SSC English PYQS & Answers for Exam Success

SSC English Practice Questions and Answers 

Preparing for the SSC English exam can be challenging, but practicing with the right questions makes all the difference. In this blog, we’ve gathered essential SSC English practice questions along with answers to help you sharpen your skills. These exercises will guide you through key topics like reading comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary, ensuring you're well-prepared for the exam. 


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Top 50 SSC English Practice Questions : 

Here are Present the collection of 50 carefully curated practice questions from different categories, ensuring they cover all key topics tested in the SSC English exam.

1.  Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The Monster trucks have very............engines, they can probably pull a train coach without any problem.
   (a) dominant                                             (b) powerful
   (c) impressive                                           (d) forceful

Ans :  (b)                                 

2.  Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
   The contingent managed to............successfully.
   (a) close the deal                                      (b) park the deal
   (c) catch the deal                                      (d) heal the deal

Ans :  (a)

3. Choose the correct meaning of the given idiom.
    A Skeleton in the cup board 
  (a) A popular fact which is not hidden
  (b) A popular fact to be kept secret
  (c) An embarrassing fact to be kept secret
  (d) An embarrassing fact not to be kept secret

Ans :  (c)

4.  Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
     Break the ice
  (a) Make people meeting first time feel uncomfortable
  (b) Make people meeting first time feel more comfortable
  (c) Make people meeting first time feel sad
  (d) Make people meeting first time feel more detached

Ans :  (b)

5.  Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
     MORAL
  (a) Ethical                                                   (b) Honourable
  (c) Godliness                                              (d) Symphony

Ans :  (a) 

6.  Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.
     COMPETENT
  (a) Complex                                                (b) Poor
  (c) Capable                                                 (d) Beginner

Ans :  (c)

7.  Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
     OPPOSE
  (a) Embody                                                 (b) Resist
  (c) Encourage                                             (d) Elective

Ans :  (c)

8.  Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
     AMBITION
  (a) Anxiety                                                   (b) Laziness
  (c) Object                                                     (d) Intent 

Ans :  (b)   

9.  Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
  (a) Neccessary                                           (b) Intruder
  (c) Cemetery                                               (d) Accommodate

Ans :  (a)

10.  Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
  (a) Beleif                                                   (b) Bellow
  (c) Beneth                                                 (d) Belly  

Ans :  (c)

11.  Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given groups of words.
       A shortened version of a larger work
  (a) Summary                                           (b) Precis
  (c) Shorts                                                 (d) Abridgement

Ans :  (d)

12.  Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given groups of words.
       Giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen
  (a) Suspicious                                          (b) Ominous
  (c) Desolate                                              (d) Bleak

Ans :  (b)

13.  The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
        They will go to bed/ early since they/ have to get up/ at five on the morning.
  (a) at five on the morning 
  (b) have to get up
  (c) They will go to bed
  (d) early since they

Ans :  (a) 

14.  The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
       Neither the doctors nor/ the nurse were present/ when the patient/ reached the hospital.
  (a) Neither the doctors nor
  (b) the nurse were present
  (c) when the patient
  (d) reached the hospital

Ans :  (b)   

15.  Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
       All his friends laughed at him.
  (a) He became laughable to his friends.
  (b) His friends were being laughed at by him.
  (c) All his friends were laughing at him.
  (d) He was laughed at by all his friends.

Ans :  (d)

16.  Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
       Her phone can't be switched off by my father.
  (a) My father could not switch off her phone.
  (b) My father switches off her phone.
  (c) My father can't switch off her phone.
  (d) My father have not switched off her phone.

Ans :  (c)

17.  Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
       Priya said, "Yes, I am confounded."
  (a) Priya admitted that she was confound.
  (b) Priya admitted that she was confounded.    
  (c) Priya admit that she was confounded.    
  (d) Priya admitted that she is confounded.    

Ans. :  (b)

18.  Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
       She said, "She must leave all the bad habits."
  (a) She said that she had to leave all the bad habits.
  (b) She said that she must have leave all the bad habits.
  (c) She said she has to leave all the bad habits.
  (d) She said that she could leave all the bad habits.

Ans :  (a)

19.  Select the sentence with the appropriate use of preposition.
  (a) It has been raining till morning.
  (b) It has been raining from morning.
  (c) It has been raining by morning.
  (d) It has been raining since morning.

Ans :  (d)

20.  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'.
        We live in a populated country of 120 million people.
  (a) congested                                            (b) dense
  (c) populous                                              (d) No substitute

Ans :  (c)

Directions (21-25) : In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The Romans had developed a.....(21).....for chariot racing. The.....(22).....of the game are so excited that sometimes it may.....(23).....into chaos, confusion and riots. The.....(24).....in which racing took place was called a circus. The.....(25).....one was the Circus Maximus in Rome, that could hold up to 3,85,000 spectators, which shows the popularity of the sport.

21.  (a) taste                                               (b) spoonful

       (c) drop                                                (d) mouthful

Ans :  (a)

22.  (a) campaigners                                   (b) reformers

       (c) champions                                       (d) supporters

Ans :  (d)

23.  (a) adapt                                               (b) reshape

       (c) transfigure                                      (d) convert

Ans :  (d)

24.  (a) stadium                                            (b) circuit

       (c) route                                                 (d) track

Ans :  (a)

25.  (a) larger                                               (b) highest

       (c) largest                                              (d) higher  

Ans :  (c)

26.  Select the sentence with the appropriate use of adverb of frequency.
  (a) Radha often goes to Nagpur.
  (b) Radha goes to Nagpur for her office work.
  (c) Radha goes to Nagpur with great affection.
  (d) Radha goes to Nagpur to meet her uncle.

