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SSC CGL (Tier - 2) Online Exam Paper - 2018 "held on 12 September 2019"

Evening Shift (English Language and Comprehension)

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• Exam Name: SSC CGL (Tier - 2)
• Year: 2018
• EXAM DATE : 12 September 2019
• EXAM START TIME : 03.00
• Total Marks: 200     

Q.1 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. She was a tall woman and she carried a large purse.
B. Suddenly a boy ran up behind her and tried to snatch her purse.
C. It was 11 o’clock at night and a woman was walking alone.
D. It had a long strap, and she carried it slung across her shoulder.
1. CADB
2. DCBA
3. ACDB
4. DBCA

Corret answer : CADB

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. In a rare show of honesty, a gardener of the irrigation department has handed (1)______ to the police 57 tolas of gold (2)______ by him while working in the (3)______ of the superintending engineer’s bungalow in Raipur. The (4)______in turn has handed over the (5)______ to the Central Excise and Customs Department (6)______investigation. It was in June this year (7)______ Ramdayal found a tiny plastic box, meticulously (8)______ with polythene, buried six inches (9)______ under a Banyan tree, while digging the garden. He (10)______ the box and took it to his house behind the bungalow and was dazzled to find that it contained biscuits, bangles and coins all of gold.

Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.
1. over
2. out
3. up
4. down

Corret answer : over

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. In a rare show of honesty, a gardener of the irrigation department has handed (1)______ to the police 57 tolas of gold (2)______ by him while working in the (3)______ of the superintending engineer’s bungalow in Raipur. The (4)______in turn has handed over the (5)______ to the Central Excise and Customs Department (6)______investigation. It was in June this year (7)______ Ramdayal found a tiny plastic box, meticulously (8)______ with polythene, buried six inches (9)______ under a Banyan tree, while digging the garden. He (10)______ the box and took it to his house behind the bungalow and was dazzled to find that it contained biscuits, bangles and coins all of gold.

Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.
1. recovered
2. recovers
3. recovering
4. recover

Corret answer : recovered

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. In a rare show of honesty, a gardener of the irrigation department has handed (1)______ to the police 57 tolas of gold (2)______ by him while working in the (3)______ of the superintending engineer’s bungalow in Raipur. The (4)______in turn has handed over the (5)______ to the Central Excise and Customs Department (6)______investigation. It was in June this year (7)______ Ramdayal found a tiny plastic box, meticulously (8)______ with polythene, buried six inches (9)______ under a Banyan tree, while digging the garden. He (10)______ the box and took it to his house behind the bungalow and was dazzled to find that it contained biscuits, bangles and coins all of gold. 

Q.4 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.
1. garden
2. orchard
3. park
4. field

Corret answer : garden

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. In a rare show of honesty, a gardener of the irrigation department has handed (1)______ to the police 57 tolas of gold (2)______ by him while working in the (3)______ of the superintending engineer’s bungalow in Raipur. The (4)______in turn has handed over the (5)______ to the Central Excise and Customs Department (6)______investigation. It was in June this year (7)______ Ramdayal found a tiny plastic box, meticulously (8)______ with polythene, buried six inches (9)______ under a Banyan tree, while digging the garden. He (10)______ the box and took it to his house behind the bungalow and was dazzled to find that it contained biscuits, bangles and coins all of gold. 

Q.5 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4.
1. engineer
2. gardener
3. custom officer
4. police

Corret answer : police

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. In a rare show of honesty, a gardener of the irrigation department has handed (1)______ to the police 57 tolas of gold (2)______ by him while working in the (3)______ of the superintending engineer’s bungalow in Raipur. The (4)______in turn has handed over the (5)______ to the Central Excise and Customs Department (6)______investigation. It was in June this year (7)______ Ramdayal found a tiny plastic box, meticulously (8)______ with polythene, buried six inches (9)______ under a Banyan tree, while digging the garden. He (10)______ the box and took it to his house behind the bungalow and was dazzled to find that it contained biscuits, bangles and coins all of gold. 

