Q1. Choose the antonym of 'HARMONY'.
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Answer: A. Discord
'Harmony' means agreement or peace; 'discord' means disagreement.
SSC CGL English Comprehension Beginner Practice Set 6
25 beginner questions. Tap an option to check it, or open “Show answer” for the explanation.
Topics: Antonyms, One-word Substitution, Synonyms, Fill in the Blanks, Subject-Verb Agreement, Prepositions, Tenses, Spelling, Articles
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Q2. A person who loves and defends his or her country is called:
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Answer: D. Patriot
A 'patriot' is one who loves and supports their country; a traitor betrays it.
Q3. A place where dead bodies are buried is called:
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Answer: A. Cemetery
A 'cemetery' is a burial ground; an orchard grows fruit trees and a granary stores grain.
Q4. Choose the synonym of 'ADORE'.
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Answer: D. Love
'Adore' means to love deeply.
Q5. A person who offers to do work without being paid is called:
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Answer: A. Volunteer
A 'volunteer' works willingly without payment; a mercenary works only for money.
Q6. Fill in the blank: After the long journey, the travellers were ___ and hungry.
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Answer: B. exhausted
'Exhausted' means extremely tired, which fits a long journey.
Q7. Fill in the blank: He and his wife ___ doctors.
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Answer: C. are
Two subjects joined by 'and' take a plural verb.
Q8. Fill in the blank: Everybody ___ the answer.
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Answer: B. knows
Indefinite pronouns such as everybody, everyone and somebody take a singular verb.
Q9. Fill in the blank: The medicine had a bitter ___.
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Answer: A. taste
'Bitter' describes a taste, so 'taste' is the right word.
Q10. Choose the antonym of 'BRIGHT'.
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Answer: C. Dim
'Bright' means giving much light; 'dim' means giving little light.
Q11. Fill in the blank: She divided the cake ___ the two children.
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Answer: A. between
'Between' is used for two people or things; 'among' is used for more than two.
Q12. Something that cannot be seen is called:
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Answer: C. Invisible
'Invisible' means not able to be seen; 'inaudible' means not able to be heard.
Q13. Fill in the blank: Either Ram or his brothers ___ responsible for this.
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Answer: A. are
With 'either...or', the verb agrees with the nearer subject; 'brothers' is plural, so 'are'.
Q14. Choose the antonym of 'INCREASE'.
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Answer: D. Decrease
'Increase' means to become larger; 'decrease' means to become smaller.
Q15. Choose the synonym of 'HAPPY'.
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Answer: B. Joyful
'Happy' means feeling pleasure; 'joyful' means full of joy.
Q16. Fill in the blank: Look! It ___.
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Answer: D. is raining
The present continuous is used for an action happening at the moment of speaking.
Q17. Fill in the blank: The news ___ very good today.
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Answer: D. is
'News' is an uncountable noun and always takes a singular verb.
Q18. Choose the correctly spelt word for 'the day after today'.
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Answer: B. Tomorrow
The correct spelling is 'tomorrow' (t-o-m-o-r-r-o-w).
Q19. Fill in the blank: They ___ to Goa last year.
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Answer: A. went
The simple past is used with a definite past time such as 'last year'; the present perfect cannot be used with it.
Q20. Choose the correctly spelt word for 'to divide or keep apart'.
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Answer: C. Separate
The correct spelling is 'separate' (s-e-p-a-r-a-t-e).
Q21. Fill in the blank: Ten kilometres ___ a long distance to walk.
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Answer: B. is
A plural amount of distance, money or time treated as a single unit takes a singular verb.
Q22. Fill in the blank: The boy is angry ___ his friend.
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Answer: D. with
'Angry with' is used for a person; 'angry about' is used for a thing.
Q23. Choose the correct article: Honesty is ___ best policy.
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Answer: A. the
'The' is used before superlatives, so 'Honesty is the best policy.'
Q24. Fill in the blank: He insisted ___ paying the bill.
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Answer: D. on
'Insist' is followed by 'on': insist on doing something.
Q25. Choose the antonym of 'POLITE'.
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Answer: D. Rude
'Polite' means having good manners; 'rude' means having bad manners.