Ans :  (a)

27.  Select the most appropriate adverb to fill in the blank.
       They supplied the required human resource............ .
  (a) faultlessly                                             (b) heavy
  (c) clear                                                       (d) able

Ans :  (a)

28.  Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
        My teacher asked me to compress the file.
  (a) Search                                                  (b) Trace
  (c) Enlarge                                                 (d) Turn

Ans :  (c)

29.  Given below are four sentences which are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
 A.  It is a Park quite different from any other we have seen.
 B.  One difference is that it is made from nearly 250 tons of scrap.
 C.  Another difference is that it is powered by wind and solar energy.
 D.  A new Park called Bharat Darshan Park has been thrown open to the public in   New Delhi.

 (a) ACDB                                                    (b) DABC
 (c) BACD                                                     (d) DBCA 

Ans :  (b)

30.  Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
       There are
 P.  reports that toy shops and other
 Q.  to prepare for the christmas rush 
 R.  non-food retailers are struggling to
 S.  get enough stock into their warehouses

  (a) RPSQ                                                    (b) PRSQ
  (c) SQRP                                                     (d) QRPS

Ans :  (b)

31.  Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined segment in the given sentence.
        By the end of the football match, feelings had reached fever pitch.
  (a) in or to many places
  (b) start well
  (c) be extremely serious and worrying
  (d) to get so strong that one cannot control them

Ans :  (d)

32.  Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence.
       The perils of smoking tobacco can never be ignored.
  (a) Benefits                                                (b) Humiliations
  (c) Delights                                                (d) Hazards

Ans :  (d)

33.  Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
       Had they not cleared the exam?
  (a) Is the exam not been cleared by them?
  (b) Have the exam not been cleared by them?
  (c) Had the exam not been cleared by them?
  (d) Was the exam not been cleared by them?

Ans :  (c) 

34.  Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
       Why is peace being demanded by you?
  (a) Why are you demanding peace?
  (b) Why are peace demanded?
  (c) Why you are demanding peace?
  (d) Why you demand peace?

Ans :  (a)

35.  Select the most appropriate word for the underlined word in the given sentence.
       Rajesh was angry at himself for making a silly mistake during the examination.
  (a) for                                                       (b) with
  (c) on                                                        (d) above

Ans :  (b)

36.  Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
        According to the report,
P.  the 2021 projections reflect growing 
Q.  recognition of climate change issues 
R.  and the importance of nuclear power in
S.  reducing emissions from electricity generation
  (a) QRSP                                                   (b) QPRS
  (c) PSQR                                                   (d) PQRS

Ans :  (d)

37.  Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
  (a) Justice                                                 (b) Lawyer
  (c) Judege                                                 (d) Attorney  

Ans :  (c)

38.  Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
       Fair and square
  (a) Honestly                                              (b) Fair-skinned
  (c) Being vague                                        (d) Good looking 

Ans :  (a) 

39.  Select the option that can be used  as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
        A loud appeal or demand
  (a) Entourage                                            (b) Clamour
  (c) Protest                                                  (d) Gambit 

Ans :  (b) 

40. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The manager told her that/ she should be a bit more/ careful while executed the/ orders of the company. 
  (a) The manager told her that
  (b) she should be a bit more
  (c) orders of the company
  (d) careful while executed the

Ans :  (d) 

41.  Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
        This app is a very...............one for online shopping.
  (a) convenient                                            (b) capable
  (c) competency                                          (d) convenience

Ans :  (a)

42.  Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
       Ajay says, "There is going to be a snowfall."
  (a) Ajay said that there is going to be a snowfall.
  (b) Ajay said that there was going to be a snowfall.
  (c) Ajay says that there is going to be a snowfall.
  (d) Ajay says that there was going to be a snowfall.

Ans :  (c)  

43.  Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement'.
       The prisoners are kept at constants surveillance.
  (a) kept by                                                  (b) kept under
  (c) kept with                                               (d) No improvement

Ans :  (b)

44.  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 required'.
       The young man lifts weights at the gym when he pulled a muscle.
  (a) was lifting                                            (b) is lifting
  (c) has lifted                                              (d) No substitution required

Ans :  (a)

45.  Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
       FAMISHED
  (a) Hesitant                                               (b) Volatile
  (c) Starved                                                (d) Satiated

Ans :  (d)

Directions (46-50) : In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Pollution is destroying nature. The smoke that is.....(46).....from the chimneys of the factories, and from vehicles is the mixture of poisonous gases. Due to environmental pollution, there is.....(47).....in nature; so, many birds, animals and plants are on the verge of.....(48).....day by day. The only way to.....(49).....environmental pollution is to plant many trees. By planting trees, we can get rid of many harmful poisonous gases. It is the responsibility of everyone to.....(50).....and protect our environment.

46.  (a) generated                                       (b) absorbed

       (c) created                                             (d) emitted

Ans :  (d)

47.  (a) an imbalance                                  (b) a difference

       (c) an inequality                                    (d) a balance

Ans :  (a)

48.  (a) survival                                             (b) distinction

       (c) appearance                                       (d) extinction

Ans :  (d)

49.  (a) eradicate                                           (b) sustain

       (c) radiate                                                (d) introduce

Ans :  (a)

50.  (a) ruin                                                     (b) preserve

       (c) destroy                                                (d) neglect


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