SSC CGL 23rd August 2021 Shift-2

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. A fox, hearing the cock and thinking to make a meal of him, came and stood under the tree.
B. As the night passed away and the day dawned, the cock, according to his custom, set up a shrill crowing.
C. A dog and a cock having struck up an acquaintance went out on their travels together.
D. Nightfall found them in a forest, so the cock, flying up on a tree, perched among the branches, while the dog dozed below at the foot.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Can you ______ between these two shades of green?

Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom.
A fish out of water

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
The warden punished the students who violates the rules of the hostel.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A person who entertains people by doing difficult feats

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
“Alas, I have broken my brother’s watch!” said he.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Expunge

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
If you ______ to newsgroups, you often get hundreds of messages.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A secret or disguised way of writing

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
The concept became / too much clear to me / after my tutor / showed me the diagram.