Additional CGL
+ CHSL 2020
Ques 1. Select
the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
In 1938, the
famous actor, Orson Welles, terrified New York. (1) ______ radio play about an
invasion of
the city by
Martians sounded totally real. It sounded so real that many people (2) ______
that it was
an actual
news report. Thousands of people (3) ______ and there
was chaos and disorder in the streets
of the city
for several hours. Today, however, we know that there aren’t any “little green
men” on
the (4)
______ nearest Earth. There was going to be a Martian invasion – only this time
it was going
to be in the
(5) ______ direction.
Ans. 1. Her 2. Our 3. Their 4. His
1. admitted 2. Refuted 3. Believed 4. Disbelieved
1. panicked 2. Stopped
3. Jumped 4.
Shouted
1. space 2. Galaxy 3. Planet 4. System
1. difficult 2. Same 3. Different 4. Opposite
Ques 2. Select
the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The are the various symbols used on garbage bins. The
wheeled-bin (1)____ which is crossed out indicates
that the item (2)_____ be disposed of separately from household waste. The item
should be handed in for recycling (3)_____ to local
environmental regulations for waste disposal. By (4)_____
a marked item from household waste, you will help reduce the volume of waste
sent to landfills. It will also (5)_____ any potential
negative impact on human health and the environment. For more information, Please contact your nearest civic official.
1.Item 2. Photo 3. Symbol 4. Disposal
1. shouldn’t 2. Won’t 3. Can’t 4. Have
1. According 2. Subject
3. Accordance 4. Proposed
1. Discarding 2. Spoiling 3. Separating 4. throwing
1.
Encourage
2. Maximise 3.
Increase 4. Minimise
Ques 3. Select the option that
expresses the given sentence in the active or passive voice.
Designer clothes were sold t o
t he masses by Pierre Cardin.
Ans 1. Pierre Cardin sold designer clothes to the masses.
2. The masses were sold by Pierre
Cardin to the designer clothes.
3. Pierre Cardin had sold designer
clothes to the masses.
4. Designer clothes have been sold by
Pierre Cardin to the masses.
Ques 4. Select
the most appropriate option to substitute underlined segment in the given sentence.
Lavanya was
happy to see that the tree they had planted the previous year has grow quite taller.
Ans 1. No substitution
required
2. had grown quite tall
3. had grown quite tallest
4. had grow
quite taller
Ques 5. Select
the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
My friends say that many young
people are very active on social media now.
Ans 1. My friends said, “Many young people were very active
on social media then.”
2. My friends
say, “Many young people were very active on social media now.”
3. My friends
are saying, “Many young people are very active on social media then.”
4. My friends
say, “Many young people are very active on social media now.”
Ques 6 Fill
in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
Equiano was
born in 1745 in Nigeria. When he (1) ______ about eleven, Equiano was kidnapped
and
sold to slave
traders headed (2) ______ the West Indies. Though he spent a brief (3) ______
in the state
of Virginia,
much of Equiano's time (4) ______ serving on slave ships and British navy
vessels.
In his
service on these (5) ______, Equiano travelled extensively.
1. are 2. Were
3. Is 4. Was
1. in 2. About 3. On 4. To
1. life 2. Era 3. Age 4. Period
1. spent 2. has been spent 3. was spent 4. is spent
1. crafts 2. Ships 3. Tankers 4. Liners
Ques 7. Sentences
of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order.
A. Humans
work because they have to; they play because they want to.
B. The most
useful definitions are those that clarify the relationship of sports to play, games
and
contests.
C. “Play,”
wrote the German theorist Carl Diem, “is purposeless activity, for its own sake,
the
opposite of
work.”
D. Sports are
part of every culture, past and present, but each culture has its own definition
of sports.
Ans 1. DCBA
2. ABCD
3. BADC
4.
DBCA
Ques 8. Sentences
of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order.
A. Games
involved gladiators fighting wild animals or each other.
B. Inside,
tiered seating encircled the arena, where animals were caged and stage sets prepared.
C.
Inaugurated in AD 80, the 50,000-seat Colosseum is also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre.
D. Rome’s
great gladiatorial arena is the most monumental of the city's ancient sights.
Ans 1. DABC
2. DCBA
3. BCAD
4. ADCB
Ques 9. In
the following passage, some words have been deleted.
Meghalaya, a
hilly state of India, is located in the north eastern part of the country. It
is (1)______ by
the Indian
state of Assam in the north and northeast and (2) ______ Bangladesh in the south
and
southwest.
The state capital is (3) ______ hill town of Shillong,
located in east-central Meghalaya.
Meghalaya is
an upland area formed by a (4)______ block of the
Deccan plateau. Its summits vary
in (5) ______
from 4,000 to 6,000 feet (1,220 to 1,830 metres).
1. Bonded 2. Bounding 3. Bind 4. Bounded
1. by 2. With 3. Near 4. Beside
1. one 2. A 3.
The 4. Only
1. withdrawn 2. Standing 3. Detached 4. Removed
1. elevation 2. Distance 3. Rise 4. Increase
Ques 10. Select
most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
If the box breaking the glass
bottle will be shattered.
Ans 1. If the
box breaks
2. If the box break
3. No substitution required
4. If the box broke
Ques 11. Select
the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of
words.
A place or scene of
activity, debate, or conflict
Ans 1. Stadium
2. Site
3. Arena
4. Floor
Ques 12. Select
the misspelt word.
Ans 1. Trecherous 2. vicious
3.
pompous 4. lustrous
Correct Spelling = Treacherous
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