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SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 English PYQ – 19 Jan 2026 (45 Questions with Solutions)

Actual English Language and Comprehension questions from SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 of 19 January 2026, covering narration, voice, vocabulary, jumbles, cloze and reading passages, with solutions.

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Questions
45
Duration
40 min
Marks
135

Negative marking

Attempts
100
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About this test

SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 English Language PYQ from the 19 January 2026 Paper

This set is the English Language and Comprehension section of SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 Paper I, held on 19 January 2026.

Topic-wise questions in SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 English

All 14 topics, ranked (questions · share of the section):

Reading Comprehension15 · 33%
Cloze Test5 · 11%
Direct & Indirect Speech4 · 9%
Para Jumbles4 · 9%
Active & Passive Voice3 · 7%
Error Spotting2 · 5%
Idioms & Phrases2 · 5%
Sentence Improvement2 · 5%
Spelling2 · 4%
Synonyms & Antonyms2 · 4%
Fill in the Blanks1 · 2%
One Word Substitution1 · 2%
Phrasal Verbs1 · 2%
Word Usage & Swap1 · 2%

What this tells you: course of action

  • Begin with Reading Comprehension, Cloze Test and Direct & Indirect Speech. These carry about 53% of the questions, which makes them the best place for your first study sessions.
  • Keep in rotation: Para Jumbles, Active & Passive Voice, Error Spotting, Idioms & Phrases and Sentence Improvement, a steady 29% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Save for the end: 4 one-question topics (9% together). Skim them last rather than building long study blocks around them.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 5 for the first group, 4 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

Key English concepts to revise for SSC CGL Tier 2

  • Reporting verb changes for interrogative sentences in indirect speech
  • Passive forms of past continuous and present perfect sentences
  • Opening sentences and connectors that fix the order in para jumbles
  • Reading policy and banking passages for main idea and detail

FAQs about SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 English PYQ – 19 Jan 2026 (45 Questions with Solutions)

How many questions were in the SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 (19 January 2026) English Comprehension section?
The Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) 2025 Tier 2, 19 January 2026 English Comprehension section on Aptitude360 has 45 multiple-choice questions, and Aptitude360's timed version gives 40 minutes for them.
What was the marking scheme in SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 (19 January 2026) English Comprehension?
In the Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) 2025 Tier 2, 19 January 2026 English Comprehension section, each question carries 3 marks and a wrong answer costs 1 mark; an unanswered question costs nothing. The maximum score on this section is 135.
What type of questions came in SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 (19 January 2026) English?
The Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) 2025 Tier 2, 19 January 2026 English Comprehension section included reading comprehension, para-jumbles, vocabulary and error spotting questions. To practise these, see Aptitude360's Vocabulary by Etymology and Subject Verb Agreement practice lessons.
How many reading comprehension passages were in the SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 (19 January 2026) English Comprehension section?
The Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) 2025 Tier 2, 19 January 2026 English Comprehension section had 4 reading comprehension (RC) passages, covering 20 of its 45 questions. They open with “Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a…”, “The Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and…” and “In the following question, some of the words…”.
Is SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 (19 January 2026) English Comprehension also part of a full mock on Aptitude360?
Yes, the Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) 2025 Tier 2, 19 January 2026 English Comprehension section is also part of the full SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 (19 January 2026) paper on Aptitude360, “SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 Paper 1 Question Paper – 19 Jan 2026 (with Solutions)”, which runs all 5 sections in one timed test.
Can I attempt SSC CGL 2025 Tier 2 (19 January 2026) English as a mock test on Aptitude360?
Yes, the Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) 2025 Tier 2, 19 January 2026 English Comprehension section is available on Aptitude360 as a free test. Choose Normal practice to see each answer and solution as you go with no timer, or the Simulated test to sit it on the computer-based interface and get your score and full answer key when you submit.

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SectionQuestionsTime
CGL25 T2 · 19 Jan 2026 · Paper I · English4540 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
135 across 45 questions.
Negative marking
A wrong answer costs marks. Leaving a question unanswered costs nothing.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

What you get when you submit

The analysis is ready the moment you submit the paper.

Score and accuracy

Marks, percentage, right, wrong and skipped, and the time you took.

Section by section

The same figures for each section, so a weak one cannot hide in an average.

The full answer key

Every question with your answer, the right one, the working, and the video where there is one.

Where you stand

Your score against the spread of everyone else who has sat this test.

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