CGL 23 19-07-2023 Shift 4 Previous Year Paper English Language PDF


Question 1


Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
Trivial issues have always interested our boss.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
Trivial issues have always interested our boss.

Options

A

Significant 

Significant 

B

 Common

 Common

C

Fierce

Fierce

D

Hopeful 

Hopeful 


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Significant 

Significant 


Question 2


Parts of the following sentence have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains an error.

The Dutta company has not being making new school bags since the lockdown commenced.

Parts of the following sentence have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains an error.

The Dutta company has not being making new school bags since the lockdown commenced.

Options

A

has not

has not

B

since

since

C

being

being

D

commenced

commenced


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

being

being


Question 3


Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. So the problems of India should not be viewed as the failure of this great nation.
B. The uniqueness of this nation lies in its unity in diversity due to which there are problems here and there at times.
C. India, a very large country with many religions, many mini-cultures and many languages, has been achieving success in all fields.
D. But even small countries with monolithic societies have more problems than this second largest country.

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. So the problems of India should not be viewed as the failure of this great nation.
B. The uniqueness of this nation lies in its unity in diversity due to which there are problems here and there at times.
C. India, a very large country with many religions, many mini-cultures and many languages, has been achieving success in all fields.
D. But even small countries with monolithic societies have more problems than this second largest country.

Options

A

DBAC

DBAC

B

CADB

CADB

C

CBDA 

CBDA 

D

BDAC

BDAC


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

CBDA 

CBDA 


Question 4


Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given phrase.

Forsaken or neglected child who has no home and spends most of his/her time on the streets

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given phrase.

Forsaken or neglected child who has no home and spends most of his/her time on the streets

Options

A

Miscreant

Miscreant

B

Vulnerable 

Vulnerable 

C

Fugitive

Fugitive

D

Waif

Waif


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Waif

Waif


Question 5


Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A person who enjoys doing dangerous things, in a way that other people may think is stupid.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A person who enjoys doing dangerous things, in a way that other people may think is stupid.

Options

A

Daredevil

Daredevil

B

Cavalier

Cavalier

C

Gallant

Gallant

D

Lunatic

Lunatic


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Daredevil

Daredevil


Question 6


Select the sentence that is free from spelling errors.

Select the sentence that is free from spelling errors.

Options

A

One needs to abide by certain instructions in every socity.

One needs to abide by certain instructions in every socity.

B

One needs to adide by certain instructions in every society.  

One needs to adide by certain instructions in every society.  

C

One needs to abide by certain instructions in every society.

One needs to abide by certain instructions in every society.

D

One needs to abide by certain instructiones in every society.  

One needs to abide by certain instructiones in every society.  


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

One needs to abide by certain instructions in every society.

One needs to abide by certain instructions in every society.


Question 7


Identify the idiom/phrase that can best substitute the underlined segment.

I’m going to be in trouble if I don’t submit my homework to the teacher.

Identify the idiom/phrase that can best substitute the underlined segment.

I’m going to be in trouble if I don’t submit my homework to the teacher.

Options

A

the lion’s share

the lion’s share

B

up the creek 

up the creek 

C

off base 

off base 

D

a devil’s advocate 

a devil’s advocate 


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

up the creek 

up the creek 


Question 8


Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The doctor _________ two tablets per day.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The doctor _________ two tablets per day.

Options

A

prescribed

prescribed

B

ordered

ordered

C

proposed

proposed

D

advised

advised


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

prescribed

prescribed


Question 9


Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.
It was due to treacherous leaders that he decided to leave the party.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.
It was due to treacherous leaders that he decided to leave the party.

Options

A

Ravenous

Ravenous

B

Transient

Transient

C

Disloyal

Disloyal

D

Devoted

Devoted


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Disloyal

Disloyal


Question 10


The following sentence has been divided into three segments, A, B, C. One of them may contain a grammatical error. Select the segment that contains the error, from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

It was (A) / by a chance (B) / he saw a movie in a theatre (C).

