SSCCGL English Language And Comprehension

Question 21

In the following questions, a sentence/part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/part of the sentence at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
Water drawn from a municipal reservoir or a private well, is likely to contain traces of minerals or bacteria.


  • village tank

  • No improvement

  • public tank

  • private tank

Solution

C.

public tank

Question 22

In the following questions, a sentence/part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/part of the sentence at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
Tax-payers are to be conscious of their privileges.


  • might

  • have to

  • No improvement

  • could

Solution

B.

have to

Question 23

In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is no error, your answer is (4). i.e., No error.
Mobile phones are so importance these days that they are no longer luxury items but have become a necessity.

  • a necessity

  • so importance these days

  • no longer

  • No Error

Solution

B.

so importance these days

Here, so important (Adjective) these days...should be used. It is not proper to use importance (Noun) here.

Question 24

In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is no error, your answer is (4). i.e., No error.
Neither he or his wife has arrived.

  • has arrived

  • Neither he

  • No Error

  • or his wife

Solution

D.

or his wife

Neither .....nor; Either ....or; is the right pair of words. Hence, nor his wife should be used.

Question 25

In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is no error, your answer is (4). i.e., No error.
The process was too simple and easy to understand that it hardly took five minutes for us to grasp it.

  • No error

  • and easy to understand that it hardly

  • took five minutes for us to grasp it

  • The process was too simple

Solution

D.

The process was too simple

Here, The process was very simple should be used.