SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 20 January 2017" Morning Shift (English Comprehension)
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 20 January 2017" Morning Shift (English Comprehension)
QID : 76 - Select the synonym of:
to entrain
Options:
1) to alight
2) to debark
3) to mount
4) to disembark
Correct Answer: to mount
QID : 77 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) virtuous
2) tabbulate
3) infinete
4) feytishes
Correct Answer: virtuous
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'.
Gita had been(A)/dancing at the party little(B)/more than usual.(C)/No error(D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: B
QID : 79 - Select the antonym of
vivified
Options:
1) invigorated
2) revived
3) dull
4) animated
Correct Answer: dull
QID : 80 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Options:
1) The world is beautiful if one can see it that way
2) To see only beautiful things if one wants to make his life beautiful
3) That which one person finds beautiful or admirable may not appeal to another
4) For an infatuated person even bad qualities of the beloved appear good
Correct Answer: That which one person finds beautiful or admirable may not appeal to another
QID : 81 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Earlier its forays
P-were concentrated on ancient
Q-and medieval India
R-in history
Options:
1) RPQ
2) RQP
3) PQR
4) QPR
Correct Answer: RPQ
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.
............your crime and your sentence may be reduced, suggested the police. Options:
1) Apologise
2) Communicate
3) Confess
4) Inform
Correct Answer: Confess
QID : 83 - 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 painters painted the entire building. Options:
1) The entire building had been painted by the painters.
2) The painters had an entire building painted.
3) The entire building was painted by the painters.
4) The entire building has been painted by the painters.
Correct Answer: The entire building was painted by the painters.
QID : 84 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence
His condition has only deteriorated, his life (hangs with threads).
Options:
1) is hanging on threads
2) hangs by a thread
3) hangs on a thread
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: hangs by a thread
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QID : 85 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order:
Guardians of
P-the tyranny of the state
Q-four square against
R-intellectual liberty must stand
Options:
1) QRP
2) RQP
3) PRQ
4) PQR
Correct Answer: RQP
QID : 86 - 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.
Mother said, "Oh! It's a scorpion. Don't go near it, children."
Options:
1) Mother exclaimed with disgust that, that was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it.
2) Mother exclaimed disgustingly that, it was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it.
3) Mother exclaimed with disgust that it was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it.
4) Mother exclaimed with disgust that, that was a scorpion and told the children not to go near that.
Correct Answer: Mother exclaimed with disgust that it was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it.
QID : 87 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
to have as belonging to one; own.
Options:
1) to dominate
2) to possess
3) to abandon
4) to hog
Correct Answer: to possess
QID : 88 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) panacease
2) saboteur
3) contraste
4) columunar
Correct Answer: saboteur
QID : 89 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Necessity is the mother of invention
Options:
1) solution to a problem is easy if one is sufficiently desperate
2) great inventions happen only if you are desperate
3) there is always a mother behind every great scientist who has invented something
4) when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting it
Correct Answer: when the need for something becomes essential, you are forced to find ways of getting it
QID : 90 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
the action of making amends for a wrong one has done
Options:
1) reparation
2) extortion
3) reclamation
4) retrieval
Correct Answer: reparation
QID : 91 - 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 payment of dues have been ............delayed , informed the executive to the client.
Options:
1) incredibly
2) crazily
3) amazingly
4) unduly
Correct Answer: unduly
QID : 92 - Select the synonym of
discerning
Options:
1) naive
2) asinine
3) inept
4) astute
Correct Answer: astute
QID : 93 - 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'.
Ramesh is far arrogant(A)/to learn the error(B)/of his ways.(C)/No error(D).
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: A
QID : 94 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
We are late because my wife took two hours to (put up) her make-up.
Options:
1) put on
2) put
3) put over
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: put on
QID : 95 - Select the antonym of
wary
Options:
1) frugal
2) leery
3) prudent
4) inattentive
Correct Answer: inattentive
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.
India has already made ........................concessions to enable a consensus and successful outcome at Paris. Now it must ensure that it is not caught in a relentless ............process where each concession becomes an argument for making the next one. The post-Paris negotiations will determine more............the shape of the climate change architecture for the next several decades. We ............ensure that India’s vital interests are safeguarded and the principle ............equity and equitable burden-sharing is reflected across this architecture.
India has already made ............concessions to enable a consensus
Options:
1) so much
2) substantial
3) many
4) a lot of
Correct Answer: substantial
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.
India has already made ........................concessions to enable a consensus and successful outcome at Paris. Now it must ensure that it is not caught in a relentless ............process where each concession becomes an argument for making the next one. The post-Paris negotiations will determine more............the shape of the climate change architecture for the next several decades. We ............ensure that India’s vital interests are safeguarded and the principle ............equity and equitable burden-sharing is reflected across this architecture.
Now it must ensure that it is not caught in a relentless ............process
Options:
1) lengthy
2) protracted
3) infinite
4) attrition
Correct Answer: attrition
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.
India has already made ........................concessions to enable a consensus and successful outcome at Paris. Now it must ensure that it is not caught in a relentless ............process where each concession becomes an argument for making the next one. The post-Paris negotiations will determine more............the shape of the climate change architecture for the next several decades. We ............ensure that India’s vital interests are safeguarded and the principle ............equity and equitable burden-sharing is reflected across this architecture.
The post-Paris negotiations will determine more ............the shape of the climate change
Options:
1) precisely
2) exactly
3) refinely
4) sophisticatedly
Correct Answer: precisely
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.
India has already made ........................concessions to enable a consensus and successful outcome at Paris. Now it must ensure that it is not caught in a relentless ............process where each concession becomes an argument for making the next one. The post-Paris negotiations will determine more ............the shape of the climate change architecture for the next several decades. We ............ensure that India’s vital interests are safeguarded and the principle ............equity and equitable burden-sharing is reflected across this architecture.
We ............ensure that India's vital interests are safeguarded
Options:
1) would
2) could
3) must
4) have
Correct Answer: must
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.
India has already made ........................concessions to enable a consensus and successful outcome at Paris. Now it must ensure that it is not caught in a relentless ............process where each concession becomes an argument for making the next one. The post-Paris negotiations will determine more ............the shape of the climate change architecture for the next several decades. We ............ensure that India’s vital interests are safeguarded and the principle ............equity and equitable burden-sharing is reflected across this architecture.
the principle ............equity
Options:
1) for
2) of
3) about
4) like
Correct Answer: of
