SSC CGL Grammar and Usage Practice Test 1
15 original SSC CGL English questions on grammar rules, agreement, articles, prepositions, voice, and narration.
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SSC CGL Grammar and Usage Practice Test 1
15 original SSC CGL English questions on grammar rules, agreement, articles, prepositions, voice, and narration.
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- Articles
1. Choose the correct article: She adopted _____ honest approach.
- A. a
- B. an (Correct)
- C. the
- D. no article
Explanation: Honest begins with a vowel sound, so 'an' is used.
- Preposition
2. He is good _____ mathematics.
- A. in
- B. at (Correct)
- C. for
- D. with
Explanation: The correct collocation is 'good at mathematics'.
- Agreement
3. Either the principal or the teachers _____ attending the meeting.
- A. is
- B. was
- C. are (Correct)
- D. has
Explanation: With 'either...or', the verb agrees with the nearer subject, which is 'teachers'.
- Tense
4. By next month, she _____ the project.
- A. completes
- B. completed
- C. will complete
- D. will have completed (Correct)
Explanation: The future perfect is used for an action completed before a future point.
- Narration
5. He said, 'I can solve this problem.' The indirect form is:
- A. He said that he can solve that problem.
- B. He said that he could solve that problem. (Correct)
- C. He said he solve that problem.
- D. He says that he could solve this problem.
Explanation: In indirect speech, 'can' changes to 'could' after a past reporting verb.
- Voice
6. Choose the passive form: The committee will announce the result tomorrow.
- A. The result will announce tomorrow.
- B. The result will be announced tomorrow. (Correct)
- C. Tomorrow the result announced.
- D. The result is announced tomorrow.
Explanation: Future passive takes 'will be' plus past participle.
- Error Spotting
7. Identify the error: Each of the boys have submitted the form.
- A. Each
- B. of the boys
- C. have submitted (Correct)
- D. the form
Explanation: 'Each' takes a singular verb, so 'has submitted' is correct.
- Conjunction
8. He was tired, _____ he continued working.
- A. because
- B. but (Correct)
- C. unless
- D. since
Explanation: The sentence shows contrast, so 'but' is appropriate.
- Sentence Improvement
9. Choose the best replacement: She is senior than me.
- A. senior from me
- B. senior to me (Correct)
- C. senior over me
- D. no improvement
Explanation: The adjective 'senior' takes 'to', not 'than'.
- Modal
10. You _____ obey the traffic rules.
- A. should (Correct)
- B. might be
- C. used
- D. dare to
Explanation: 'Should' best expresses advice or obligation here.
- Question Tag
11. Let's go for a walk, _____?
- A. shall we (Correct)
- B. will we
- C. don't we
- D. do we
Explanation: The standard tag after 'Let's' is 'shall we?'.
- Conditional
12. If he had studied harder, he _____ the exam.
- A. passes
- B. will pass
- C. would have passed (Correct)
- D. would pass
Explanation: This is a third conditional structure.
- Verb Form
13. She enjoys _____ classical music.
- A. to listen
- B. listened
- C. listening to (Correct)
- D. listen
Explanation: 'Enjoy' is followed by a gerund.
- Pronoun
14. Neither of the two sisters brought _____ notebook.
- A. their
- B. her (Correct)
- C. our
- D. his
Explanation: 'Neither' is singular, so the singular pronoun 'her' is used.
- Adverb
15. He completed the task _____ than expected.
- A. more quick
- B. quick
- C. more quickly (Correct)
- D. quicklier
Explanation: An adverb is needed to modify 'completed'.