The following sentence has been divided into three segments, A, B, C. One of them may contain a grammatical error. Select the segment that contains the error, from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

It was (A) / by a chance (B) / he saw a movie in a theatre (C).

Options

A

A

A

B

No error

No error

C

C

C

D

B

B


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

B

B


Question 11


Select the most appropriate word which is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

One should follow the role models in life.

Select the most appropriate word which is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

One should follow the role models in life.

Options

A

Cherish

Cherish

B

Reward 

Reward 

C

Emulate 

Emulate 

D

Admire

Admire


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Emulate 

Emulate 


Question 12


Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.


The ruler of the community had already passed a decree against that decision.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.


The ruler of the community had already passed a decree against that decision.

Options

A

A decree had already been passed by the ruler of the community against that decision. 

A decree had already been passed by the ruler of the community against that decision. 

B

A decree was already being passed by the ruler of the community against that decision. 

A decree was already being passed by the ruler of the community against that decision. 

C

A decree was already passed by the ruler of the community against that decision. 

A decree was already passed by the ruler of the community against that decision. 

D

A decree had already passed by the ruler of the community against that decision. 

A decree had already passed by the ruler of the community against that decision. 


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

A decree had already been passed by the ruler of the community against that decision. 

A decree had already been passed by the ruler of the community against that decision. 


Question 13


Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The olive tree grows slowly yet lives a long time.
B.The normal lifespan of an olive tree is 300-400 years, but olive trees as ancient as 3000 years have been discovered.
C.The olive is a well-known Mediterranean-native evergreen tree whose fruit and oil are used in cuisine and cooking.
D.As a result, the olive tree is known as the ‘immortal tree’ in mythology and botany.

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The olive tree grows slowly yet lives a long time.
B.The normal lifespan of an olive tree is 300-400 years, but olive trees as ancient as 3000 years have been discovered.
C.The olive is a well-known Mediterranean-native evergreen tree whose fruit and oil are used in cuisine and cooking.
D.As a result, the olive tree is known as the ‘immortal tree’ in mythology and botany.

Options

A

ABCD

ABCD

B

DBCA

DBCA

C

CDAB

CDAB

D

CABD

CABD


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

CABD

CABD


Question 14


Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word
Partial

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word
Partial

Options

A

Prejudiced

Prejudiced

B

Unjust

Unjust

C

Unbiased

Unbiased

D

Doubtful

Doubtful


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Unbiased

Unbiased


Question 15


Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Go back to the drawing board

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Go back to the drawing board

Options

A

Start over 

Start over 

B

Mediate a task 

Mediate a task 

C

Accomplish a task 

Accomplish a task 

D

Leave a work unfinished 

Leave a work unfinished 


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Start over 

Start over 


Question 16


Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the capitalised word in the given sentence.

Taking a BRISK walk can often induce a feeling of well-being.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the capitalised word in the given sentence.

Taking a BRISK walk can often induce a feeling of well-being.

Options

A

Quick

Quick

B

Late night

Late night

C

Dusky

Dusky

D

Slow

Slow


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Slow

Slow


Question 17


Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
To abate her listlessness, she went for a long walk in the country.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
To abate her listlessness, she went for a long walk in the country.

Options

A

increase 

increase 

B

sustain 

sustain 

C

lessen 

lessen 

D

subside 

subside 


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

increase 

increase 


Question 18


Parts of the following sentence have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains a spelling error.

Most hobbies are to some extent constructive, but that they may be useful is of secondary significance, and that they may be lucreative is a minor consideration.

Parts of the following sentence have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains a spelling error.

Most hobbies are to some extent constructive, but that they may be useful is of secondary significance, and that they may be lucreative is a minor consideration.

Options

A

lucreative

lucreative

B

constructive

constructive

C

significance

significance

D

consideration

consideration


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

lucreative

lucreative


Question 19


Select the option that express the given sentence in active voice.
The article had not been posted by Mr. Gupta.

