SSC CHSL 2018 is to be conducted from 1 to 26 July 2019. English is important part of the CHSL examination, so today we are providing English grammar quiz with solutions to make you more accurate in your SSC CHSL examination. Attempt this quiz and prepare yourself.
Wish you best of luck for the all upcoming exams.
Each question has a sentence with three parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part and indicate your answer against the corresponding letter i.e. (a), (b) or (c). If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as option (d).
1. He denied that he had not stolen my purse, my though I was quite sure (b)/ that he had. (c)/ No error (d)
Correct! Wrong!
Explanation (a) Remove ‘not’, two negative words cannot be used together.
2. The media of films has been accepted by all (a)/ as the most powerful force (b)/ that influences the younger generation. (c)/ No error (d)
Correct! Wrong!
Explanation (c) Use ‘young’ in place of ‘younger’.
3. The French Embassy employs him (a)/ regularly (b)/ as he knows to speak to French. (c)/ No error (d)
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Explanation (c) Add ‘how’ before ‘to’ or say ‘as he knows French’.
4. How is it that neither your friend Mahesh (a)/ nor his brother Ramesh (b)/ have protested against this injustice? (c)/ No error (d)
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Explanation (c) use ‘has’ in Place of ‘have’ neither is used for singular.
5. The scientist was seemed (a)/ to be excited (b)/ over the result of his experiment. (c)/ No error (d)
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Explanation (a) Remove ‘was’, its use is superfluous.
6. The student could not answer the teacher (a)/ when he was asked to explain (b)/ why he was so late that day. (c)/ No error (d)
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Explanation (d) The sentence is correct.
7. John could not come (a)/ to school (b)/ as he was ill from cold. (c)/ No error (d)
Correct! Wrong!
Explanation (c) It should be ‘suffering from cold’ or ‘ill with cold’.
8. Though she has aptitude in Mathematics (a)/ I won’t allow her to take it up as a subject of study for the Master’s Degree (b)/ because I know the labour involved will tell upon her health (c) No error (d)
Correct! Wrong!
Explanation (a) Use ‘for’ in place of ‘in’.
9. I am not familiar with (a)/ all the important places in this town, (b)/ although I have been living here since two years. (c)/ No error (d)
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Explanation (c) Use ‘for’ in place of ‘since’.
10. If I would be a millionaire, (a)/ I would not be wasting my time (b)/ waiting for a bus. (c)/ No error (d)
Correct! Wrong!
Explanation (a) Use ‘were’ in place of ‘would be’,
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