SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2020 "held on 04 August 2021" Morning-Shift (English Language)

SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2020 "held on 04 August 2021"

Morning-Shift (English Language)

Q1. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment which contains a grammatical error.
Deepu’s mother/has repeated asked him/to lower the volume /of his mobile.
1.   Of his mobile
2.   Has repeated asked him
3.   Deepu’s mother
4.   To lower the volume
Q2. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The Central Board of Secondary Education has launched a new helpline for students.
1.   A new helpline for students had been launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
2.   A new helpline for students will be launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
3.   A new helpline for students has been launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
4.   A new helpline for students is launched by the Central Board fo Secondary Education.
Q3. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Debjyoti’s short animation film highlights the stark contrast between the rich and the poor in India.
1.   Sweetly
2.   Strictly
3.   Poignantly
4.   Carelessly
Q4. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Under Wraps
1.   Under estimate
2.   Underhand
3.   Double layered
4.   Secretly
Q5. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
WRY
1.   Crooked
2.   Frank
3.   Straight
4.   Forthright
Q6. Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Anju said to Vijaya, “You can stay with us whenever you are in Delhi.”
1.   Anju told Vijay that she could stay with them whenever she was in Delhi.
2.   Anju told Vijay that she could stay with them whenever you were in Delhi.
3.   Anju told Vijaya that you can stay with us whenever you are in Delhi.
4.   Anju told Vijaya that she can stay with us whenever she is in Delhi.
Q7. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
That which is incapable of being read or understood
1.   Indelible
2.   Illegal
3.   Intelligible
4.   Illegible
Q8. Select the option that will improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. In Case on Improvement is needed, Select ‘No improvement’
What a palace home!
1.   No improvement
2.   Pushy
3.   Palatable
4.   Palatial
Q9. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
On tenterhooks
1.   Very sad
2.   Very tense
3.   Very happy
4.   Very angry
Q10. In the given sentence, Identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
My mother generaly read the local newspaper to keep abreast of the local news.
1.   Of the local news
2.   The local newspaper
3.   To keep abreast
4.   My mother generally read
Q11. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1.   Superflows
2.   Supreme
3.   Superstition
4.   Superior
Q12. Examine the four jambled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.
A.   We gently put the fledgling back into the nest.
B.   One morning, we found one of the four fallen on the ground.
C.   The robin couple built a nest in our verandah and laid four eggs.
D.   Once they has hatched, they busily took turns feeding the four.
1.   BADC
2.   ACDB
3.   CDBA
4.   DABC
Q13. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
SUSTENANCE
1.   Starvation
2.   Livelihood
3.   Nourishment
4.   Regreshment
Q14. Select the most appropriate syninym of the given word.
MALIGNANT
1.   Healthy
2.   Vacious
3.   Beneficial
4.   Loving
Q15. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1.   Twelth
2.   Temprerature
3.   Disappear
4.   Until
Q16. Select the option which means the same as the group of words given.
A government run by the wealthy people
1.   Aristocracy
2.   Plutocracy
3.   Monarchy
4.   Oligarchy
Q17. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.
A.   He lived in a small house near the main road of a village.
B.   As both, he and his wife, worked hard, they made a small fortune.
C.   But one thing caused them great sorrow: they had no children.
D.   After he got married, he started a tailor’s shop.
1.   BACD
2.   ABDC
3.   BDAC
4.   ADBC
Q18. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
DEVIOUS
1.   Straight
2.   Calculating
3.   Shrewd
4.   Deceitful
Q19. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitude it, select ‘No substitution’.
If he doesn’t reach the station in time, he would sure miss the train.
1.   Will surely miss
2.   Will sure missing
3.   Would surely miss
4.   No substitution
Q20. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
It is claimed that if you take a certain homeopathic medicine, it will you against the coronavirus.
1.   Immune
2.   Reinforce
3.   Fortify
4.   Shelter
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 blank.
A year is hardly suffcient time for a Master to (1) about a new school, leave alone absorb a distinct tradition like (2) . Most of the new appointees had not served in a residential school and (3) time to learn. But the short tenure did not allow (4) . They could not develop understanding of the students and his (5) .
SubQuestion No: 21
Q21. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 1.
1.   Learns
2.   Learning
3.   Learnt
4.   Learn
5.
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 blank.
A year is hardly suffcient time for a Master to (1) about a new school, leave alone absorb a distinct tradition like (2) . Most of the new appointees had not served in a residential school and (3) time to learn. But the short tenure did not allow (4) . They could not develop understanding of the students and his (5) .
SubQuestion No: 22
Q22. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2
1.   Mine
2.   Ours
3.   Ourselves
4.   Himself
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 blank.
A year is hardly suffcient time for a Master to (1) about a new school, leave alone absorb a distinct tradition like (2) . Most of the new appointees had not served in a residential school and (3) time to learn. But the short tenure did not allow (4) . They could not develop understanding of the students and his (5) .
SubQuestion No: 23
Q23. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3
1.   Needs
2.   Need
3.   Needing
4.   needed
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 blank.
A year is hardly suffcient time for a Master to (1) about a new school, leave alone absorb a distinct tradition like (2) . Most of the new appointees had not served in a residential school and (3) time to learn. But the short tenure did not allow (4) . They could not develop understanding of the students and his (5) .
SubQuestion No: 24
Q24. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4
1.   These
2.   Them
3.   Those
4.   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 blank.
A year is hardly suffcient time for a Master to (1) about a new school, leave alone absorb a distinct tradition like (2) . Most of the new appointees had not served in a residential school and (3) time to learn. But the short tenure did not allow (4) . They could not develop understanding of the students and his (5) .
SubQuestion No: 25
Q25. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 5
1.   Environment
2.   Environmentally
3.   Environmentalist
4.   Environmental