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As we all know, Verbal Aptitude is an
important component of a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC
Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC CGL/CHSL
Examination, MBA Entrance Examination, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc.
In order to help you practise and improve your verbal ability, we provide you
this English Quiz.
Given below are a few questions from
SSC examinations held in the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in
the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!
Directions
(Q.Nos. 1- 5) : The first and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1
and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and
S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and
find out which of the four combinations is correct.
1.
1. Education
in India had a glorious beginning.
P. But after
the British rule, it faced many changes.
Q. It went
on for centuries with the same glory.
R. English
as the medium of instruction had a very great response.
S. One of
the changes was the introduction of English as the medium of instruction
6. As the
Britisher’s left, we had a complexity of opinions regarding English.
(a) PQRS (b) QPSR (c) PQSR (d) SRPQ
2.
1. It is the
responsibility of parents to teach the young moral values in life.
P. Many
children take advantage of their parents’ busy schedule.
Q. This
results in children’s ignorance of social values.
R. The reason behind it is that parents are
quite busy now a days.
S. Now a days parents spend very meagre time
with children.
6. As such, the society is going away from the
value system.
(a) SRPQ (b) PQRS (c) SQRP (d) SPQR
3.
1. It is
easy to criticise the people at the helm, for the slow progress in every field.
P. We are
well aware that the intellectuals are leaving our country for better employment
opportunities.
Q. This
question remains unanswered because our country cannot show opportunities to
the intellectuals.
R. Then,
what about their obligation to the Motherland?
S. First, we
should ask ourselves as to what is happening to the young intellectuals in
India.
6. This
situation of ‘Brain-Drain’ leads to a variety of problems.
(a) PSQR (b) RPSQ (c) PSRQ (d) SPRQ
4.
1. The man
who does his duty without any selfish desire for fruit may be called a sanyasi
as well as yogi.
P. The man
who has achieved much evenness of temper will be serene, because his mere
thoughts are changed with the strength of action.
Q. He would
practice yoga, i.e., evenness of temper, and cannot but perform action.
R. The root
of the matter is that one should not allow his mind to flit from object of
desire to another and from that to a third.
S. But he
who abstains from action altogether is only an idler.
6. A yogi is
one who is not attached to his objects of sense or to action and whose mind has
ceased to roam restlessly.
(a) SRQP (b) RQPS (c) QRSP (d) PRSQ
5.
1. This was
an important day for Alatook.
P. It was a
cold day, but Alatook would be warm.
Q. For the
first time, he was going to hunt seals alone.
R. First he put on his fur-lined jacket.
S. Then he put on mittens and boots of
deerskin to protect his hands and feet from the cold.
6. Finally he picked up the gun he had cleaned
so carefully the day before.
(a) PQRS (b) QPRS (c) PRSQ (d) QRPS
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Answers:
1(b)
2(a) 3(c) 4(d) 5(b)