Select the option that express the given sentence in active voice.
The article had not been posted by Mr. Gupta.

Options

A

Mr. Gupta still had not posted the article.

Mr. Gupta still had not posted the article.

B

Mr. Gupta had not posted the article.

Mr. Gupta had not posted the article.

C

Mr. Gupta have not been posted the article.

Mr. Gupta have not been posted the article.

D

Mr. Gupta has not posted the article.

Mr. Gupta has not posted the article.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Mr. Gupta had not posted the article.

Mr. Gupta had not posted the article.


Question 20


Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Govind is improving his communication skills with a view to become a journalist.

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Govind is improving his communication skills with a view to become a journalist.

Options

A

achieving

achieving

B

form into

form into

C

making

making

D

becoming

becoming


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

becoming

becoming


Question 21

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk (1) _______ in the poet's company to be compelled to describe to him a poem he was (2) _______ of. It would be a monologue of sorts, the self-contemplation of a student on a summer afternoon who is reading Euphuise. The poem itself would be a subtle (3) _______ of euphuisms, translating the heat, the day, the student's concerns, into symmetrical posies; translating even his (4) _______ and boredom with that famously foolish book into a euphuism.
The poet nodded his big head in a sympathetic, rhythmic way as this was (5) _______ to him, then told him that there are two kinds of poems. There is the kind you write; there is the kind you talk about in bars. Both kinds have value and both are poems; but it's fatal to confuse them.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk (1) _______ in the poet's company to be compelled to describe to him a poem he was (2) _______ of. It would be a monologue of sorts, the self-contemplation of a student on a summer afternoon who is reading Euphuise. The poem itself would be a subtle (3) _______ of euphuisms, translating the heat, the day, the student's concerns, into symmetrical posies; translating even his (4) _______ and boredom with that famously foolish book into a euphuism.
The poet nodded his big head in a sympathetic, rhythmic way as this was (5) _______ to him, then told him that there are two kinds of poems. There is the kind you write; there is the kind you talk about in bars. Both kinds have value and both are poems; but it's fatal to confuse them.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

Options

A

many

many

B

since

since

C

far

far

D

enough

enough


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

enough

enough


Question 22

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk (1) _______ in the poet's company to be compelled to describe to him a poem he was (2) _______ of. It would be a monologue of sorts, the self-contemplation of a student on a summer afternoon who is reading Euphuise. The poem itself would be a subtle (3) _______ of euphuisms, translating the heat, the day, the student's concerns, into symmetrical posies; translating even his (4) _______ and boredom with that famously foolish book into a euphuism.
The poet nodded his big head in a sympathetic, rhythmic way as this was (5) _______ to him, then told him that there are two kinds of poems. There is the kind you write; there is the kind you talk about in bars. Both kinds have value and both are poems; but it's fatal to confuse them.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk (1) _______ in the poet's company to be compelled to describe to him a poem he was (2) _______ of. It would be a monologue of sorts, the self-contemplation of a student on a summer afternoon who is reading Euphuise. The poem itself would be a subtle (3) _______ of euphuisms, translating the heat, the day, the student's concerns, into symmetrical posies; translating even his (4) _______ and boredom with that famously foolish book into a euphuism.
The poet nodded his big head in a sympathetic, rhythmic way as this was (5) _______ to him, then told him that there are two kinds of poems. There is the kind you write; there is the kind you talk about in bars. Both kinds have value and both are poems; but it's fatal to confuse them.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

