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SSC CGL English Comprehension Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering English Comprehension as it is examined in SSC CGL. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the English Comprehension deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
Which preposition follows 'good', 'fond', and 'afraid'?
good AT, fond OF, afraid OF.
What preposition is used with 'differ' meaning to be unlike, and with 'differ' meaning to disagree?
differ FROM (be unlike); differ WITH (disagree with a person).
What is the difference between 'between' and 'among'?
'between' is used for two persons/things; 'among' for more than two. Example: between the two of us; among the three boys.
Which prepositions express direction/movement?
to, into, towards, onto, through, across, from. Example: He walked into the room.
What is a synonym?
A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word. Example: happy and joyful.
Give a synonym for the word 'abundant'.
Plentiful (also: ample, copious, profuse).
Give a synonym for the word 'candid'.
Frank (also: honest, straightforward, open).
Give a synonym for the word 'meticulous'.
Careful (also: thorough, precise, scrupulous).
Give a synonym for the word 'enormous'.
Huge (also: gigantic, immense, vast).
What is an antonym?
A word that has the opposite meaning to another word. Example: hot and cold.
Give an antonym for the word 'benevolent'.
Malevolent (also: cruel, unkind).
Give an antonym for the word 'transparent'.
Opaque.
Give an antonym for the word 'frugal'.
Extravagant (also: lavish, wasteful).
Give an antonym for the word 'optimist'.
Pessimist.
What is 'one word substitution'?
Replacing a long phrase or group of words with a single precise word. Example: 'one who eats everything' = omnivore.
What is the one word for 'a person who knows many languages'?
Polyglot.
What is the one word for 'a place where birds are kept'?
Aviary.
What is the one word for 'a government by the people'?
Democracy.
What is the one word for 'one who studies the past through remains'?
Archaeologist.
What is an idiom?
A fixed group of words whose meaning differs from the literal meanings of the individual words. Example: 'kick the bucket' = to die.
What does the idiom 'a blessing in disguise' mean?
A good thing that initially seemed bad or unfortunate.
What does the idiom 'once in a blue moon' mean?
Something that happens very rarely.
In a Cloze Test, what is being tested and what is the key strategy?
A passage with blanks tests vocabulary, grammar, and coherence; the strategy is to read the whole passage first and use context, collocation, and grammar to choose the best-fitting word for each blank.
For an English Comprehension Passage, what is the best approach to answering questions accurately?
Read the passage to grasp the main idea, then read each question and locate the supporting line in the text; base answers on what is stated/implied in the passage, not on outside knowledge.
What this deck covers
The English Comprehension deck follows the SSC CGL English Comprehension syllabus — 3 chapters and 10 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 16.7 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 62 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
English Comprehension flashcards FAQ
How many English Comprehension flashcards are in this SSC CGL deck?
50 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these SSC CGL flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 50-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the English Comprehension cards cover?
They follow the SSC CGL English Comprehension syllabus — 3 chapters and 10 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.