Q.6 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.
1. coins
2. bangles
3. biscuits
4. gold

Corret answer : gold

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. In a rare show of honesty, a gardener of the irrigation department has handed (1)______ to the police 57 tolas of gold (2)______ by him while working in the (3)______ of the superintending engineer’s bungalow in Raipur. The (4)______in turn has handed over the (5)______ to the Central Excise and Customs Department (6)______investigation. It was in June this year (7)______ Ramdayal found a tiny plastic box, meticulously (8)______ with polythene, buried six inches (9)______ under a Banyan tree, while digging the garden. He (10)______ the box and took it to his house behind the bungalow and was dazzled to find that it contained biscuits, bangles and coins all of gold.

Q.7 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.6.
1. by
2. about
3. for
4. to

Corret answer : for

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. In a rare show of honesty, a gardener of the irrigation department has handed (1)______ to the police 57 tolas of gold (2)______ by him while working in the (3)______ of the superintending engineer’s bungalow in Raipur. The (4)______in turn has handed over the (5)______ to the Central Excise and Customs Department (6)______investigation. It was in June this year (7)______ Ramdayal found a tiny plastic box, meticulously (8)______ with polythene, buried six inches (9)______ under a Banyan tree, while digging the garden. He (10)______ the box and took it to his house behind the bungalow and was dazzled to find that it contained biscuits, bangles and coins all of gold.

Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.7.
1. after
2. until
3. that
4. while

Corret answer :  that

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. In a rare show of honesty, a gardener of the irrigation department has handed (1)______ to the police 57 tolas of gold (2)______ by him while working in the (3)______ of the superintending engineer’s bungalow in Raipur. The (4)______in turn has handed over the (5)______ to the Central Excise and Customs Department (6)______investigation. It was in June this year (7)______ Ramdayal found a tiny plastic box, meticulously (8)______ with polythene, buried six inches (9)______ under a Banyan tree, while digging the garden. He (10)______ the box and took it to his house behind the bungalow and was dazzled to find that it contained biscuits, bangles and coins all of gold.

Q.9 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.8.
1. sheltered
2. topped
3. enclosed
4. covered

Corret answer : covered

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. In a rare show of honesty, a gardener of the irrigation department has handed (1)______ to the police 57 tolas of gold (2)______ by him while working in the (3)______ of the superintending engineer’s bungalow in Raipur. The (4)______in turn has handed over the (5)______ to the Central Excise and Customs Department (6)______investigation. It was in June this year (7)______ Ramdayal found a tiny plastic box, meticulously (8)______ with polythene, buried six inches (9)______ under a Banyan tree, while digging the garden. He (10)______ the box and took it to his house behind the bungalow and was dazzled to find that it contained biscuits, bangles and coins all of gold. 

Q.10 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.9.
1. deep
2. deepen
3. deeply
4. depth

Corret answer : deep

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. In a rare show of honesty, a gardener of the irrigation department has handed (1)______ to the police 57 tolas of gold (2)______ by him while working in the (3)______ of the superintending engineer’s bungalow in Raipur. The (4)______in turn has handed over the (5)______ to the Central Excise and Customs Department (6)______investigation. It was in June this year (7)______ Ramdayal found a tiny plastic box, meticulously (8)______ with polythene, buried six inches (9)______ under a Banyan tree, while digging the garden. He (10)______ the box and took it to his house behind the bungalow and was dazzled to find that it contained biscuits, bangles and coins all of gold. 

Q.11 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.10.
1. picked on
2. picked in
3. picked over
4. picked up

Corret answer : picked up

Q.12 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
ALLURING
1. interesting
2. charming
3. repulsive
4. glamorous

Corret answer : repulsive

Q.13 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The authorities are planning to lift restrictions on the movement of people in the Valley from the coming week.
1. It has been planned to lift restrictions on the movement of people in the Valley from the coming week.
2. Restrictions on the movement of people in the Valley from the coming week are planning to lift the authorities in the Valley.
3. It is being planned by the authorities to lift restrictions on the movement of people in the Valley from the coming week.
4. Lifting restrictions on the movement of people in the Valley is planned from the coming week.

