Given below are previous year questions that were asked in SSC CGL 2021

The questions below consist of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the
most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

Q.1

A. When we got near, we saw it was the steam rising from hot springs.
B. We saw in the distance a great column of smoke.
C. We wondered if it came from a chimney or a burning house.
D. We thought of taking a bath in the hot water.

(a) ACDB (b) ABCD (c) BCAD (d) BCDA

Q.2

A. But the eagle, in wrath, gave the beetle a flap of his wing, and straightaway seized upon the hare
and devoured him.
B. The beetle therefore interceded with the eagle, begging of him not to kill the poor suppliant, and
pleaded with him not to kill such a small animal.
C. When the eagle flew away, the beetle flew after him, to learn where his nest was.
D. A hare, being pursued by an eagle, took himself for refuge to the nest of a beetle, whom he
begged to save him.

(a) DBAC (b) DCAB (c) ACDB (d) CBAD

Q.3

A. “Excellently well,” said she; “we have everything that we want; I have but one prayer, that we may
have a heavy storm of rain to water our plants.”
B. A man who had two daughters married one to a gardener and the other to a potter.
C. Off he went to the potter's home and asked his other daughter how matters were with her.
D. After a while he paid a visit to the gardener's home and asked his daughter how she was, and how
it fared with her.

(a) BDAC (b) ACDB (c) BCDA (d) DCAB

Q.4

A. While India is home to 75 per cent of the tigers in the world, the Global Tiger Day, as it is also
known - sees awareness events organised in the country, as well as in neighbouring Bangladesh and
Nepal.
B. Its primary objective is to preserve the natural habitat of the tiger.
C. International Tiger Day was initiated in 2010, at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit.
D. This annual event observed on 29 July, aims to create awareness on tiger conservation.

(a) CDBA (b) BACD (c) CABD (d) DCBA

Q.5

A. At length the olive tree's branches broke with the snow's weight, at once despoiling it of its beauty
and killing the tree.
B. A shower of snow fell upon them and, finding the olive full of foliage, it settled upon its branches.
C. Finding the fig tree without leaves, the snow fell through the branches to the ground and did not
injure it at all.
D. The olive tree ridiculed the fig tree because, while she was green all the year round, the fig tree
changed its leaves with the seasons.
(a) DBAC (b) ABCD (c) ACBD (d) DACB

Q.6

A. When he reached his town, he went to his house and knocked at the door.
B. A man went away from his home.
C. Disappointed, he decided to take it himself.
D. One day he wrote a letter to his family, but could not find any one to take the letter to his town.
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(a) DACB (b) BDCA (c) CBAD (d) ABCD

Q.7

A. Then I took him by the hand and led him across the street.
B. I was going to the market when I saw a blind man trying to cross the street.
C. He expressed his gratitude with folded hands.
D. I walked across to the blind man.

(a) ABCD (b) CBDA (c) BDAC (d) DABC

Q.8

A. This invention has helped us to heal wounds caused by bacteria.

B. Penicillin is one of the most useful drugs man has invented.
C. In the beginning, however, very few people knew of this discovery and its use.
D. Its use has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

(a) ABCD (b) CABD (c) BADC (d) DCBA

Q.9

A. This awareness has motivated everyone to go for physical exercises.

B. These days people are more aware of their health.
C. In addition to physical exercises, some prefer taking health supplements too.
D. It is advisable, but one should consult a trainer/doctor before consuming health Supplements.

(a) DBCA (b) ADBC (c) BACD (d) BADC

Q.10

A. There are many secondary reasons as well along with increasing levels of carbon.
B. The term is used to describe the unnatural rise in earth’s average temperature.
C. Increased carbon dioxide is the primary driver of global warming.
D. Global warming is the single biggest threat to life on earth today.

(a) DABC (b) ABCD (c) DBCA (d) ACBD

Q.11
A. Whichever soonest made a traveller take off his cloak should be accounted the more powerful.
B. They agreed to put the point to test.
C. A dispute once arose between the wind and the sun to decide which was the stronger of the two.
D. The wind began, and blew with all his might and sent a blast, cold and fierce as a Storm.

