Practice set 2 of the ENGLISH SERIES (Error detection, FILLERS, SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT, PARA JUMBLES ) for SSC CGL and CHSL 2019 - PREPARE ENGLISH FOR SSC BANK AND OTHER EXAMS:ENGLISHKENDRA
Practice set 2 of the ENGLISH SERIES (Error detection, FILLERS, SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT, PARA JUMBLES  ) for SSC CGL and CHSL 2019

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💯Click here for the compilation of frequently asked ERROR DETECTION RULES /GRAMMAR RULES in SSC exams



🔘As we know, only a few days are left for the SSC CGL and CHSL 2019 EXAMS .
Tackling English section with wits can give you an edge over other students. And English is all about practice, so to make your job easier,we have come up with a series of " TOPICWISE PRACTICE SETS" comprising '500' QUESTIONS '. In this "PRACTICE SET 2 " we have provided  15 practice questions from ERROR DETECTION, FILLERS with detailed solution

🔷Practice set 2 of the ENGLISH SERIES (Error detection, FILLERS, SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT, PARA JUMBLES  ) for SSC CGL and CHSL 2019

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🔷Direction : Sentences with one blank are given, indicating that something has been omitted.Choose the word that fits the blank appropriately. 

1) Stammering is a habit ___ lack of  self confidence.

a) linked with
b) linked to
c) linked on
d) linked upon


2) Somebody must be made to ___ the alleged scam.

a) answer to
b) answer after
c) answer upon
d) answer for

3) Five children were ___ by a speeding truck.

a) knocked at
b) knocked upon
c) knocked down
d) knocked out

4) I met your friend Anuradha in the party, she ___ you. 

a) asked upon
b) asked at
c) asked on
d) asked for


5) I ___ my  best friend in the city mall of Kota yesterday. 

a) came across with
b) came across after
c) came across upon
d) came across

6) There is a high possibility of __coming late. 

a) they
b) their
c) them
d) theirs


7) The __ crowd gave the victorious team a tumultuous welcome.

a) jubilant
b) troublesome
c) noisy
d) boisterous 

8) The boss called  __ his secretary in the office.

a) on
b) out
c) above
d) upon

9) we must unitedly work towards __ of the underprivileged people of our country.

a) Proliferation
b) emancipation
c) association
d) contribution

10) You will have to comply __ the norms of the committee. 

a) to
b) along
c) with
d) upon


🔷Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error



11) My friend has started a restaurant in a wooden big building in Bhopal. 

1. in Bhopal
2. in a wooden big building
3. My friend has started
4. a restaurant


12) Wealth creators are essential for money to distributed in the economy. 

1. for money to distributed
2. are essential
3. in the economy
4. Wealth creators


13) Most of the work of this NGO are of little benefit to the disadvantaged. 

1. Most of the work
2. of this NGO
3. to the disadvantaged
4. are of little benefit


14) In order for he to attend the meeting, he needs to prepare exhaustive notes. 

1. to attend the meeting
2. he needs to prepare
3. exhaustive notes
4. In order for he



 15To write a poem I need a pen, a diary and also the quiet place.

1.a diary
2.To write
3.and also the
4.I need


SOLUTION 

1) 'linked with' is the most suitable phrase among the given options. 
2) answer for
Answer for - to be held responsible for , to take the blame for something. 
3) knocked down
Knock down - to hit or knock something intentionally or accidentally so that it falls. 
Knock out - to eliminate

4) asked after
Ask after - to enquire about the health or progress of someone. 
Ask for - to request

5) The sentence is absolutely correct. 
Come across - meet someone accidentally.
Come across with - to provide something owed. 
◾Note - When 'come across' is used in the sense of meeting someone accidentally, no other preposition is used with this phrase. 'suddenly' is not used with this phrase. 

I suddenly came across with him in the city mall. ❌

I suddenly came across him in the city mall.❌
I came across him in the city mall. ✔️


6) b
'Their ' -  the possessive form of object pronoun them will be used here. 
Subject pronoun - A personal pronoun  used as the  subject of a verb in a sentence. 
Example - They, he, she, I,  you etc
Object pronoun - used as the object. 
Example- Them, him, her, us etc
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7) a
Jubilant - delighted, elated

8) Both a and b are correct
Call out - to order into service, to 
summon into service. 
Call on - to pay a call to, to summon up
Call off - to put a halt to 
(the question is small but to bring the clarity with respect to the meaning of phrasal verbs call out /call on/call off, we included this question)
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9) b
Emancipation - The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery/subjection. 

10) c
Preposition 'with' is used with 'comply'. 
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11) Solution : 2
Big wooden bulding. 

RULE - The order of adjective qualifying a noun is as following:
Size - Shape - Age - Color - Nationality - Material - Noun


Study notes on adjective.


12) Solution : 1
'To be distributed ' is the correct usage.

13) Solution : 4
'Is' in place of 'are'.
'Most of the ' takes singular verb when the noun used with it is singular.

14)Solution : 4
Use 'in order to' in place of 'in order for he to' 

15)Solution :3
'a quiet place' in place of 'the quiet place' as 'place' is not definite, it may be any quiet place. 


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Practice set 2 of the ENGLISH SERIES (Error detection, FILLERS, SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT, PARA JUMBLES ) for SSC CGL and CHSL 2019 Practice set 2 of the ENGLISH SERIES (Error detection, FILLERS, SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT, PARA JUMBLES  ) for SSC CGL and CHSL 2019 Reviewed by Admin on January 21, 2020 Rating: 5

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