CGL ENGLISH TIER I MOCK TEST 1 SOLVED [Combined Graduate Level Exam (CGLE)]

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1 CGL ENGLISH TIER I MOCK TEST 1 SOLVED [Combined Graduate Level Exam (CGLE)] QUESTIONS: 25 MAXIMUM TIME: 15 minutes Questions 1 to 3. Find error: 1. Tea/which I am drinking/is hot./ne 2. If he came to me/i would have given/him my car./ne 3. He/is/in office./ne In questions 4 to 6, fill in the blanks: 4. Cheating your friends become your habit. A) has B) have 5. He, your employer, highly pleased with you. A) is B) are 6. A handful of strikers agitating. A) was B) were Questions 7 to 9. Sentence improvement: 7. By the time they reach the railway station the train WILL HAVE LEFT. A) would leave B) would have left C) will leave D) no improvement 8. No sooner did I get into the bus WHEN it started moving. A) then B) while C) than D) no Improvement 9. The police NEEDED him for armed robbery. A) liked B) was after C) were looking to D) no Improvement QUESTIONS (10 to 12). In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase in colour in the sentence: admin/post.php?post=27180&action=edit 1/7

2 10. The trial was so important that the entire proceedings were held in camera. A) a secret B) in strict vigilance C) not open to the public D) amidst great security 11. In the armed forces, it is considered a great privilege to die in harness. A) die with honour B) die on a horse back C) die while still working D) die in the battle field 12. He used his bovish, innocent looks to take people in. A) amuse people B) understand people C) cheat people D) accommodate guests In question 13 to 15, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence: 13. An office or post with no work but high pay A) Honorary B) Sinecure C) Gratis D) Ex officio 14. Person who is indifferent to both pleasure and pain A) Saint B) Ascetic C) Stoic D) Hermit 15. A person who is against the standards of ordinary society in dressing A) Joker B) Hippy C) Scapegoat D) Butt In question 16 to 17, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word: admin/post.php?post=27180&action=edit 2/7

3 16. INSOLENT A) Nervous B) Rude C) Proud D) Assertive 17. INSPIRE A) Compel B) Persuade C) Infuse D) Encourage In question 18 to 19, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the given word: 18. DETAINED A) Protected B) Dismissed C) Released D) Deterred 19. FLIMSY A) Healthy B) Strong C) Agile D) Wholesome 20. Find the correctly spelt word. A) Forefiet B) Forefeit C) Forfeit D) Forfiet (QUESTIONS 21 25): Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives: There are some men who seem to be always on the lookout for trouble and, to tell the truth, they are seldom disappointed. Listening to such men one would think that this world is one of the stormiest and most disagreeable places. Yet after all it is not such a bad place and the difficulty is often in the man who is too thin skinned. On the other hand, the man who goes out expecting people to be like himself, kind and brotherly, will be surprised at the kindness he meets even in the most unlike quarters. A smile is apt to be met with a responsive smile while the sneer is just as apt to provoke a admin/post.php?post=27180&action=edit 3/7

4 snarl. Men living in the same neighbourhood may live vastly different lives. But it is not the neighbourhood which is quarrelsome, but the man within us. And we have it in our power to change our neighbourhood into a pleasant one by simply changing our own ways. 21. The passage is about A) our disagreeable and hostile world B) a kindly and pleasant world C) our indifferent and unresponsive world D) the world and what one makes of it 22. '...they are seldom disappointed'. The statement denotes that such men A) welcome difficulties as a morale booster B) do not have to face any trouble C) manage to keep unruffled in the face of discomforts D) generally do not fail to come across troubles 23. The author's own view of the world is that it is A) one of the loveliest and quietest places B) an unpleasant and troublesome place C) one's own excessive sensitivity that makes it a bad place D) a sordid place for those who suffer in life 24. Which of the following is opposite in meaning to the excessive 'thin skinned' as used in the passage? A) insensitive B) intelligent C) awkward D) obstinate 25. 'On the other hand... unlikely quarters'. The statement shows that people's reaction to our attitude is A) generally indifferent B) surprisingly responsive C) often adverse D) mainly favourable CGL ENGLISH TIER I MOCK TEST 1 (IN PDF) TEST WITH SOLUTION 1. Insert the article THE before TEA in part 'A' as it's specific. admin/post.php?post=27180&action=edit 4/7

5 2. Replace WOULD HAVE GIVEN by WOULD GIVE in option 'B'. It's a type II conditional sentence in which if the verb in the IF CLAUSE is in the past tense (here CAME). the verb in the main clause is past conditional. Though the sentence can also be corrected in making change in the 'A' option, but in an error finding sentence if a sentence can be corrected by making a change in any other part we keep the first part intact. For more on conditional clauses see here: [button style='purple' url=' sentences/' icon='iconic down']click HERE TO SEE[/button] 3. NO ERROR. The noun OFFICE when preceded by the article THE, means one's place of work; e.g. i) He is at/in the office. (Here the person referred to is at his work place, means where he works or is posted) [In this meaning both IN and AT are correct.] ii) Are you going to the office today? But when the noun OFFICE is without THE, means the person is holding an official, especially political, position; e.g. She held office as a cabinet minister for ten years. How long has he been in office? (means in power as a minister or so) [Here you cannot use AT.] OUT OF OFFICE = to be no longer in power 4. HAS (option 'A'). The verb must agree to the real subject of the sentence. The real subject here, means main word of the subject, is CHEATING. CHEATING is a gerund, and a gerund always takes a singular verb. 5. IS (option 'A') The subject is HE; YOUR EMPLOYER is just its description. So the verb will be singular as HE is always singular. 6. WERE (option 'B'). A HANDFUL OF + COUNTABLE NOUN always takes a plural verb. For more such phrases and examples see point No. 6 here admin/post.php?post=27180&action=edit 5/7

6 [button style='yellow' url=' verb agreement 2/' icon='iconic down']click HERE TO SEE[/button] 7. The answer NO IMPROVEMENT is correct. We require 'future perfect' tense (will have+3rd form of the verb) to say that something will be ended, completed, or achieved by a particular point in the future; which is the case here. See another example: By the time you get home I will have cleaned the house from top to bottom. 8. THAN (option 'C'). 'no sooner...than...' is an idiom and is used to say that something happens immediately after something else. 9. NO IMPROVEMENT (option 'D'). NEED=to require sth/sb because they are essential or very important, not just because you'd like to have them. e.g., Don't go I need you. Here it means that the police required him in the armed robbery case. Though option 'C' (WERE LOOKING TO) is also correct, but in a sentence improvement sentence if the sentence is already correct, any of the answer options is not to be chosen even if it's correct. LOOK TO SB FOR STH = to rely on or expect sb to provide sth. See this example: We are looking to you for help. 10. C 11. C 12. C 13. B 14. C 15. B 16. B 17. D 18. C admin/post.php?post=27180&action=edit 6/7

7 19. B 20. C 21. D 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B admin/post.php?post=27180&action=edit 7/7