SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 02 February 2017" Evening Shift (English Comprehension)
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 02 February 2017"
Evening Shift (English Comprehension)
QID : 276 - 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.
Purush wandered through life, with no clear ideas of where he was heading and what he wanted to accomplish. Options:
1) madly
2) excitedly
3) crazily
4) aimlessly
Correct Answer: aimlessly
QID : 277 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. Would it be impolite (to be asked) why they are leaving?
Options:
1) to ask
2) for asking
3) for being asked
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: to ask
QID : 278 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
We should learn our lesson
P-from this history and stay away
Q-of our neighbours
R-from interfering in the messy domestic politics
Options:
1) PRQ
2) PQR
3) QPR
4) RPQ
Correct Answer: PRQ
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QID : 279 - Select the antonym of
to hew
Options:
1) to prune
2) to chop
3) to agglutinate
4) to cleave
Correct Answer: to agglutinate
QID : 280 - 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 chess player moved his piece to a more position, securing the win. Options:
1) profitable
2) auspicious
3) advantageous
4) worthwhile
Correct Answer: advantageous
QID : 281 - Select the synonym of
maestro
Options:
1) neophyte
2) catechumen
3) sophomore
4) conductor
Correct Answer: conductor
QID : 282 - 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.
The coach said, "Don’t move, boys." Options:
1) The coach told to the boys don't move.
2) The coach said to the boys not to be moving.
3) The coach asked the boys not to move.
4) The coach told to them, don't move boys.
Correct Answer: The coach asked the boys not to move.
QID : 283 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Public goods are
P-important as they
Q-mitigate the impact of
R-income poverty and inequality
Options:
1) QRP
2) PQR
3) RPQ
4) QPR
Correct Answer: PQR
QID : 284 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The workers are bent (on) getting a full months pay as bonus.
Options:
1) for
2) upon
3) to
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: upon
QID : 285 - Select the antonym of
to flay
Options:
1) to scalp
2) to peel
3) to excoriate
4) to sheath
Correct Answer: to sheath
QID : 286 - 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.
They will advise me about the price of the accessories. Options:
1) I will have been advised about the price of the accessories.
2) I would have been advised about the price of the accessories.
3) I shall be advised about the price of the accessories.
4) I would have had been advised about the price of the accessories.
Correct Answer: I shall be advised about the price of the accessories.
QID : 287 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) Paraguay
2) snugled
3) gimicky
4) benifice
Correct Answer: Paraguay
QID : 288 - 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'.
Mother does not hardly(A)/know what happened(B)/in school yesterday.(C)/No error(D) Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: A
QID : 289 - 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'.
No beggar who comes(A)/to our doors(B)/goes back empty handed.(C)/No error(D) Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: B
QID : 290 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
To lift or haul something heavy with great effort. Options:
1) heave
2) shrimp
3) wimp
4) runt
Correct Answer: heave
QID : 291 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
flea market
Options:
1) a market for semi-precious stones and jewellery
2) a market where stolen goods are sold
3) a street market selling second-hand goods
4) a small but crowded and noisy place
Correct Answer: a street market selling second-hand goods
QID : 292 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) libreto
2) jazziest
3) serephim
4) kamikazey
Correct Answer: jazziest
QID : 293 - Select the synonym of
troll
Options:
1) spruce
2) suave
3) gnome
4) dapper
Correct Answer: gnome
QID : 294 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
A conclusion or agreement done or reached decisively and with authority. Options:
1) precise
2) definitive
3) reliable
4) specific
Correct Answer: definitive
QID : 295 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
flesh and blood
Options:
1) a very gory murder scene
2) a lot of hard work
3) loss of lives in battle
4) a person's physical body and their needs and frailties
Correct Answer: a person's physical body and their needs and frailties
QID : 296 - 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 scene will now shift to obtaining instruments of ratification to bring the agreement into force 2020, the first year of
its implementation. The agreement will enter into force with the ratification of 55 countries, whose aggregate greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions at least 55 per cent of global emissions.
The scene will now shift to obtaining instruments
Options:
1) enough
2) full
3) lavish
4) comfortable
Correct Answer: enough
QID : 297 - 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 scene will now shift to obtaining instruments of ratification to bring the agreement into force 2020, the first year of
its implementation. The agreement will enter into force with the ratification of 55 countries, whose aggregate greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions at least 55 per cent of global emissions.
bring the agreement into force 2020
Options:
1) on
2) before
3) at
4) previous
Correct Answer: before
QID : 298 - 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 scene will now shift to obtaining instruments of ratification to bring the agreement into force 2020, the first year of
its implementation. The agreement will enter into force with the ratification of 55 countries, whose aggregate greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions at least 55 per cent of global emissions.
the first year of its implementation.
Options:
1) proposal
2) proposition
3) supposed
4) proposed
Correct Answer: proposed
QID : 299 - 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 scene will now shift to obtaining instruments of ratification to bring the agreement into force 2020, the first year of
its implementation. The agreement will enter into force with the ratification of 55 countries, whose aggregate greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions at least 55 per cent of global emissions.
The agreement will enter into force with the ratification of 55 countries
Options:
1) partially
2) at least
3) slightly
4) somewhat
Correct Answer: at least
QID : 300 - 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 scene will now shift to obtaining instruments of ratification to bring the agreement into force 2020, the first year of
its implementation. The agreement will enter into force with the ratification of 55 countries, whose aggregate greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions at least 55 per cent of global emissions.
whose aggregate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at least 55 per cent of global emissions.
Options:
1) established
2) constitute
3) enact
4) complement
Correct Answer: constitute
