SSC Scientific Assistant (IMD) Exam : Held on 23 Nov 2017 Shift-1 (English Language and Comprehension)
SSC Scientific Assistant (IMD) Exam : Held on 23 Nov 2017 Shift-1
(English Language and Comprehension)
QID : 451 - 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'.
This city was (1)/ earlier a part from the (2)/ United Kingdom. (3)/ No Error (4)
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
Correct Answer: 2
QID : 452 - 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'.
They placed (1)/ the star (2)/ in the top of the tree. (3)/ No Error (4)
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
Correct Answer: 3
QID : 453 - In the following question, a sentence is given with a 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.
There were old, decrepit buildings lying __________ in the centre of the city.
1) vacant
2) vacancy
3) vacantness
4) vacantly
Correct Answer: vacant
QID : 454 - In the following question, a sentence is given with a 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 Buddha statue exudes peace and ___________.
1) serene
2) serenes
3) serenely
4) serenity
Correct Answer: serenity
QID : 455 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Pithy
1) Concise
2) Elaborate
3) Verbose
4) Impotent
Correct Answer: Concise
QID : 456 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Mundane
1) Atypical
2) Bizzare
3) Banal
4) Anomalistic
Correct Answer: Banal
QID : 457 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Gleaming
1) Burnished
2) Lustrous
3) Coarse
4) Glistening
Correct Answer: Coarse
QID : 458 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Abdicate
1) Forgo
2) Relinquish
3) Pursue
4) Abnegate
Correct Answer: Pursue
QID : 459 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom / phrase.
Sell like hot cakes
1) to be disposed of very quickly and effortlessly, especially in quantity
2) Make false promises to sell your wares
3) Sales at a famous bakery or store where customers queue up to buy from
4) Buy on hype and regret later
Correct Answer: to be disposed of very quickly and effortlessly, especially in quantity
QID : 460 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Thumb one's nose
1) Tease someone playfully
2) Always talk with excessive pride
3) Keep bragging about one's achievements
4) To express scorn or to disregard
Correct Answer: To express scorn or to disregard
QID : 461 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".
They (will became) so attached to their plants that some of them talk with them.
1) will become
2) have became
3) have become
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: have become
QID : 462 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".
The crows squawked loudly and (pursues) their prey.
1) pursue
2) pursuing
3) pursued
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: pursued
QID : 463 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words / sentence.
Generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival
1) Rapacious
2) Esurient
3) Penurious
4) Magnanimous
Correct Answer: Magnanimous
QID : 464 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words / sentence.
Having an internal cause or origin
1) Endogenous
2) Alien
3) Superficial
4) Peripheral
Correct Answer: Endogenous
QID : 465 - In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
1) villifying
2) vilifying
3) vilefying
4) villefying
Correct Answer: vilifying
QID : 466 - In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
1) visualyise
2) vysualise
3) visualise
4) vysualyise
Correct Answer: visualise
QID : 467 - The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
We need not, when
X-modes of speech
Y-this, change our usual
Z-we come to understand
1) ZYX
2) ZXY
3) YZX
4) YXZ
Correct Answer: ZYX
QID : 468 - The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
Each year from early
X-plots enclosing individual plant species
Y-daily for the first signs of growth in
Z-May to late June, researchers looked
1) ZYX
2) ZXY
3) YZX
4) YXZ
Correct Answer: ZYX
QID : 469 - In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active / Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive / Active voice.
He built a large house.
1) A large house is built by him.
2) A house which is large is being built by him.
3) A large house was built by him.
4) A house which was large was being built by him.
Correct Answer: A large house was built by him.
QID : 470 - In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct / Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect / Direct speech.
“Come out from where you are hiding.” shouted the police at the suspect.
1) The police shouted at the suspect to come out from where he was hiding.
2) The police shouted at the suspect to come out from where he is hiding.
3) The police shouts at the suspect to come out from where he was hiding.
4) The police shouts at the suspect to come out from where he is hiding.
Correct Answer: The police shouted at the suspect to come out from where he was hiding.
QID : 471 - 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.
It is _______________ this process that the chocolate is poured into a mould and readied, either to ________________ to a chocolatier or to an industry where the chocolate is put ______________ hydraulic presses to extract cocoa butter, _________ is used in the cosmetic industry. The residual product after the extraction is used to make drinking chocolate and compound chocolate (what is available in grocery stores). Fine chocolates retain the cocoa butter, as this is what _______________ chocolate its character.
It is _______________ this process that the chocolate is poured
1) hence
2) then
3) than
4) after
Correct Answer: after
QID : 472 - 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.
It is _______________ this process that the chocolate is poured into a mould and readied, either to ________________ to a chocolatier or to an industry where the chocolate is put ______________ hydraulic presses to extract cocoa butter, _________ is used in the cosmetic industry. The residual product after the extraction is used to make drinking chocolate and compound chocolate (what is available in grocery stores). Fine chocolates retain the cocoa butter, as this is what _______________ chocolate its character.
either to ________________ to a chocolatier or to an industry
1) be shipping
2) be shipped
3) shipped
4) ships
Correct Answer: be shipped
QID : 473 - 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.
It is _______________ this process that the chocolate is poured into a mould and readied, either to ________________ to a chocolatier or to an industry where the chocolate is put ______________ hydraulic presses to extract cocoa butter, _________ is used in the cosmetic industry. The residual product after the extraction is used to make drinking chocolate and compound chocolate (what is available in grocery stores). Fine chocolates retain the cocoa butter, as this is what _______________ chocolate its character.
where the chocolate is put ______________ hydraulic presses
1) on
2) between
3) beside
4) onto
Correct Answer: between
QID : 474 - 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.
It is _______________ this process that the chocolate is poured into a mould and readied, either to ________________ to a chocolatier or to an industry where the chocolate is put ______________ hydraulic presses to extract cocoa butter, _________ is used in the cosmetic industry. The residual product after the extraction is used to make drinking chocolate and compound chocolate (what is available in grocery stores). Fine chocolates retain the cocoa butter, as this is what _______________ chocolate its character.
to extract cocoa butter, _________ is used in the cosmetic industry.
1) which
2) these
3) where
4) hence
Correct Answer: which
QID : 475 - 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.
It is _______________ this process that the chocolate is poured into a mould and readied, either to ________________ to a chocolatier or to an industry where the chocolate is put ______________ hydraulic presses to extract cocoa butter, _________ is used in the cosmetic industry. The residual product after the extraction is used to make drinking chocolate and compound chocolate (what is available in grocery stores). Fine chocolates retain the cocoa butter, as this is what _______________ chocolate its character.
as this is what _______________ chocolate its character.
1) lends
2) to lend
3) lending
4) lend
Correct Answer: lends
