SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 31 January 2017" Evening Shift (English Comprehension)
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 31 January 2017"
Evening Shift (English Comprehension)
QID : 276 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
to crack someone up
Options:
1) to cheat on someone
2) to make someone cry
3) to make someone laugh
4) to beat someone
Correct Answer: to make someone laugh
QID : 277 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) scrooges
2) slipery
3) solittude
4) chilers
Correct Answer: scrooges
QID : 278 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The Kadampuzha Devi is (worth seeing temple) in Kerala.
Options:
1) one of the worth seeing temples
2) a temple worth seeing
3) a temple of worth being seen
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: a temple worth seeing
QID : 279 - Select the antonym of
humble
Options:
1) diffident
2) tentative
3) obsequious
4) pretentious
Correct Answer: pretentious
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QID : 280 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
to cross your fingers
Options:
1) to get extremely confused over trivial decisions
2) to secretly wish bad for someone
3) to refuse someone's request politely
4) to hope that things will happen in the way that one wants them to happen
Correct Answer: to hope that things will happen in the way that one wants them to happen
QID : 281 - 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 traveller took rest(A)/below the shade(B)/of a large Peepal tree.(C)/No error(D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: B
QID : 282 - Select the synonym of
elegantly
Options:
1) ineptly
2) abominably
3) shoddily
4) gracefully
Correct Answer: gracefully
QID : 283 - 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.
Who ate the last pastry?
Options:
1) The last pastry was eaten by whom?
2) The last pastry was eaten by who?
3) The last pastry had been eaten by who?
4) The last pastry has been eaten by whom?
Correct Answer: The last pastry was eaten by whom?
QID : 284 - 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.
We captured the gymnast's _____________ acrobatic feats on camera.
Options:
1) superlative
2) tremendous
3) wondrous
4) valued
Correct Answer: wondrous
QID : 285 - Select the antonym of
to grumble
Options:
1) to snivel
2) to kvetch
3) to compliment
4) to squawk
Correct Answer: to compliment
QID : 286 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) verieties
2) varicose
3) wrangeler
4) sereniti
Correct Answer: varicose
QID : 287 - 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.
Janice was ________________ when her husband abruptly announced that their marriage was over.
Options:
1) ravaged
2) spoiled
3) wasted
4) devastated
Correct Answer: devastated
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'.
She said a number of lies(A)/and left without(B)/completing her work.(C)/No error(D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: A
QID : 289 - Select the synonym of
perplexity
Options:
1) empathy
2) amicability
3) puzzlement
4) concordantly
Correct Answer: puzzlement
QID : 290 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
This is what comes
P-who sits below the Finance Minister
Q-and not consulting the economist
R-out of not knowing economics
Options:
1) QRP
2) RQP
3) PRQ
4) PQR
Correct Answer: RQP
QID : 291 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
To make a person or animal go away by waving one's arms at them
Options:
1) to scram
2) to shoo
3) to vamoose
4) to scoot
Correct Answer: to shoo
QID : 292 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
They were angry because they realised that they (have had been cheated).
Options:
1) had been cheated
2) were cheated
3) are cheated
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: had been cheated
QID : 293 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
The pith helmets
P-gone, but the blood
Q-has never dried
R-may have long
Options:
1) RPQ
2) RQP
3) PQR
4) QPR
Correct Answer: RPQ
QID : 294 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
to expel someone from a position or place.
Options:
1) to oust
2) to disinherit
3) to chase
4) to relegate
Correct Answer: to oust
QID : 295 - 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 professor said to the students, 'Do not make a noise.'
Options:
1) The professor forbade the students from making a noise.
2) The professor told the students not to make a noise.
3) The professor forbade the students saying they should not be making a noise.
4) The professor tells the students not to make a noise.
Correct Answer: The professor forbade the students from making a noise.
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 spectre of growing cyber threat demands changes in the ____________________ of users of systems, a ____________________ approach to investment in hardening systems, better training __________________ computer security practices, and careful engineering of things to be connected to networks. Almost certainly it would __________________ that certain critical computers and controls are unhooked from the network, a _______________ known as 'air gapping'.
The spectre of growing cyber threat demands changes in the ____________________ of users of systems
Options:
1) attitude
2) look out
3) decision
4) feeling
Correct Answer: attitude
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 spectre of growing cyber threat demands changes in the ____________________ of users of systems, a ____________________ approach to investment in hardening systems, better training __________________ computer security practices, and careful engineering of things to be connected to networks. Almost certainly it would __________________ that certain critical computers and controls are unhooked from the network, a _______________ known as 'air gapping'.
a ____________________ approach to investment in hardening systems
Options:
1) lazy
2) lethargic
3) inactive
4) proactive
Correct Answer: proactive
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 spectre of growing cyber threat demands changes in the ____________________ of users of systems, a ____________________ approach to investment in hardening systems, better training __________________ computer security practices, and careful engineering of things to be connected to networks. Almost certainly it would __________________ that certain critical computers and controls are unhooked from the network, a _______________ known as 'air gapping'.
better training __________________ computer security practices
Options:
1) at
2) for
3) in
4) into
Correct Answer: in
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 spectre of growing cyber threat demands changes in the ____________________ of users of systems, a ____________________ approach to investment in hardening systems, better training __________________ computer security practices, and careful engineering of things to be connected to networks. Almost certainly it would __________________ that certain critical computers and controls are unhooked from the network, a _______________ known as 'air gapping'.
Almost certainly it would __________________ that certain critical computers and controls are unhooked from the network
Options:
1) produce
2) mean
3) represent
4) characterise
Correct Answer: mean
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 spectre of growing cyber threat demands changes in the ____________________ of users of systems, a ____________________ approach to investment in hardening systems, better training __________________ computer security practices, and careful engineering of things to be connected to networks. Almost certainly it would __________________ that certain critical computers and controls are unhooked from the network, a _______________ known as 'air gapping'.
a _______________ known as 'air gapping'.
Options:
1) utility
2) use
3) mode
4) practice
Correct Answer: practice