Corret answer :  It is being planned by the authorities to lift restrictions on the movement of people in the Valley from the coming week.

Q.14 Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Mother said to Kavya, “Turn on the light.”
1. Mother told Kavya to turn on the light.
2. Mother asked Kavya if the light was on.
3. Kavya told mother to turn on the light.
4. Mother requested Kavya to please on the light.

Corret answer : Mother told Kavya to turn on the light.

Q.15 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given
options. If there is no error, select No error.
No one inform me that you would be absent.
1. No one inform me
2. would be absent.
3. No error
4. that you

Corret answer : No one inform me

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Q.16 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful
paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. Security cameras captured the whole incident.
B. Commuters in Virginia, USA got a shock when a deer entered a metro station.
C. However, it eventually backed out and ran away unharmed.
D. Nobody knows how it made into the station.
1. DCBA
2. BADC
3. BDCA
4. ADCB

Corret answer : BDCA

Q.17 Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
The little girl asked her mother if she could visit her friend’s house.
1. The little girl said to her mother, “Why can’t I visit my friend’s house?”
2. The little girl said to her mother, “Should she visit her friend’s house?”
3. The little girl said to her mother, “Can I visit my friend’s house?”
4. The little girl said to her mother, “I could visit my friend’s house.”

Corret answer : The little girl said to her mother, “Can I visit my friend’s house?”

Q.18 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
He was surprised at me refusing to accept his offer.
1. No improvement
2. at me to refusing
3. at my refusing
4. on me refusing

Corret answer :  at my refusing

Q.19 Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Pushpa said, “I arrived at the workshop an hour ago but nothing much is happening here.”
1. Pushpa observed that though she had arrived at the workshop an hour ago but nothing much is happening there.
2. Pushpa said that she has arrived at the workshop an hour earlier but nothing much is happening here.
3. Pushpa asked why she had to arrive at the workshop an hour before when nothing much was happening there.
4. Pushpa said that she had arrived at the workshop an hour before but nothing much was happening there.

Corret answer : Pushpa said that she had arrived at the workshop an hour before but nothing much was happening there.

Q.20 Select the correct active form  of the given sentence.
When we arrived at his house, we were welcomed by his parents.
1. When his parents arrived at his house, we welcomed them.
2. When we arrived at his house, his parents welcomed us.
3. When we arrived at his house, we welcomed his parents.
4. After we arrived at his house, his parents had welcomed us.

Corret answer : When we arrived at his house, his parents welcomed us.

Q.21 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
TURBULENT
1. raging
2. peaceful
3. forceful
4. swirling

Corret answer : peaceful

Q.22 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
For most people a six figure salary was unimaginable two decades ago.
1. For most of people
2. To much people
3. For a many people
4. No improvement

Corret answer : No improvement

Q.23 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
A brick falling from the roof top broke the front glass of my car.
1. The front glass of my car has broken a brick falling from the roof top.
2. The front glass of my car was broken by a brick falling from the roof top.
3. The front glass of my car had been broken by a brick falling from the roof top.
4. The front glass of my car has been broken by a brick falling from the roof top

Corret answer : The front glass of my car was broken by a brick falling from the roof top.

