Model Questions for SSC CHSL (SET-94) ENGLISH

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, you have one brief passage with 5 questions following the passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

In May 1966, the World Health Organisation was authorised to initiate a global campaign to eradicate small pox. The goal was to eradicate the disease in one decade. Because similar projects for malaria and yellow fever had failed, few believed that smallpox could actually be eradicated, but eleven years after the initial organisation of the campaign, no cases were reported in the field. The strategy was not only to provide mass vaccinations, but also to isoate patients with active small-pox in order to contain the spread of the disease and to break the chain of human transmission. Rewards for reporting small-pox assisted in motivating the public to aid health workers. One by one, each small-pox victim was sought out, removed from contact with others and treated. At the same time, the entire, village where the victim had lived was vaccinated. Today small-pox is no longer a threat to humanity. Routine vaccinations have been stopped worldwide.

1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage ?

(a) The World Health Organisation
(b) The Eradication of Small-pox
(c) Small-pox Vaccinations
(d) Infectious Diseases

2. What was the goal of the campaign against small-pox ?

(a) To decrease the spread of small-pox worldwide.
(b) To eliminate small-pox worldwide in ten years.
(c) To provide mass vaccinations against small-pox worldwide.
(d) To initiate worldwide projects for small-pox, malaria and yellow fever at the same time.

3. According to the paragraph what was the strategy used to eliminate the spread of small-pox ?

(a) Vaccination of the entire village
(b) Treatment of individual victims.
(c) Isolation of victims and mass vaccinations
(d) Extensive reporting of out breaks.

4. Which statement doesn’t refer to small-pox?

(a) Previous projects had failed.
(b) People are no longer vaccinated for it.
(c) The World Health Organisation mounted a worldwide campaign to eradicate the disease.
(d) It was a serious threat.

5. Ii. can be inferred that

(a) no new cases of ‘small-pox have been reported this year.
(b) malaria and yellow fever have been eliminated.
(c) small-pox victims no longer die when they contract the disease,
(d) small-pox is not transmitted from one person to another.