SSC ENGLISH QUIZ 10

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Question 1:

Direction: Improve the bracketed/underlined/bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, then select ‘No improvement’. 

After several more days of behind-the-scenes negotiations and (failed coup d'état), Emperor Hirohito gave a recorded radio address across the Empire on August 15.

Question 2:

Direction: Improve the bracketed/underlined/bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, then select ‘No improvement’. 

The role of the atomic bombings in Japan's unconditional surrender, and the ethics of the two attacks, (are still debating).

Question 3:

Direction: Improve the bracketed/underlined/bold part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, then select ‘No improvement’. 

The NAM also expressed confidence in the leadership of Dr Tedros and asked the global community (to stop politicise the virus).

Question 4:

Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer out of the four alternatives for the given blank space. 


While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. This is the line said by Leonardo Da Vinci about the Renaissance time somehow. It was a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to Modernity and ___(1)___ the 15th and 16th centuries. It ___(2)___ after the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages. The traditional view focuses more on the early modern aspects of the Renaissance and ___(3)____ that it ___(4)___ a break from the past, but many historians today focus more on its medieval ____(5)____ and argue that it was an extension of the Middle Ages. 


Find the correct option for the given blank space 1.

Question 5:

Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer out of the four alternatives for the given blank space. 


While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. This is the line said by Leonardo Da Vinci about the Renaissance time somehow. It was a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to Modernity and ___(1)___ the 15th and 16th centuries. It ___(2)___ after the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages. The traditional view focuses more on the early modern aspects of the Renaissance and ___(3)____ that it ___(4)___ a break from the past, but many historians today focus more on its medieval ____(5)____ and argue that it was an extension of the Middle Ages. 


Find the correct option for the given blank space 2.

Question 6:

Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer out of the four alternatives for the given blank space. 


While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. This is the line said by Leonardo Da Vinci about the Renaissance time somehow. It was a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to Modernity and ___(1)___ the 15th and 16th centuries. It ___(2)___ after the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages. The traditional view focuses more on the early modern aspects of the Renaissance and ___(3)____ that it ___(4)___ a break from the past, but many historians today focus more on its medieval ____(5)____ and argue that it was an extension of the Middle Ages. 


Find the correct option for the given blank space 3.

Question 7:

Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer out of the four alternatives for the given blank space. 


While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. This is the line said by Leonardo Da Vinci about the Renaissance time somehow. It was a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to Modernity and ___(1)___ the 15th and 16th centuries. It ___(2)___ after the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages. The traditional view focuses more on the early modern aspects of the Renaissance and ___(3)____ that it ___(4)___ a break from the past, but many historians today focus more on its medieval ____(5)____ and argue that it was an extension of the Middle Ages. 


Find the correct option for the given blank space 4.

Question 8:

Direction: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer out of the four alternatives for the given blank space. 


While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. This is the line said by Leonardo Da Vinci about the Renaissance time somehow. It was a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to Modernity and ___(1)___ the 15th and 16th centuries. It ___(2)___ after the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages. The traditional view focuses more on the early modern aspects of the Renaissance and ___(3)____ that it ___(4)___ a break from the past, but many historians today focus more on its medieval ____(5)____ and argue that it was an extension of the Middle Ages. 


Find the correct option for the given blank space 5.

Question 9:

Direction: The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of the sentences from the given options. 

P. Even rationalist Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, called Periyar, knew that.

Q. This was for his services to Lord Vishnu, the presiding deity of his hometown, Erode, at the 10th century Chola temple of Kasturi Ranganatha Perumal.

R. The festival of Pongal affirms the enduring charm of religious culture.

S. One year he reportedly won the Tamil Nadu government prize for best temple maintenance.

Question 10:

Direction: The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of the sentences from the given options. 

P. As a gift from King George VI to the citizens of Stalingrad and the Soviet people, commemorating the Soviet victory at Stalingrad

Q. When Stalin received the sheathed sword, he took it with both hands and kissed the scabbard

R. Before the Tripartite Dinner Meeting of 29 November 1943, Churchill presented Stalin with a specially commissioned ceremonial sword

S. He then handed it to Marshal Kliment Voroshilov, who mishandled it, causing the sword to fall to the ground