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4100 Total Questions67 Official PapersYears: 2017–2025Search in English Comprehension
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SSC CPO 2025 Official Paper (Held On 12 Dec, 2025 Shift 2) (Previous Year Paper)·English Comprehension
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Question 361

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

Select the correct Passive form of the given sentence.

Where did you find my luggage?

  1. AOption (a)

    Where was my luggage found?

  2. BOption (b)

    Where do you found my luggage?

  3. COption (c)

    Where is my luggage found?

  4. DOption (d)

    Where will my luggage be found?

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Answer: (a)A.

Where was my luggage found?

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Question 362

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

What is the system of government in which one person holds absolute and unrestricted power is called?

  1. AOption (a)

    Autocracy

  2. BOption (b)

    Autonomy

  3. COption (c)

    Bureaucracy

  4. DOption (d)

    Democracy

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Answer: (a)A.

Autocracy

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Question 363

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

Someone who dislike men is called.

  1. AOption (a)

    Misandrist

  2. BOption (b)

    Misogynist

  3. COption (c)

    Philanthropist

  4. DOption (d)

    Manuscript

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Answer: (a)A.

Misandrist

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Question 364

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

When some people or things are existing at the same time period in the society is called.

  1. AOption (a)

    Contemporaries

  2. BOption (b)

    Periods

  3. COption (c)

    Historical events

  4. DOption (d)

    History

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Answer: (a)A.

Contemporaries

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Question 365

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

Choose the word that means the same as "Respect".

  1. AOption (a)

    Deference

  2. BOption (b)

    Vigorous

  3. COption (c)

    Blame

  4. DOption (d)

    Criticize

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Answer: (a)A.

Deference

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Question 366

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

Choose the word that means the same as "Criticize".

  1. AOption (a)

    Censure

  2. BOption (b)

    Abuse

  3. COption (c)

    Appreciate

  4. DOption (d)

    Blame

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Answer: (a)A.

Censure

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Question 367

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word "Lengthy".

  1. AOption (a)

    Concise

  2. BOption (b)

    Extended

  3. COption (c)

    Elongated

  4. DOption (d)

    Protracted

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Answer: (a)A.

Concise

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Question 368

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word "Bashful".

  1. AOption (a)

    Loquacious

  2. BOption (b)

    Quiet

  3. COption (c)

    Taciturn

  4. DOption (d)

    Diffident

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Answer: (a)A.

Loquacious

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Question 369

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word "Acquitted".

  1. AOption (a)

    Convicted

  2. BOption (b)

    Pardoned

  3. COption (c)

    Exempted

  4. DOption (d)

    Liberated

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Answer: (a)A.

Convicted

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Question 370

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

Which sentence uses "row" to mean a fight or noisy argument?

  1. AOption (a)

    We had a terrible row last night.

  2. BOption (b)

    He rowed the boat across the lake.

  3. COption (c)

    They sat in the front row.

  4. DOption (d)

    There were ten chairs in each row.

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Answer: (a)A.

We had a terrible row last night.

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Question 371

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

What does "bark" mean in: "The dog barked loudly at the stranger."

  1. AOption (a)

    A loud sound made by a dog

  2. BOption (b)

    Outer part of a tree

  3. COption (c)

    A wooden texture

  4. DOption (d)

    A sharp command

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Answer: (a)A.

A loud sound made by a dog

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Question 372

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

In the following, there are four different words, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Fabulous

  2. BOption (b)

    Beautifal

  3. COption (c)

    Marvelous

  4. DOption (d)

    Charmeng

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Answer: (a)A.

Fabulous

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Question 373

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

In the following, there are four different words, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Debacle

  2. BOption (b)

    Declini

  3. COption (c)

    Downfal

  4. DOption (d)

    Discomfeture

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Answer: (a)A.

Debacle

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Question 374

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

Direction: Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Milk products (A)/was provide protein (B)/for a nutritionally (C)/balalnced diet to everyone(D).

  1. AOption (a)

    was provide protein (B)

  2. BOption (b)

    Milk products (A)

  3. COption (c)

    balalnced diet to everyone(D)

  4. DOption (d)

    for a nutritionally (C)

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Answer: (a)A.

was provide protein (B)

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Question 375

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

Direction: Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. The old man (A)/ died for(B) / a heart attack(C)/today(D).

  1. AOption (a)

    died for(B)

  2. BOption (b)

    The old man (A)

  3. COption (c)

    a heart attack(C)

  4. DOption (d)

    today(D)

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Answer: (a)A.

died for(B)

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Question 376

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Direction: Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. It seems (A)/the I am themost(B)/ beautiful plant(C)/ in this forest(D).

  1. AOption (a)

    the I am themost(B)

  2. BOption (b)

    It seems (A)

  3. COption (c)

    in this forest(D).

  4. DOption (d)

    beautiful plant(C)

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Answer: (a)A.

the I am themost(B)

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Question 377

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks:

The other youths _________ to talk about their seeds and the plants.

  1. AOption (a)

    began

  2. BOption (b)

    begins

  3. COption (c)

    beginning

  4. DOption (d)

    is began

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Answer: (a)A.

began

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Question 378

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks:

Lingaiah told his mother that he wasn't ........... take an empty box.

  1. AOption (a)

    going to

  2. BOption (b)

    going

  3. COption (c)

    goes

  4. DOption (d)

    gone

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Answer: (a)A.

going to

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Question 379

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension• English Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks:

If you plant hard work, you will reap________.

  1. AOption (a)

    success

  2. BOption (b)

    failure

  3. COption (c)

    time pass

  4. DOption (d)

    knowledge

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Answer: (a)A.

success

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Question 380

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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

A professor begins class by holding up a glass of water.

  1. AOption (a)

    began

  2. BOption (b)

    beginning

  3. COption (c)

    is began

  4. DOption (d)

    was begins

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Answer: (a)A.

began

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