(a) CDBA (b) ACDB (c) CBAD (d) BCDA

Q.12

A. I was shocked to find my house unlocked.

B. To my astonishment, I found that my son, who had a spare key, had come in my absence.
C. Last Sunday I returned home late at night.
D. I ran inside in fear that my house has been robbed.

(a) CDAB (b) CADB (c) BCDA (d) ABCD

Q.13

A. But in snapping at the supposed treasure, he dropped the bit he was carrying, and so lost all.
B. When he was crossing a river on his way home, he saw his own shadow reflected in the stream
below.
C. Thinking that it was another dog with another piece of meat, he resolved to make himself master
of that also.
D. A dog had stolen a piece of meat out of a butcher's shop.

(a) DACB (b) BDCA (c) ACDB (d) DBCA

Q.14

A. Most important, however, are its oils, which are extracted, processed, and marketed for culinary,
medicinal, and cosmetic uses alike.
B. Coconut products are used to make everything from clothing to animal feed to beauty creams.
C. The coconut is a very useful plant with a wide range of
products being sourced from it.
D. Its kernel is harvested for its edible flesh and delicious water, while its husk is used for its strong
fibres.

(a) CBDA (b) ADBC (c) BCAD (d) CADB

Q.15

A. These kinds of sharks are known as obligate ram ventilators because they draw water in through
their mouths and force it out through their gills.
B. They use a method called buccal pumping, in which water is pulled in through the mouth and
forced out through the gills by the cheek muscles.
C. It is true that many types of sharks must keep moving in order to receive life-giving oxygen from
the water passing
through their gills.
D. Other types of sharks are able to remain stationary because they possess special structures called
spiracles, which force water out through their gills.
(a) DABC (b) CDAB (c) BCDA (d) CABD

Q.16

A. An old mouse, who was wise enough to keep his distance, whispered to a friend, “Many a bag
have I seen in my day, but never one with a cat's head”.
B. She hoped that the mice would no longer be afraid to come near her.
C. A cat, grown feeble with age and no longer able to hunt mice as she once did, thought to herself
how she might entice them within reach of her paw.
D. Thinking that she might pass herself off for a bag or for a dead cat at least, she suspended herself
by the hind legs from a peg.

(a) CADB (b) DCBA (c) ABDC (d) CDBA

Q.17

A. In some cases, the problem of the lowering of the river bottom has caused the water table of the
surrounding area to drop, which has adversely affected agriculture.
B. Also, another problem, canalization with its extensive system of locks and navigation dams, often
seriously disrupts riverine ecosystems.
C. The ever-increasing exploitation of rivers has given rise to a variety of problems.
D. Further, extensive commercial navigation of rivers has resulted in much artificial improvement of
natural channels, including increasing the depth of the channels to permit passage of larger vessels.

(a) BDAC (b) DCAB (c) CABD (d) CDAB

Q.18

A. He was caught by the police on the spot.

B. Anil bought a car last week.
C. Unfortunately, the car met with an accident today.
D. The accident took place due to the carelessness of his driver.

(a) CDBA (b) ABDC (c) BACD (d) BCDA

Q.19. But a dove that happened to be sitting on a neighbouring tree saw the ant’s danger and,
plucking off a leaf, let it drop into the water before him.
B. Just at that time, a fowler was spreading his net and was in the act of ensnaring the dove,
when the ant, perceiving his object, bit his heel.
C. An ant went to a fountain to quench his thirst and, tumbling in, almost drowned.
D. The ant mounting upon it was presently wafted safely ashore. )

(a) ABCD (b) CBAD (c) CADB (d) DCAB

Q.20

A. However, its importance is primarily for its location.

B. But unlike other rivers, it is not used for shipping.
C. Although not the longest river, the Rio Grande is the most important river in America.
D. America has several long river systems.
(a) DABC (b) DCBA (c) ABCD (d) DCAB