SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 01 February 2017" Morning Shift (English Comprehension)
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 01 February 2017"
Morning Shift (English Comprehension)
QID : 76 - In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
The lawyer tried to his client to accept the generous settlement offer. Options:
1) draw
2) seduce
3) incite
4) persuade
Correct Answer: persuade
QID : 77 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The stranded pilgrims (had waited) in the bitter cold for more than two hours now.
Options:
1) has been waiting
2) have been waiting
3) have waited
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: have been waiting
QID : 78 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
I am coming directly(A)/to my office(B)/from the station.(C)/No error(D) Options:
1) B
2) A
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: B
QID : 79 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The exhausted travellers seemed relieved when the train finally (came into) the station.
Options:
1) pulled in
2) pulled into
3) pulled onto
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: pulled in
QID : 80 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
It is for the government,
P-especially one with such a
Q-significant majority, to have the
R-intelligence and leadership to think long term
Options:
1) QRP
2) PQR
3) RPQ
4) QPR
Correct Answer: PQR
QID : 81 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
to drink like a fish
Options:
1) a person who spends a lot
2) a person who keeps cheating for a very long time without getting noticed
3) a person who needs to relive himself very frequently
4) to drink excessive amounts of alcohol
Correct Answer: to drink excessive amounts of alcohol
QID : 82 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
There is a deeper
P-fissure here that goes
Q-from western theory
R-beyond explanations
Options:
1) PRQ
2) PQR
3) QPR
4) RPQ
Correct Answer: PRQ
QID : 83 - Select the synonym of
to preside
Options:
1) to acquiesce
2) to concur
3) to officiate
4) to accord
Correct Answer: to officiate
QID : 84 - Select the synonym of
dabble
Options:
1) solemn
2) austere
3) meditative
4) dally
Correct Answer: dally
QID : 85 - In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
The owners remodelled the car to help it sell. Options:
1) The car was remodelled by the owners to help it sell.
2) The car is being remodelled by the owners to help it sell.
3) The car was remodelled by the owners to help it being sold.
4) The car is being remodelled by the owners to help it being sold.
Correct Answer: The car was remodelled by the owners to help it sell.
QID : 86 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) thresonical
2) numeracy
3) nepotesm
4) tolarate
Correct Answer: numeracy
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QID : 87 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
A person who is lazy and has low standards of cleanliness. Options:
1) hog
2) slob
3) swine
4) brute
Correct Answer: slob
QID : 88 - Select the antonym of
therapeutic
Options:
1) ameliorative
2) analeptic
3) salubrious
4) inimical
Correct Answer: inimical
QID : 89 - Select the antonym of
to perpetuate
Options:
1) to eternize
2) to canonize
3) to cease
4) to bolster
Correct Answer: to cease
QID : 90 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
The task of(A)/writing a autobiography(B)/is a difficult one.(C)/No error(D) Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: B
QID : 91 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
down to the wire
Options:
1) removing the bondage that is keeping one down
2) the last second before the bomb explodes
3) to denote a situation whose outcome is not decided until the very last minute
4) finishing all of one's resources to the last penny
Correct Answer: to denote a situation whose outcome is not decided until the very last minute
QID : 92 - In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Manoj said, "I must go now." Options:
1) Manoj said that he must go then.
2) Manoj said that he must go than.
3) Manoj said he has to go then.
4) Manoj said that he should be going than. Correct Answer: Manoj said that he must go then.
QID : 93 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
To exclude from a society or group. Options:
1) to ostracise
2) to deport
3) to boycott
4) to snub
Correct Answer: to ostracise
QID : 94 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) glucose
2) hermetec
3) wigling
4) derrogate
Correct Answer: glucose
QID : 95 - In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
If immigrants don't learn to speak the native languages of their new countries, they won't be able to themselves into society. Options:
1) conjoin
2) interface
3) integrate
4) reconciliate
Correct Answer: integrate
QID : 96 - In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the government had purchased assets of struggling banks with a view ensuring that they did not collapse taking them the rest of the financial system. These assets later at a profit by thegovernment! The U.S. government had acted smartly, while in the Indian case the banks now find themselves with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.
the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
Options:
1) Below
2) Down
3) Lower
4) Under
Correct Answer: Under
QID : 97 - In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the government had purchased assets of struggling banks with a view ensuring that they did not collapse taking them the rest of the financial system. These assets later at a profit by thegovernment! The U.S. government had acted smartly, while in the Indian case the banks now find themselves with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.
(TARP), the government had purchased assets of struggling banks with a view
Options:
1) to
2) of
3) for
4) so
Correct Answer: to
QID : 98 - In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the government had purchased assets of struggling banks with a view ensuring that they did not collapse taking them the rest of the financial system. These assets later at a profit by thegovernment! The U.S. government had acted smartly, while in the Indian case the banks now find themselves with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.
they did not collapse taking them the rest of the financial system.
Options:
1) from
2) all
3) along with
4) also with
Correct Answer: along with
QID : 99 - In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the government had purchased assets of struggling banks with a view ensuring that they did not collapse taking them the rest of the financial system. These assets later at a profit by thegovernment! The U.S. government had acted smartly, while in the Indian case the banks now find themselves with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.
These assets later at a profit by the government!
Options:
1) are disposed of
2) were disposed of
3) are disposed off
4) had been disposed off
QID : 100 - In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the government had purchased assets of struggling banks with a view ensuring that they did not collapse taking them the rest of the financial system. These assets later at a profit by thegovernment! The U.S. government had acted smartly, while in the Indian case the banks now find themselves with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.
find themselves with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.
Options:
1) saddled
2) baffled
3) puzzled
4) caught
Correct Answer: saddled
