SSC CGL Grammar & Usage Verified Practice Test 2
15 structurally validated Grammar & Usage questions with unique options, mapped answers and explanations.
SSC CGL Grammar & Usage Verified Practice Test 2
15 structurally validated Grammar & Usage questions with unique options, mapped answers and explanations.
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- Articles
1. He wants to become _____ engineer.
- A. a
- B. an (Correct)
- C. the
- D. no article
Explanation: Engineer begins with a vowel sound.
- Preposition
2. The train arrived _____ time.
- A. in
- B. on (Correct)
- C. at
- D. for
Explanation: The expression is 'on time'.
- Agreement
3. The quality of the apples _____ not good.
- A. are
- B. were
- C. is (Correct)
- D. have
Explanation: The subject is 'quality', which is singular.
- Tense
4. When I reached the station, the train _____.
- A. left
- B. has left
- C. had left (Correct)
- D. was leaving always
Explanation: Past perfect shows the earlier past action.
- Narration
5. She said, 'I have finished my work.' The indirect form is:
- A. She said that she had finished her work. (Correct)
- B. She said that she has finished her work.
- C. She says that she had finished her work.
- D. She told that she had finished my work.
Explanation: Present perfect changes to past perfect in reported speech after a past reporting verb.
- Voice
6. Choose the active form: The match was won by the visitors.
- A. The visitors have won the match.
- B. The visitors won the match. (Correct)
- C. The match won the visitors.
- D. The visitors were winning the match.
Explanation: Simple past passive converts to simple past active.
- Error Spotting
7. Identify the error: One of my friends are preparing for SSC CGL.
- A. One
- B. of my friends
- C. are preparing (Correct)
- D. for SSC CGL
Explanation: 'One' is singular, so 'is preparing' is correct.
- Conjunction
8. You will succeed _____ you stay focused.
- A. unless
- B. if (Correct)
- C. though
- D. whereas
Explanation: 'If' correctly introduces the condition.
- Sentence Improvement
9. Choose the best replacement: He insisted to pay the bill.
- A. insisted on paying (Correct)
- B. insisted for paying
- C. insisted paying to
- D. no improvement
Explanation: The correct construction is 'insist on' followed by a gerund.
- Modifier
10. Choose the correctly written sentence.
- A. Walking down the road, the trees looked beautiful.
- B. Walking down the road, I found the trees beautiful. (Correct)
- C. Walking down the road, the flowers was blooming.
- D. Walking down the road, the weather pleased.
Explanation: The doer in the opening phrase must match the subject that follows.
- Question Tag
11. She is your cousin, _____?
- A. isn't she (Correct)
- B. doesn't she
- C. wasn't she
- D. is she
Explanation: The auxiliary 'is' becomes negative in the tag.
- Conditional
12. If I were the manager, I _____ the policy.
- A. change
- B. changed
- C. would change (Correct)
- D. will change
Explanation: This is a second conditional sentence.
- Verb Form
13. He made me _____ the letter twice.
- A. to read
- B. reading
- C. read (Correct)
- D. reads
Explanation: 'Make' is followed by the base verb in active voice.
- Pronoun
14. Everyone should finish _____ assignment before lunch.
- A. their
- B. his or her (Correct)
- C. our
- D. its
Explanation: Formal singular agreement with 'everyone' takes 'his or her'.
- Adjective
15. Mount Everest is _____ peak in the world.
- A. high
- B. higher
- C. the highest (Correct)
- D. most high
Explanation: A superlative is required.