SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 21 January 2017" Evening Shift (English Comprehension)
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 21 January 2017" Evening Shift (English Comprehension)
QID : 276 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence
Grandfather always (finds faults) with the poor gardener.
Options:
1) find fault
2) find faults
3) is finding faults
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: no improvement
QID : 277 - 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.
During a depression even the affluent middle class struggles to _______ out a living.
Options:
1) make
2) eke
3) pull
4) stretch
Correct Answer: eke
QID : 278 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
to cause a process or action to begin
Options:
1) to initiate
2) to impel
3) to imitate
4) to conscript
Correct Answer: to initiate
QID : 279 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
(As) you find me absent, please leave the parcel with my colleague.
Options:
1) Would
2) Could
3) Should
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: Should
QID : 280 - Select the antonym of
to dawdle
Options:
1) to loiter
2) to mosey
3) to hasten
4) to saunter
Correct Answer: to hasten
QID : 281 - 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.
Dia said to Pari, "Do you like oranges?”
Options:
1) Dia asked Pari that did she like oranges.
2) Dia asked Pari if she likes oranges.
3) Dia asked Pari that whether she liked oranges.
4) Dia asked Pari if she liked oranges.
Correct Answer: Dia asked Pari if she liked oranges.
QID : 282 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order
It is becoming
P-increasingly clear that anyone
Q-of freedom, justice and equality is seen as a threat
R-who dares to raise issues
Options:
1) RPQ
2) QRP
3) PRQ
4) QPR
Correct Answer: PRQ
QID : 283 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) wanquish
2) banterred
3) brouhaha
4) wanderrer
Correct Answer: brouhaha
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QID : 284 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
To jump ship
Options:
1) Climbing the career ladder
2) To jump to grab an opportunity
3) To leave an organization
4) To renounce great wealth
Correct Answer: To leave an organization
QID : 285 - Select the antonym of
fuddle
Options:
1) upset
2) explicate
3) nonplus
4) rattle
Correct Answer: explicate
QID : 286 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
To kick the bucket
Options:
1) to get angry
2) to die
3) to fall ill
4) to get hurt
Correct Answer: to die
QID : 287 - 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.
We must take care of the old.
Options:
1) Those who are old need to be taken care of by us.
2) The old must be taken care of by us.
3) Those who are old need care by us.
4) The old should be taken care of by us.
Correct Answer: The old must be taken care of by us.
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'.
I asked two persons(A)/the way to the school(B)but neither of them knew it.(C)/No error(D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: D
QID : 289 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
a rich source of something
Options:
1) antecedent
2) lode
3) node
4) provenience
Correct Answer: lode
QID : 290 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) envalop
2) banditry
3) dorsaly
4) agarager
Correct Answer: banditry
QID : 291 - 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.
While mother mixed the cake __________, Dipu stood at the table watching her.
Options:
1) batter
2) concoction
3) recipe
4) mixture
Correct Answer: batter
QID : 292 - 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'.
We had to return because(A)/when we reached the railway(B)/station the train left.(C)/No error(D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: C
QID : 293 - Select the synonym of
murmur
Options:
1) fuzzy
2) muffled
3) buzz
4) taciturn
Correct Answer: buzz
QID : 294 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order
Further negotiations
P-are necessary
Q-to reach a common understanding
R-to enable implementation
Options:
1) QRP
2) RPQ
3) PRQ
4) PQR
Correct Answer: PQR
QID : 295 - Select the synonym of
peripatetic
Options:
1) confine
2) spire
3) ultimate
4) nomadic
Correct Answer: nomadic
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.
All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work over that of others for their writing style as much as for the content of their work. ____________ writer who has, for more than half a century, _______________ for his searing honesty is George Orwell. He is recondite, but he is never ________________. He says it as it is and yet says it as it has not been said ____________.
All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work
Options:
1) preferring
2) preferred
3) having preferred
4) had preferred
Correct Answer: preferred
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.
All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work over that of others for their writing style as much as for the content of their work. ____________ writer who has, for more than half a century, _______________ for his searing honesty is George Orwell. He is recondite, but he is never ________________. He says it as it is and yet says it as it has not been said ____________.
____________ writer who has
Options:
1) The
2) This
3) That
4) One
Correct Answer: One
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.
All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work over that of others for their writing style as much as for the content of their work. ____________ writer who has, for more than half a century, _______________ for his searing honesty is George Orwell. He is recondite, but he is never ________________. He says it as it is and yet says it as it has not been said ____________.
_______________ for his searing honesty is George Orwell.
Options:
1) was admired
2) been admired
3) admired
4) was being admired
Correct Answer: been admired
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.
All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work over that of others for their writing style as much as for the content of their work. ____________ writer who has, for more than half a century, _______________ for his searing honesty is George Orwell. He is recondite, but he is never ________________. He says it as it is and yet says it as it has not been said ____________.
He is recondite, but he is never ________________.
Options:
1) trite
2) pertinent
3) impressive
4) relevant
Correct Answer: trite
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.
All of us have admired some writers, ______________ their work over that of others for their writing style as much as for the content of their work. ____________ writer who has, for more than half a century, _______________ for his searing honesty is George Orwell. He is recondite, but he is never ________________. He says it as it is and yet says it as it has not been said ____________.
He says it as it is and yet says it as it has not been said ____________.
Options:
1) after
2) later
3) before
4) since
Correct Answer: before
