SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2020 "held on 09 August 2021"
Evening-Shift (English Language)
Q.1 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
We mow the lawn once every month.
1. The lawn will be mowed once every month.
2. The lawn is mowed once every month.
3. The lawn has been mowed once every month.
4. The lawn was mowed once every month.
Q.2 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
DELECTABLE
1. unpleasant
2. luscious
3. horrible
4. offensive
Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
With a lot of difficulty, he could ______ only two tickets for the train from Mumbai to Ranchi.
1. attain
2. incur
3. procure
4. gain
Q.4 Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The supervisor said to the staff, "Make sure that every room is disinfected properly."
1. The supervisor instructed the staff to make sure that every room was being disinfected properly.
2. The supervisor instructs the staff to make sure that every room is disinfected properly.
3. The supervisor instructed the staff to make sure that every room was disinfected properly.
4. The supervisor instructed the staff to make sure that every room had been disinfected properly.
Q.5 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. convert
2. converse
3. convean
4. convent
Q.6 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
The prisoner was very upset and angry and there was ______ in her voice.
1. bitterness
2. stillness
3. eagerness
4. thickness
Q.7 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Needle in a haystack
1. Something impossible to find
2. Someone in trouble
3. Someone having vast opportunities
4. Something very trivial
Q.8 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.
A. They were covered with mud from head to foot.
B. Two men were fighting, crying out and cursing, at the bottom of the ditch.
C. “Stop that!” shouted the sergeant.
D. Three or four soldiers, holding torches, were standing around a ditch.
1. BACD
2. DBAC
3. DCBA
4. BDAC
Q.9 In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Amphan, the more severe cyclone in the Bay of Bengal since the super cyclone of 1999, made landfall in the afternoon on Wednesday.
1. made landfall
2. since the super cyclone
3. in the afternoon
4. the more severe cyclone
Q.10 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
NONDESCRIPT
1. ordinary
2. common
3. distinguished
4. vague