Q.24 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I have visited several places in India, but I ______ the Andaman and Nicobar Islands yet.
1. haven’t been visiting
2. didn’t visit
3. haven’t visited
4. don’t visit

Corret answer : haven’t visited

Q.25 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
A dome-shaped shelter built from blocks of solid snow used by Eskimos
1. wigwam
2. yurt
3. tepee
4. igloo

Corret answer :  igloo

Q.26 Select the most appropriate  meaning of the given idiom.
The trouble makers took to their heels when they saw the police coming.
1. hid themselves
2. ran away
3. faced them boldly
4. prepared to fight

Corret answer : ran away

Q.27 Select the wrongly spelt word.
1. medieval
2. measure
3. magazine
4. machenic

Corret answer :  machenic

Q.28 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given options.
Having been a student activist once, a politician never forget those days.
1. a politician
2. never forget
3. Having been
4. those days

Corret answer : never forget

Q.29 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Your behavior annoys me greatly.
1. I was greatly annoyed by your behavior.
2. I have been greatly annoyed by your behavior.
3. I am greatly annoyed by your behavior.
4. Your behavior has been greatly annoyed by me.

Corret answer : I am greatly annoyed by your behavior.

Q.30 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The Indian army has inducted several women officers in Infantry and Armoured Corps.
1. Several women officers will be inducted by the Indian Army in Infantry and Armoured Corps.
2. Several women officers were inducted by the Indian Army in Infantry and Armoured Corps.
3. Several women officers are being inducted by the Indian Army in Infantry and Armoured Corps.
4. Several women officers have been inducted by the Indian Army in Infantry and Armoured Corps.

Corret answer : Several women officers have been inducted by the Indian Army in Infantry and Armoured Corps.

Q.31 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given options.
Prasad recalled that meeting people have been a part of his life as a student activist.
1. meeting people have been
2. Prasad recalled that
3. a part of his life
4. as a student activist.

Corret answer : meeting people have been

Q.32 Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
The teacher said to Mohit, “Go to your seat and sit quietly”
1. The teacher requested Mohit to go to his seat and sit quietly.
2. The teacher instructed Mohit to go to his seat and sit quietly.
3. The teacher instructed Mohit that he must go to his seat and sit quietly.
4. The teacher told Mohit to go to your seat and sit quietly.

Corret answer : The teacher instructed Mohit to go to his seat and sit quietly.

Q.33 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the  blank.
The rescue team dug out a soldier from the snow ______ how he could have survived for seven days buried under it.
1. wondering
2. wondered
3. to wonder
4. wonder

Corret answer : wondering

Q.34 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. It is because nowadays people have no time for recreation.
B. But this pastime is getting out of favour now.
C. It is really a thrilling exercise.
D. Flying kites is my favourite pastime.
1. DCBA
2. CDAB
3. DBAC
4. BCDA

Corret answer :  DCBA

Q.35 Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. If we drove 10 kilometers along the road that branched off to the right, we would reach Barhampur.
B. Aditya and I were returning from the site of our new factory.
C. We had reached a point where the road bifurcated.
D. We were driving along National Highway 40.
1. CDBA
2. BDAC
3. BDCA
4. ACBD

Corret answer : BDCA

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Hunter-gatherer culture was the way of life for early humuntil around 11,000 to 12,000 years ago. The lifestyle of hunter-gatherers was (1) ______ on hunting animals and foraging for food. Anthropologists (2)______ discovered evidence for the practice of hunter-gatherer culture (3)______ modern hum(Homo sapiens) and their distant ancestors dating as (4)______ back as two million years ago. Before the (5)______ of hunter-gatherer culture, earlier groups relied on (6)______practice of scavenging animal remains that predators left (7)______. Because hunter-gatherers did not rely on agriculture, (8)______ used mobility as a survival strategy. Indeed, (9)______ lifestyle required access to large areas of (10)______ to find the food they needed for survival.
Q.36 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.
1. based
2. basing
3. base
4. bases

Corret answer : based

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Hunter-gatherer culture was the way of life for early humuntil around 11,000 to 12,000 years ago. The lifestyle of hunter-gatherers was (1) ______ on hunting animals and foraging for food. Anthropologists (2)______ discovered evidence for the practice of hunter-gatherer culture (3)______ modern hum(Homo sapiens) and their distant ancestors dating as (4)______ back as two million years ago. Before the (5)______ of hunter-gatherer culture, earlier groups relied on (6)______practice of scavenging animal remains that predators left (7)______. Because hunter-gatherers did not rely on agriculture, (8)______ used mobility as a survival strategy. Indeed, (9)______ lifestyle required access to large areas of (10)______ to find the food they needed for survival.

