given sentence.
Fifty people have been taken into polise custoudy.
14. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
15. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
One who hates mankind
16. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
In all cases, we have to .... the facts from the various re- ports and documents.
17. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions.
18. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
One who collects stamps
19. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that con- tains a grammatical error.
Concern above rising pollu- tion / led to the / formula- tion of/various action plans.
20. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
An eye wash
Directions (21-25): In the fol- lowing passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage care- fully and select the most appropri- ate option to fill in each blank. Mt. Mantap in North Korea has now been reported to have (21) from its original state after an under- ground nuclear test was carried out under it at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site on 3 September 2017. An international team of scientists (22) a special satellite radar imaging called synthetic aperture radar and seismic recordings to study the ef- fects of the blast which (23) a 5.2 magnitude earthquake. The surface of the mountain was pushed (24)by almost 11 feet and then col- lapsed leaving the mountain about 20 inches (25).
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
Answer with Explanation
Please consult a doctor before you take any medicine.
(i) consulting
(ii) consulted
(iii) No improvement required
(iv) consults
(ii) consulted
(iii) No improvement required
(iv) consults
2. The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an er- ror. Select the part that con- tains the error from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.
People sometimes asks me / why carbon dioxide / is im- portant for the climate.
(i) is important for the cli- mate
(ii) why carbon dioxide
(iii) No error
(iv) People sometimes asks me
(ii) why carbon dioxide
(iii) No error
(iv) People sometimes asks me
3. Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
The snowstorm in that region will effect thousand of travellers.
(i) would affecting thousand
(ii) will effect thousands
(iii) No improvement required
(iv) will affect thousands
(ii) will effect thousands
(iii) No improvement required
(iv) will affect thousands
4. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
HARMONY
(i) Peace
(ii) Discord
(iii) Tranquility
(iv) Good will
(ii) Discord
(iii) Tranquility
(iv) Good will
5. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Sagacious
(i) Dull
(ii) Profound
(iii) keen
(iv) Intelligent
(ii) Profound
(iii) keen
(iv) Intelligent
6. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.
We had hundreds of courageous scientists."
(i) diffident
(ii) gutsy
(iii) audacious
(iv) valiant
(ii) gutsy
(iii) audacious
(iv) valiant
7. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Thus, ...... of their purpose, the three knights tried another plan.
(i) involved
(ii) foiled
(iii) toiled
(iv) failed
(ii) foiled
(iii) toiled
(iv) failed
8. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Segregate
(i) Submerge
(ii) Isolate
(iii) Nullify
(iv) Integrate
(ii) Isolate
(iii) Nullify
(iv) Integrate
9. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the un- derlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required.'
Abraham also had one sister, of who not much has been recorded.
(i) of what
(ii) of whose
(iii) of whom
(iv) No substitution required
(ii) of whose
(iii) of whom
(iv) No substitution required
10. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Obtrusive
(i) Pervasive
(ii) Exclusive
(iii) Prominent
(iv) Modest
(ii) Exclusive
(iii) Prominent
(iv) Modest
11. The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an er- ror. Select the part that con- tains the error from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.
A man tends to one / of the horses after it's / training at a stud farm.
(i) of the horses after it's
(ii) A man tends to one
(iii) No error
(iv) training at a stud farm
(ii) A man tends to one
(iii) No error
(iv) training at a stud farm
12. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Change of heart
(i) To narrowly escape disaster
(ii) An unfair attack
(iii) Different opinion about someone or something
(iv) Very similar in appearance
(ii) An unfair attack
(iii) Different opinion about someone or something
(iv) Very similar in appearance
13. Select the option that corrects the incorrectly spelt words in the given sentence.
Fifty people have been taken into polise custoudy.
(i) Fivety people have been
taken into polise custody.
(ii) Fiffty people have been tak- en into polis custoudy.
(iii) Fifity people have been tak- en into police custoudy.
(iv) Fifty people have been tak- en into police custody.
(ii) Fiffty people have been tak- en into polis custoudy.
(iii) Fifity people have been tak- en into police custoudy.
(iv) Fifty people have been tak- en into police custody.
14. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
(i) Swimming
(ii) Borowing
(iii) Sovereign
(iv) Preserve
(ii) Borowing
(iii) Sovereign
(iv) Preserve
15. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
One who hates mankind
(i) Altruist
(ii) Compere
(iii) Malevolent
(iv) Misanthrope
(ii) Compere
(iii) Malevolent
(iv) Misanthrope
16. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
In all cases, we have to .... the facts from the various re- ports and documents.
(i) Instil
(ii) Repel
(iii) Standstill
(iv) Distil
(ii) Repel
(iii) Standstill
(iv) Distil
17. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions.
(i) Believer
(ii) Iconoclast
(iii) Humanitarian
(iv) Misanthrope
(ii) Iconoclast
(iii) Humanitarian
(iv) Misanthrope
18. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
One who collects stamps
(i) Numismatist
(ii) Narcissist
(iii) Philatelist
(iv) Collector
(ii) Narcissist
(iii) Philatelist
(iv) Collector
19. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that con- tains a grammatical error.
Concern above rising pollu- tion / led to the / formula- tion of/various action plans.
(i) Concern above rising pol-
lution
(ii) formulation of
(iii) led to the
(iv) various action plans
(ii) formulation of
(iii) led to the
(iv) various action plans
20. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
An eye wash
(i) In writing
(ii) A pretence
(iii) Avoid talking
(iv) A rare event
(ii) A pretence
(iii) Avoid talking
(iv) A rare event
Directions (21-25): In the fol- lowing passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage care- fully and select the most appropri- ate option to fill in each blank. Mt. Mantap in North Korea has now been reported to have (21) from its original state after an under- ground nuclear test was carried out under it at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site on 3 September 2017. An international team of scientists (22) a special satellite radar imaging called synthetic aperture radar and seismic recordings to study the ef- fects of the blast which (23) a 5.2 magnitude earthquake. The surface of the mountain was pushed (24)by almost 11 feet and then col- lapsed leaving the mountain about 20 inches (25).
21.
(i) relapsed
(ii)clasped
(iii) mapped
(iv) collapsed
(ii)clasped
(iii) mapped
(iv) collapsed
22.
(i) framed
(ii) used
(iii) urged
(iv) deduced
(ii) used
(iii) urged
(iv) deduced
23.
(i) altered
(ii) neglected
(iii) caused
(iv) lost
(ii) neglected
(iii) caused
(iv) lost
24.
(i)wayward
(ii) confined
(iii) aligned
(iv) outwards
(ii) confined
(iii) aligned
(iv) outwards
25.
(i) different
(ii) shorter
(iii) proper
(iv) greater
(ii) shorter
(iii) proper
(iv) greater
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