SSC CGL Grammar and Usage Practice Test 7
15 practice-ready SSC CGL English grammar questions on agreement, tense, articles, narration, and sentence correction.
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SSC CGL Grammar and Usage Practice Test 7
15 practice-ready SSC CGL English grammar questions on agreement, tense, articles, narration, and sentence correction.
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- Articles
1. Choose the correct article: It was _____ unusual experience.
- A. a
- B. an (Correct)
- C. the
- D. no article
Explanation: Unusual begins with a vowel sound, so 'an' is correct.
- Agreement
2. Neither the principal nor the teachers _____ present.
- A. is
- B. was
- C. are (Correct)
- D. has
Explanation: With 'neither...nor', the verb agrees with the nearer subject 'teachers'.
- Voice
3. Choose the passive form: They have completed the form.
- A. The form has completed.
- B. The form has been completed. (Correct)
- C. The form was completed.
- D. The form is completed.
Explanation: Present perfect passive uses has/have been plus past participle.
- Preposition
4. He has been waiting here _____ 9 o'clock.
- A. for
- B. since (Correct)
- C. from
- D. by
Explanation: 'Since' is used with a point of time.
- Conditional
5. If I were rich, I _____ a library.
- A. build
- B. built
- C. would build (Correct)
- D. will build
Explanation: Second conditional uses 'would' with the base verb.
- Error Spotting
6. Identify the incorrect part: The list of selected candidates / have been uploaded / on the official website / no error.
- A. The list of selected candidates
- B. have been uploaded (Correct)
- C. on the official website
- D. no error
Explanation: The main subject is singular: 'list'. The correct verb is 'has been uploaded'.
- Sentence Improvement
7. Choose the best replacement: The officer asked me where did I live.
- A. where I lived (Correct)
- B. where do I live
- C. where I live?
- D. no improvement
Explanation: In indirect questions, the word order is subject + verb, and the tense shifts with the past reporting verb.
- Cloze Grammar
8. Choose the best word: The report was rejected because it was not _____ with the prescribed format.
- A. complied
- B. consistent (Correct)
- C. insisting
- D. dependent
Explanation: 'Consistent with' means in agreement with a standard or format.
- Voice
9. Choose the active form: The files must be verified before noon.
- A. Someone must verify the files before noon. (Correct)
- B. The files must verify someone before noon.
- C. Someone verified the files before noon.
- D. The files are verifying before noon.
Explanation: Modal passive 'must be verified' changes to active 'must verify'.
- Narration
10. Choose the indirect form: He said, 'Let us review the answer key again.'
- A. He suggested that they should review the answer key again. (Correct)
- B. He said that they review the answer key again.
- C. He requested that they reviewed the answer key again.
- D. He ordered they review the answer key again.
Explanation: 'Let us' used as a proposal is commonly reported with 'suggested that ... should'.