SSC CGLE 2011 English Sample paper

SSC CGLE 2011 English Sample paper

There would be 50 English questions in SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam 2011 and there would be around 20 questions based on paragraph. And below are three paragraph, followed by questions. Try to solve these passages and good score in this test is over 13.

Read the following passage and answer the given questions (1-5). Your answers should be drawn from the content  of the given passage only.

Some people  seem to think that sports and games are unimportant things that people  do, at times when they are working, instead of going to the cinema, listening to the radio  or sleeping. But  in actual fact, sports  can be of great  value, especially to people  who work with their  brains most  of the day, and should not be treated only as amusements. Sports  and games make our bodies strong, prevent us from getting to fat and keep us healthy. But   these are not their only uses. They give us valuable practice in making eyes, brain and muscles work together. In tennis , our eyes  see the ball coming, judge its speed and direction and pass this information on to the brain. The brain has to decide what to do and so on, so that the ball is met and hit back where it ought to go. All this must happen with very great speed and only those who have had a lot of practice at tennis can carry out this complicatedchain of events successfully. For those who work with brains most of the day the practice of such skills is specially useful. 

1. The author thinks that

a) Sports and games are important

b) Sports and games are unimportant

c) Going  to the cinema is important

d) Sleeping is important

2. Sports and games are important especially to people  who work with their

a) Brains

b) Hands 

c) Heart

d) Body

3. Sports make

a) Hand and legs work together

b) The members of the team work together

c) The players  and spectators  come together

d) Eyes, brains and muscles work together

4. The game cited by the authors is

a) Football

b) Tennis

c) Cricket

d) Hockey

5. In tennis, what is to be done is decided by

a) The umpires Action

b) The audience reaction

c) The players brain

d) The players heart

Read the following passage  carefully and answer the questions (6-10)given below

Television can be very helpful to people who carefully  choose the shows they watch. It can increase our knowledge of the outside world. On the other hand there are several  serious disadvantages of television. In some countries  people watch the 'boob –tube'  for an average  of six hours or more  a day. Many children stare at a television screen for more hours each day than they do anything else, including studying and sleeping. Many studies  show that people become more violence  after certain programme. The most negative part of the television might be peoples addiction to it.    

6. Television can be useful to people

a) If they become violent

b) If they follow only a particular programme

c) If they get addicted  to it

d) If they carefully choose  the show that they watch.

7. What do children  of some countries do more than studying and sleeping?

a) Playing with friends

b) Relaxing at home

c) Watching television

d) Fighting with each other

8. What do the reports of many studies reveal ?

a) People  are becoming fat, always sitting in front of the TV

b) People  are neglecting their work because of TV

c) People become more violent after certain programmes

d) People  are watching all the programmes

9. "Boob- Tube " means

a) A Programme

b) A Coloured Tub

c) Television

d) Telephone

10. The worst effect of Television  is that it

a) Affects their  mind Violently

b) Can be very boring

c) Make people addicted to it

d) Is making people lazy

Read the passage given below and choose the correct option to answer each  of the questions (11-15) that follows:

There was once a fisherman who was also an excellent flute  player. One day he took his flute  and a fish basket, jumped upon a rock  and began to play his flute. He was convinced that  the fish  would be enchanted by his music and led into his basket  willingly. Unfortunately, he did not catch a single fish, so he went home,

20brought his net and threw it into the  water. He caught  so may fish that his basket overflowed. " Stupid creatures"  he exclaimed as he watched the fish twist and jump into his net " You did not dance when, played my flute, but when I am not playing , you cant stop dancing"

11. With what could the fisherman succeed in catching the fish?

a) a flute

b) a fish basket

c) a fishing net

d) None of the above

12. Why  did he use flute?

a) the fish would be charmed by the music

b) The fish would dance on a rock

c) The fish loved the fish basket

d) None of the above

13. Why could not he  catch a single fish ?

a) The fish did not like his music

b) It is foolish to catch fish with a flute

c) His flute did not play well

d) None of the above

14. Why did he call the fish

a) the fish are really stupid

b) The fish did not like his music

c) The fish were playing in the net

d) None of the above

15. Were the fish dancing in the net?

a) No, they were writhing

b) Yes, they were happy

c) They liked to be out of water

d) None of the above

Answers: 1. a, 2. a, 3. d, 4. b 5. c, 6. b, 7. c, 8. c, 9. c, 10. c, 11. c, 12. a, 13. d, 14. d, 15. a