Q.37 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.
1. have
2. has
3. had
4. having

Corret answer :  have

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Hunter-gatherer culture was the way of life for early humuntil around 11,000 to 12,000 years ago. The lifestyle of hunter-gatherers was (1) ______ on hunting animals and foraging for food. Anthropologists (2)______ discovered evidence for the practice of hunter-gatherer culture (3)______ modern hum(Homo sapiens) and their distant ancestors dating as (4)______ back as two million years ago. Before the (5)______ of hunter-gatherer culture, earlier groups relied on (6)______practice of scavenging animal remains that predators left (7)______. Because hunter-gatherers did not rely on agriculture, (8)______ used mobility as a survival strategy. Indeed, (9)______ lifestyle required access to large areas of (10)______ to find the food they needed for survival.

Q.38 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.
1. with
2. from
3. by
4. to

Corret answer : by

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Hunter-gatherer culture was the way of life for early humuntil around 11,000 to 12,000 years ago. The lifestyle of hunter-gatherers was (1) ______ on hunting animals and foraging for food. Anthropologists (2)______ discovered evidence for the practice of hunter-gatherer culture (3)______ modern hum(Homo sapiens) and their distant ancestors dating as (4)______ back as two million years ago. Before the (5)______ of hunter-gatherer culture, earlier groups relied on (6)______practice of scavenging animal remains that predators left (7)______. Because hunter-gatherers did not rely on agriculture, (8)______ used mobility as a survival strategy. Indeed, (9)______ lifestyle required access to large areas of (10)______ to find the food they needed for survival. 

Q.39 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4.
1. far
2. distant
3. near
4. farther

Corret answer : far

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Hunter-gatherer culture was the way of life for early humuntil around 11,000 to 12,000 years ago. The lifestyle of hunter-gatherers was (1) ______ on hunting animals and foraging for food. Anthropologists (2)______ discovered evidence for the practice of hunter-gatherer culture (3)______ modern hum(Homo sapiens) and their distant ancestors dating as (4)______ back as two million years ago. Before the (5)______ of hunter-gatherer culture, earlier groups relied on (6)______practice of scavenging animal remains that predators left (7)______. Because hunter-gatherers did not rely on agriculture, (8)______ used mobility as a survival strategy. Indeed, (9)______ lifestyle required access to large areas of (10)______ to find the food they needed for survival.

Q.40 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.
1. dependence
2. experience
3. emergence
4. departure

Corret answer : emergence

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Hunter-gatherer culture was the way of life for early humuntil around 11,000 to 12,000 years ago. The lifestyle of hunter-gatherers was (1) ______ on hunting animals and foraging for food. Anthropologists (2)______ discovered evidence for the practice of hunter-gatherer culture (3)______ modern hum(Homo sapiens) and their distant ancestors dating as (4)______ back as two million years ago. Before the (5)______ of hunter-gatherer culture, earlier groups relied on (6)______practice of scavenging animal remains that predators left (7)______. Because hunter-gatherers did not rely on agriculture, (8)______ used mobility as a survival strategy. Indeed, (9)______ lifestyle required access to large areas of (10)______ to find the food they needed for survival.

Q.41 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.6.
1. an
2. one
3. the
4. a

Corret answer : the

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Hunter-gatherer culture was the way of life for early humuntil around 11,000 to 12,000 years ago. The lifestyle of hunter-gatherers was (1) ______ on hunting animals and foraging for food. Anthropologists (2)______ discovered evidence for the practice of hunter-gatherer culture (3)______ modern hum(Homo sapiens) and their distant ancestors dating as (4)______ back as two million years ago. Before the (5)______ of hunter-gatherer culture, earlier groups relied on (6)______practice of scavenging animal remains that predators left (7)______. Because hunter-gatherers did not rely on agriculture, (8)______ used mobility as a survival strategy. Indeed, (9)______ lifestyle required access to large areas of (10)______ to find the food they needed for survival.

