English Grammar - MOST IMPORTANT SSC Selection Phase Previous Year Questions
Practice real questions from previous year exams of SSC Selection Phase.
📘 Verbs Taking Only To-Infinitive📚 Misc
Q1
Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error
Nobody is allowed to entered the colony during the lockdown.
🎯 SSC Selection Post Phase-VIII (H.L.) 09.11.2020 (Shift-I)
📘 General Uses of Indefinite Article A/An📚 A/An before a singular countable noun introduced for the first time
Q2
Select the grammatically correct sentence.
A. I would like to spend an evening near pool with a cup of coffee.
B. I would like to spend an evening near pool with cup of coffee.
C. I would like to spend a evening near a pool with a cup of coffee.
D. I would like to spend an evening near a pool with a cup of coffee.
🎯 SSC Selection Phase XI-28/06/2023 (Shift-III)
📘 Commonly Confused and Misused Nouns📚 Choosing the contextually correct word or form (sign-signature, principal-principle, etc.)
Q3
Identify the sentence that contains no spelling errors.
🎯 SSC Selection Phase XI-30/06/2023 (Shift-IV)
📘 Prepositions of Place and Position📚 Beside vs Besides
Q4
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required'.
Ria sits right besides Shimona in the craft class.
🎯 SSC Selection Phase XI-28/06/2023 (Shift-III)
📘 Fixed Prepositions (Verb/Adj/Noun)📚 Words taking 'From'- abstain from, refrain from, prevent from, debar from, recover from, etc.
Q5
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution'
The lockdown prevented people to go out from their homes.
🎯 SSC Selection Post Phase-VIII (G.L.) 09.11.2020 (Shift-II)
📘 Phrasal Verb and Particle Combinations📚 Common phrasal verbs tested in preposition blanks- put off, call off, bring up, take over, hand in, etc.
Q6
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Athira would like to get him a special birthday present, but nothing springs to mind.
🎯 SSC Selection Phase XI-30/06/2023 (Shift-IV)
📘 Need and Dare📚 Need and Dare as Main Verbs in Positive Sentences + To-Infinitive- You need to work hard
Q7
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'no substitution'.
I need someone very strong to lift this heavy bag.
🎯 SSC Selection Post Phase-VIII (H.L.) 09.11.2020 (Shift-I)
📘 Commonly Confused and Misused Nouns📚 Choosing the contextually correct word or form (sign-signature, principal-principle, etc.)
Q8
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence.
Students were asked to write the historical events in the order of their occurrence.
🎯 SSC Selection Phase XI-30/06/2023 (Shift-IV)
📘 Past Indefinite Tense (Simple Past)📚 Definite past time markers take Past Indefinite, never Present Perfect- ago, yesterday, last night, in 1990, etc.
Q9
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Yesterday, after a nice walk, we _____ to sit on the bench, watch the birds, and rest for a while.
🎯 SSC Selection Post Phase-VIII (M.L.) 09.11.2020 (Shift-III)
📘 Relative Pronouns- Who, Whom, Whose📚 'Who' used as the subject of the subordinate clause
Q10
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence.
The girl _____ stood first in the class is a close friend.
🎯 SSC Selection Post Phase-VIII (H.L.) 09.11.2020 (Shift-I)
📘 Basic Degrees of Comparison📚 Use of 'the' before Superlative Degree
Q11
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The Jupiter is the _____ planet in our solar system.
🎯 SSC Selection Post Phase-VIII (M.L.) 09.11.2020 (Shift-III)
📘 Verbs Confused by Meaning📚 Misc
Q12
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
You must _____ what you cannot cure.
🎯 SSC Selection Phase XI-27/06/2023 (Shift-I)
📘 Gerund after Prepositions📚 Gerund (V1+ing)after prepositions- of, in, etc. (confident of passing, insist on going, etc.)
Q13
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word that can be used here based on the given context.
We as human beings usually tend to forget that life itself is an accumulated process of _____.
🎯 SSC Selection Phase XI-27/06/2023 (Shift-I)
📘 Prepositions of Reason, Purpose, etc.📚 In spite of vs Despite- no 'of' after despite
Q14
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
_____ being an officer, he lives in a very tiny apartment.
🎯 SSC Selection Phase XI-28/06/2023 (Shift-III)
📘 Kinds of Adjectives📚 Adjective of Quality (Descriptive Adjective)
Q15
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The propaganda was made to invade _____ neighbouring countries.
🎯 SSC Selection Phase XI-30/06/2023 (Shift-IV)
📘 Verbs Confused by Meaning📚 Misc
Q16
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I hope you _____ what I taught you today.
🎯 SSC Selection Phase XI-30/06/2023 (Shift-IV)
📘 Commonly Confused and Misused Nouns📚 Choosing the contextually correct word or form (sign-signature, principal-principle, etc.)
Q17
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
That night the dinner was special, and the _____ himself came out to read out the menu list.
🎯 SSC Selection Phase XI-28/06/2023 (Shift-III)
📘 Verbs Confused by Meaning📚 Misc
Q18
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The Thar desert is _____ in the state of Rajasthan.
🎯 SSC Selection Phase XI-30/06/2023 (Shift-IV)
📘 Verbs Confused by Meaning📚 Misc
Q19
Select the alternative that is appropriate to fill the blank.
The baby bird was _____ by its mother.
🎯 SSC Selection Post Phase-VII (M.L.) 15.10.2019 (Shift-I)
📘 Confusing Pairs of Adjectives📚 Misc
Q20
Select the alternative that is appropriate to fill the blank.
In case it rains, what _____ arrangements have been made?
🎯 SSC Selection Post Phase-VII (M.L.) 15.10.2019 (Shift-I)