SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 15
March 2018"
Evening 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'.
He was not (1)/ grateful for (2)/ Rahul for helping his cause. (3)/ No error
(4)
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'.
On the one hand, life seems transient like a dewdrop (1)/ and on the other
hand, it is permanent (2)/ with the potential for eternal continuity. (3)/ No
error (4)
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
Correct Answer: 4
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.
The big tree was ______ the lake.
1) in
2) within
3) across
4) off
Correct Answer: across
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.
______ people in slum areas have access to toilets even in Delhi.
1) The little
2) Few
3) Little
4) Every
Correct Answer: Few
QID : 5 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives,
select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Heretic
1) Faithful
2) Cynic
3) Loyalist
4) Righteous
Correct Answer: Cynic
QID : 6 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives,
select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Covenant
1) Difference
2) Conversation
3) Bond
4) Devotion
Correct Answer: Bond
QID : 7 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives,
select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.
Lechery
1) Lust
2) Binge
3) Excess
4) Benevolence
Correct Answer: Benevolence
QID : 8 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives,
select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.
Inhibit
1) Check
2) Stop
3) Frustrate
4) Allow
Correct Answer: Allow
QID : 9 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Logocentrism is the search for a
P : rational language that is able to
Q : all its aspects perfectly and accurately
R : know and represent the world and
1) RPQ
2) PQR
3) QPR
4) PRQ
Correct Answer: PRQ
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.
I am observing the animals.
1) The animals are observed.
2) The animals is being observed.
3) The animals are being observed.
4) The animals are under observation.
Correct Answer: The animals are being observed.
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.
Kavita asked me, “How is your mother?”
1) Kavita asked me how was my mother.
2) Kavita asked her how my mother is.
3) Kavita asked how mother was.
4) Kavita asked me how my mother was.
Correct Answer: Kavita asked me how my mother was.
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.
1) Camouflage
2) Cameousflage
3) Camouflege
4) Camioflaeg
Correct Answer: Camouflage