Q.42 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.7.
1. before
2. beyond
3. beneath
4. behind

Corret answer : behind

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Hunter-gatherer culture was the way of life for early humuntil around 11,000 to 12,000 years ago. The lifestyle of hunter-gatherers was (1) ______ on hunting animals and foraging for food. Anthropologists (2)______ discovered evidence for the practice of hunter-gatherer culture (3)______ modern hum(Homo sapiens) and their distant ancestors dating as (4)______ back as two million years ago. Before the (5)______ of hunter-gatherer culture, earlier groups relied on (6)______practice of scavenging animal remains that predators left (7)______. Because hunter-gatherers did not rely on agriculture, (8)______ used mobility as a survival strategy. Indeed, (9)______ lifestyle required access to large areas of (10)______ to find the food they needed for survival.

Q.43 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.8.
1. them
2. he
3. they
4. we

Corret answer :  they

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Hunter-gatherer culture was the way of life for early humuntil around 11,000 to 12,000 years ago. The lifestyle of hunter-gatherers was (1) ______ on hunting animals and foraging for food. Anthropologists (2)______ discovered evidence for the practice of hunter-gatherer culture (3)______ modern hum(Homo sapiens) and their distant ancestors dating as (4)______ back as two million years ago. Before the (5)______ of hunter-gatherer culture, earlier groups relied on (6)______practice of scavenging animal remains that predators left (7)______. Because hunter-gatherers did not rely on agriculture, (8)______ used mobility as a survival strategy. Indeed, (9)______ lifestyle required access to large areas of (10)______ to find the food they needed for survival. 

Q.44 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.9.
1. their
2. our
3. theirs
4. its

Corret answer : their

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. Hunter-gatherer culture was the way of life for early humuntil around 11,000 to 12,000 years ago. The lifestyle of hunter-gatherers was (1) ______ on hunting animals and foraging for food. Anthropologists (2)______ discovered evidence for the practice of hunter-gatherer culture (3)______ modern hum(Homo sapiens) and their distant ancestors dating as (4)______ back as two million years ago. Before the (5)______ of hunter-gatherer culture, earlier groups relied on (6)______practice of scavenging animal remains that predators left (7)______. Because hunter-gatherers did not rely on agriculture, (8)______ used mobility as a survival strategy. Indeed, (9)______ lifestyle required access to large areas of (10)______ to find the food they needed for survival. 

Q.45 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.10.
1. towns
2. valleys
3. land
4. villages

Corret answer : land

Q.46 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
The old man lifted the heavy bundle with hardly no effort at all.
1. with hardly any effort
2. No improvement
3. with hard an effort
4. without hardly no effort

Corret answer : . with hardly any effort

Q.47 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Did you receive my letter?
1. Did my letter was received by you?
2. Have you been received by my letter?
3. Was my letter received by you?
4. Has my letter been received by you?

Corret answer : Was my letter received by you?

Q.48 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
Many companies prefer that the new employees have not only a degree also two years’ work experience .
1. but also two years’ work experience
2. No improvement
3. but more two year work experience
4. but two year work experience

Corret answer : but also two years’ work experience

Q.49 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom in the given sentence.
When Anshul told everyone that he had resigned his job, all the members in the family were at their wits’ end .
1. very serious
2. quite angry
3. quite perplexed
4. absolutely satisfied

Corret answer : quite perplexed

Q.50 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given options.
I was surprised to see as Avika could write such good poems in Hindi.
1. to see as Avika
2. I was surprised
3. such good poems in Hindi
4. could write

Corret answer : to see as Avika

 

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