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SSC CGL Preparation – Day 2
📚 Sentence Completion: Practice MCQs
1. If you had worked harder, you __________ the exam easily.
(a) will pass
(b) would have passed
(c) would pass
(d) had passed
Answer: (b) would have passed
✅ Explanation: Past conditional (if + past perfect ➔ would have + V3).
2. No sooner __________ the bell rung than the students ran out.
(a) had
(b) has
(c) have
(d) did
Answer: (a) had
✅ Explanation: “No sooner” is followed by “had” + subject + V3.
3. Unless you start early, you __________ miss the train.
(a) would
(b) should
(c) will
(d) might
Answer: (c) will
✅ Explanation: “Unless” shows real future possibility → use will.
4. She speaks English __________ than her sister.
(a) best
(b) better
(c) more better
(d) most better
Answer: (b) better
✅ Explanation: “Better” is the correct comparative degree.
5. Though the weather was bad, __________.
(a) we cancelled the match
(b) we went for a picnic
(c) we stayed indoors
(d) we postponed the trip
Answer: (b) we went for a picnic
✅ Explanation: “Though” shows contrast → bad weather but still did something adventurous.
6. Hardly had he entered the room __________ everyone stood up.
(a) when
(b) than
(c) where
(d) but
Answer: (a) when
✅ Explanation: “Hardly…when” is the correct correlative conjunction pair.
7. He is too honest __________.
(a) to accept a bribe
(b) that he accepts bribes
(c) for accepting a bribe
(d) so he accepts bribes
Answer: (a) to accept a bribe
✅ Explanation: “Too…to” structure means “so much that he cannot”.
8. The train had already left __________ we reached the station.
(a) when
(b) before
(c) by the time
(d) until
Answer: (c) by the time
✅ Explanation: “By the time” fits best for an action already completed.
9. He went to the market __________ he could buy some vegetables.
(a) so
(b) so that
(c) because
(d) in order
Answer: (b) so that
✅ Explanation: “So that” expresses purpose.
10. Had they informed me earlier, I __________ have helped them.
(a) would
(b) should
(c) could
(d) might
Answer: (c) could
✅ Explanation: “Had” (inverted conditional) → could have + V3 for ability.
✅ Summary Table for Quick Revision:
| No. | Answer | Concept Tested |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (b) | Past conditional structure |
| 2 | (a) | “No sooner” grammar structure |
| 3 | (c) | Future condition with “unless” |
| 4 | (b) | Degree of comparison (better) |
| 5 | (b) | Contrast sentence completion |
| 6 | (a) | “Hardly…when” usage |
| 7 | (a) | “Too…to” structure |
| 8 | (c) | Correct time clause (“by the time”) |
| 9 | (b) | Purpose clause (“so that”) |
| 10 | (c) | Conditional inversion with “could” |
