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SSC CHSL English Language Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering English Language as it is examined in SSC CHSL. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the English Language deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
In Reading Comprehension, what is the difference between the 'main idea' and a 'supporting detail'?
The main idea is the central point the whole passage conveys; supporting details are facts, examples, or reasons that explain or back up that main idea.
In comprehension questions, what is an 'inference'?
A conclusion drawn from evidence and reasoning in the passage rather than from an explicitly stated fact.
What is the recommended strategy for solving Reading Comprehension efficiently?
Skim the passage for the gist, read the questions, then scan for keywords to locate answers; avoid relying on outside knowledge, and base answers only on the passage.
What does it mean to identify the 'tone' of a passage?
Identifying the author's attitude or emotion toward the subject, e.g., critical, optimistic, sarcastic, neutral, or persuasive.
What is a 'para jumble' question?
A set of jumbled sentences that must be rearranged into a logical, coherent paragraph in the correct order.
What is the first step to solve a para jumble?
Identify the opening sentence (the independent one that introduces the topic and does not begin with pronouns or connectors).
In para jumbles, what role do pronouns and connectors like 'however', 'therefore', 'this' play?
They are linking clues: a pronoun must follow the noun it refers to, and connectors signal the relationship/order between sentences, helping fix the sequence.
What is the 'mandatory pair' technique in para jumbles?
Finding two sentences that must come together (cause-effect, noun-then-pronoun, question-then-answer) and using that fixed pair to eliminate wrong options.
What is a 'cloze test'?
A passage with several blanks where the candidate selects the most appropriate word for each blank based on grammar, vocabulary, and context.
What should you check to choose the correct word in a cloze test blank?
Grammar (part of speech, tense, agreement), collocation/usage, and the overall context/meaning of the passage.
In a cloze test, what is a 'collocation' and why does it matter?
A collocation is a natural word combination (e.g., 'make a decision', 'heavy rain'); choosing the collocating word ensures the blank sounds idiomatically correct.
What is 'Error Spotting' in English exams?
A question type where a sentence is split into parts and the candidate must identify the part containing a grammatical error (or mark 'No error').
State the common error rule for the words 'each', 'every', 'everyone', 'either', 'neither'.
They are singular and take a singular verb and singular pronoun (Each of the boys was present; Everyone has his book).
What is the common error rule for 'one of the' constructions?
'One of the' is followed by a plural noun but a singular verb (One of the students is absent).
What error involves the words 'less' and 'fewer'?
'Fewer' is used with countable nouns (fewer books); 'less' is used with uncountable nouns (less water).
What is the rule for using the article with abstract and material nouns in error spotting?
Abstract and material nouns are generally used without an article (Honesty is the best policy; Gold is precious), so adding 'the/a' is often an error.
What is a 'fill in the blanks' question and how does it differ from a cloze test?
Fill in the blanks tests a single sentence (or independent blanks) with options; a cloze test has multiple interrelated blanks in a connected passage.
Which preposition is correct: 'good at', 'good in', or 'good for'? Explain.
'Good at' is used for skills (good at maths); 'good for' means beneficial (milk is good for health); 'good in' is generally incorrect for skills.
Fill in the correct preposition: 'He is married ___ a doctor.' Why?
'to' — 'married to' is the correct collocation (not 'married with').
What is 'Sentence Improvement'?
A question type where a part of a sentence is underlined and the candidate selects the option that best corrects or improves it grammatically and stylistically (or 'No improvement').
Improve: 'He is senior than me.' What is correct and why?
'He is senior to me.' Latin-origin comparatives like senior, junior, superior, inferior, prior take 'to', not 'than'.
What is the correct form: 'I have been knowing him for years' — improve it.
'I have known him for years.' Stative verbs like 'know' are not used in continuous tenses.
Improve: 'Hardly had I reached the station than the train left.' What is correct?
'Hardly had I reached the station when the train left.' 'Hardly...when' and 'Scarcely...when' are the correct correlatives; 'No sooner...than' uses 'than'.
What is the rule for using 'since' versus 'for' with the present perfect tense?
'Since' is used with a point of time (since 2010, since Monday); 'for' is used with a period/duration (for five years, for two hours).
What this deck covers
The English Language deck follows the SSC CHSL English Language syllabus — 1 chapters and 8 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 50.0 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 132 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 Language flashcards FAQ
How many English Language flashcards are in this SSC CHSL 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 CHSL 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 Language cards cover?
They follow the SSC CHSL English Language syllabus — 1 chapters and 8 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.