SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 19 January 2017" Morning Shift (English Comprehension)
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 19 January 2017" Morning Shift (English Comprehension)
QID : 76 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Ignorance is bliss
Options:
1) Lack of knowledge is a curse
2) Sometimes it is better for you if you do not know all the facts
3) Fools believe they know more than the wise
4) To be truly happy one should ignore everything else
Correct Answer: Sometimes it is better for you if you do not know all the facts
QID : 77 Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) fidellity
2) befalen
3) probable
4) salwager
Correct Answer: probable
QID : 78 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Varun goes (for cinema) every Friday.
Options:
1) to cinema
2) to the cinema
3) in cinema
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: to the cinema
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QID : 79 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Have a blast
Options:
1) A party with very loud music
2) To have peace amidst noise
3) To have a lot of fun
4) An explosion of happiness
Correct Answer: To have a lot of fun
QID : 80 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.
It is impossible to do this job.
Options:
1) This job is impossible to be done.
2) This job cannot be done with.
3) No one can do this job.
4) This job cannot be done by anyone.
Correct Answer: This job is impossible to be done.
QID : 81 Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) essoteric
2) manerly
3) sawsages
4) dissolve
Correct Answer: dissolve
QID : 82 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.
This is the time that you need to .................all your strength.
Options:
1) muster
2) build
3) capture
4) show
Correct Answer: muster
QID : 83 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'.
There is renewed sense(A)/of urgency in(B)/completing the project.(C)/No error(D)
Options:
1) There is renewed sense
2) of urgency in
3) completing the project.
4) No error
Correct Answer: There is renewed sense
QID : 84 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
to allay the sorrow or grief
Options:
1) to lament
2) to console
3) distress
4) solace
Correct Answer: to console
QID : 85 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'.
Your motivational speech(A)/has had the tremendous(B)/effect on my students.(C)/No error(D)
Options:
1) Your motivational speech
2) has had the tremendous
3) effect on my students.
4) No error
Correct Answer: has had the tremendous
QID : 86 Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
A significant number
Pin the rural nonfarm sector
Qto be created
Rof these jobs will have
Options:
1) QRP
2) RQP
3) PRQ
4) PQR
Correct Answer: RQP
QID : 87 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 child looked up at her teacher, obviously afraid that she would further .................her. Options:
1) revere
2) extol
3) laud
4) chastise
Correct Answer: chastise
QID : 88 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.
Jyoti said to her sister, "The RBI is India's central bank".
Options:
1) Jyoti told her sister the RBI was India's central bank.
2) Jyoti told her sister that the RBI was India's central bank.
3) Jyoti told her sister that the RBI is India's central bank.
4) Jyoti told her sister the RBI is India's central bank.
Correct Answer: Jyoti told her sister that the RBI is India's central bank.
QID : 89 Select the antonym of
escort
Options:
1) entourage
2) cavalier
3) foe
4) convoy
Correct Answer: foe
QID : 90 Select the synonym of
to permeate
1) to desiccate
2) to imbue
3) torrid
4) stale
Correct Answer: to imbue
QID : 91 Select the antonym of
demon
Options:
1) spectre
2) angel
3) shadow
4) zombie
Correct Answer: angel
QID : 92 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
to teach a person to accept a set of beliefs uncritically
Options:
1) to drill
2) to instill
3) to indoctrinate
4) to convince
Correct Answer: to indoctrinate
QID : 93 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence
Mr. Shah (is having) two houses.
Options:
1) has
2) got
3) has been having
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: has
QID : 94 Select the synonym of
swine
Options:
1) hog
2) simple
3) immaculate
4) shine
Correct Answer: hog
QID : 95 Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order
By doing so, it
Pbrought it closer
Qto cultural and social life
Rhas redefined politics and
Options:
1) RPQ
2) RQP
3) PQR
4) QPR
Correct Answer: RPQ
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.
Antiapartheid activist Desmond Tutu is even more hardheaded when he says, "In almost ................. language, the most difficult words are 'I am sorry’." Mr. Tutu adds that .................reconciliations can only lead to spurious healing. .................him forgiveness is a wager, an ethical wager on the future of .................relationship. This is why the few events of apology which stand up to .................scrutiny deserve to be treasured.
"In almost .................language, the most difficult words are 'I am sorry'."
Options:
1) each
2) all
3) any
4) every
Correct Answer: every
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.
Antiapartheid activist Desmond Tutu is even more hardheaded when he says, "In almost .................language, the most difficult words are 'I am sorry’." Mr. Tutu adds that .................reconciliations can only lead to spurious healing. .................him forgiveness is a wager, an ethical wager on the future of .................relationship. This is why the few events of apology which stand up to .................scrutiny deserve to be treasured.
Mr. Tutu adds that .................reconciliations can only lead to spurious healing.
Options:
1) artificial
2) phony
3) spurious
4) bogus
Correct Answer: spurious
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.
Antiapartheid activist Desmond Tutu is even more hardheaded when he says, "In almost .................language, the most difficult words are 'I am sorry’." Mr. Tutu adds that .................reconciliations can only lead to spurious healing. .................him forgiveness is a wager, an ethical wager on the future of.................relationship. This is why the few events of apology which stand up to .................scrutiny deserve to be treasured.
.................him forgiveness is a wager
Options:
1) For
2) To
3) By
4) About
Correct Answer: For
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.
Antiapartheid activist Desmond Tutu is even more hardheaded when he says, "In almost ................. language, the most difficult words are 'I am sorry’." Mr. Tutu adds that .................reconciliations can only lead to spurious healing. .................him forgiveness is a wager, an ethical wager on the future of.................relationship. This is why the few events of apology which stand up to .................scrutiny deserve to be treasured.
an ethical wager on the future of .................relationship.
Options:
1) the
2) a
3) them
4) him
Correct Answer: a
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.
Antiapartheid activist Desmond Tutu is even more hardheaded when he says, "In almost ................. language, the most difficult words are 'I am sorry’." Mr. Tutu adds that .................reconciliations can only lead to spurious healing. .................him forgiveness is a wager, an ethical wager on the future of.................relationship. This is why the few events of apology which stand up to .................scrutiny deserve to be treasured.
This is why the few events of apology which stand up to .................scrutiny deserve to be treasured.
Options:
1) critical
2) sarcastic
3) cynical
4) satirical
Correct Answer: critical