Options

A

straying

straying

B

drying

drying

C

marking

marking

D

thinking

thinking


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

thinking

thinking


Question 23

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk (1) _______ in the poet's company to be compelled to describe to him a poem he was (2) _______ of. It would be a monologue of sorts, the self-contemplation of a student on a summer afternoon who is reading Euphuise. The poem itself would be a subtle (3) _______ of euphuisms, translating the heat, the day, the student's concerns, into symmetrical posies; translating even his (4) _______ and boredom with that famously foolish book into a euphuism.
The poet nodded his big head in a sympathetic, rhythmic way as this was (5) _______ to him, then told him that there are two kinds of poems. There is the kind you write; there is the kind you talk about in bars. Both kinds have value and both are poems; but it's fatal to confuse them.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk (1) _______ in the poet's company to be compelled to describe to him a poem he was (2) _______ of. It would be a monologue of sorts, the self-contemplation of a student on a summer afternoon who is reading Euphuise. The poem itself would be a subtle (3) _______ of euphuisms, translating the heat, the day, the student's concerns, into symmetrical posies; translating even his (4) _______ and boredom with that famously foolish book into a euphuism.
The poet nodded his big head in a sympathetic, rhythmic way as this was (5) _______ to him, then told him that there are two kinds of poems. There is the kind you write; there is the kind you talk about in bars. Both kinds have value and both are poems; but it's fatal to confuse them.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

Options

A

plains

plains

B

races

races

C

series

series

D

credits

credits


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

series

series


Question 24

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk (1) _______ in the poet's company to be compelled to describe to him a poem he was (2) _______ of. It would be a monologue of sorts, the self-contemplation of a student on a summer afternoon who is reading Euphuise. The poem itself would be a subtle (3) _______ of euphuisms, translating the heat, the day, the student's concerns, into symmetrical posies; translating even his (4) _______ and boredom with that famously foolish book into a euphuism.
The poet nodded his big head in a sympathetic, rhythmic way as this was (5) _______ to him, then told him that there are two kinds of poems. There is the kind you write; there is the kind you talk about in bars. Both kinds have value and both are poems; but it's fatal to confuse them.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk (1) _______ in the poet's company to be compelled to describe to him a poem he was (2) _______ of. It would be a monologue of sorts, the self-contemplation of a student on a summer afternoon who is reading Euphuise. The poem itself would be a subtle (3) _______ of euphuisms, translating the heat, the day, the student's concerns, into symmetrical posies; translating even his (4) _______ and boredom with that famously foolish book into a euphuism.
The poet nodded his big head in a sympathetic, rhythmic way as this was (5) _______ to him, then told him that there are two kinds of poems. There is the kind you write; there is the kind you talk about in bars. Both kinds have value and both are poems; but it's fatal to confuse them.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

Options

A

haven 

haven 

B

contempt

contempt

C

weightage

weightage

D

stay

stay


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

contempt

contempt


Question 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.

When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk (1) _______ in the poet's company to be compelled to describe to him a poem he was (2) _______ of. It would be a monologue of sorts, the self-contemplation of a student on a summer afternoon who is reading Euphuise. The poem itself would be a subtle (3) _______ of euphuisms, translating the heat, the day, the student's concerns, into symmetrical posies; translating even his (4) _______ and boredom with that famously foolish book into a euphuism.
The poet nodded his big head in a sympathetic, rhythmic way as this was (5) _______ to him, then told him that there are two kinds of poems. There is the kind you write; there is the kind you talk about in bars. Both kinds have value and both are poems; but it's fatal to confuse them.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk (1) _______ in the poet's company to be compelled to describe to him a poem he was (2) _______ of. It would be a monologue of sorts, the self-contemplation of a student on a summer afternoon who is reading Euphuise. The poem itself would be a subtle (3) _______ of euphuisms, translating the heat, the day, the student's concerns, into symmetrical posies; translating even his (4) _______ and boredom with that famously foolish book into a euphuism.
The poet nodded his big head in a sympathetic, rhythmic way as this was (5) _______ to him, then told him that there are two kinds of poems. There is the kind you write; there is the kind you talk about in bars. Both kinds have value and both are poems; but it's fatal to confuse them.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

Options

A

explained

explained

B

raised

raised

C

sprang

sprang

D

theorised

theorised


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

explained

explained


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