English Quiz For SSC Exams

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and choose to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If a sentence is free from errors, choose to (d) .

1. The vaccine (a)/ when hit the Indian market (b)/ is dogged by controversy. (c)/ No error (d)

2. His son (a)/ is working (b)/ very hardly. (c)/ No error (d)

3. Do you know that it was I (a)/ who has done (b)/ this piece of beautiful work? (c)/ No error (d)

4. The company has ordered (a)/ some (b)/ new equipments. (c)/ No error (d)

5. The future of food companies (a)/ seems quite secure (b)/ owed to ever-growing demand. (c)/ No error (d)

Directions (6-10): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four .

6. ……………you leave now, you will be late.

(a) Until

(b) Till

(c) Unless

(d) Although

7. The ……………were arrested for illegally hunting the bears.

(a) poachers

(b) rangers

(c) soldiers

(d) villagers

8. If you had followed the rules, you……………disqualified.

(a) will not be 

(b) would not be

(c) will not have been

(d) would not have been

9. The housewife……………the cakes burning, and ran to switch off the oven.

(a) smell

(b) smells

(c) smelt 

(d) smelling

10. ……………an old legend, King Shirham lived in India.

(a) In the event of 

(b) Due to

(c) According to 

(d) In reference to 

Answers Key
1.(c)
2.(c)
3.(b)
4.(d)
5.(c)
6.(c)
7.(a)
8.(d)
9.(c)
10.(c)