SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 13
March 2018"
Afternoon Shift (English Language)
QID : 1 - 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'.
His hard (1)/ punch lay (2)/ him on the road . (3)/ No error (4)
Options:
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
Correct Answer: 2
QID : 2 - 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'.
In 1961, a meteoroid was defined as "a solid object moving in (1)/
interplanetary space, of a size considerably smaller than (2)/ an asteroid and
considerably larger then an atom". (3)/ No error (4)
Options:
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
Correct Answer: 3
QID : 3 - 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.
He is a man of ______.
Options:
1) principal
2) efforts
3) principle
4) enthusiasm
Correct Answer: principle
QID : 4 - 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.
Without education we are ______ and our lives are useless without any
meaning attached to it.
Options:
1) someone
2) uncomplete
3) complete
4) incomplete
Correct Answer: incomplete
QID : 5 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives,
select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Abeyance
Options:
1) Revival
2) Inactivity
3) Operation
4) Continuation
Correct Answer: Inactivity
QID : 6 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives,
select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Excogitate
Options:
1) Communication
2) Die
3) Invent
4) Ignore
Correct Answer: Invent
QID : 7 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives,
select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.
Altruism
Options:
1) Charity
2) Kindness
3) Compassion
4) Spite
Correct Answer: Spite
QID : 8 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives,
select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.
Peer
Options:
1) Equal
2) Look
3) Match
4) Inferior
Correct Answer: Inferior
QID : 9 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
An inference is
P : the direct, logical one
Q : the likely or probable
R : conclusion rather than
Options:
1) PRQ
2) QPR
3) RQP
4) QRP
Correct Answer: QRP
QID : 10 - A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the
four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence
in Passive/Active Voice.
The assassin shot the President.
Options:
1) The President shot by the assassin.
2) The President was shoot by the assassin.
3) The President got shot by the assassin.
4) The President was shot by the assassin.
Correct Answer: The President was shot by the
assassin.
QID : 11 - A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the
four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence
in Indirect/Direct Speech.
He said to me, “I have often told you not to play in dark.”
Options:
1) He said to him that he shouldn’t play in dark.
2) He reminded me that he had often told me not to play in dark.
3) He asked him to not play in dark.
4) He asked me that he had told me to not play in dark.
Correct Answer: He reminded me that he had often
told me not to play in dark.
QID : 12 - In the following question, a word has been written in four
different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly
spelt word.
Options:
1) Pharaoh
2) Faraoh
3) Pharoah
4) Pharoar
Correct Answer: Pharaoh
