SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2020 "held on 10 August 2021" Evening-Shift (English Language)
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2020 "held on 10 August 2021"
Evening-Shift (English Language)
Q.1 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
As the Principal was busy, she ______ a senior teacher to attend the conference on her behalf.
1. Reserved
2. Declared
3. Committed
4. Deputed
Q.2 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Silt
1. Cut
2. Residue
3. Opening
4. Incision
Q.3 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Inept
1. Partial
2. Competent
3. Lacking
4. Useless
Q.4 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Vacillate
1. Fortify
2. Waver
3. Augment
4. Strengthen
Q.5 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
Your advices were timely / and guided me / to take the right decisions.
1. to take the right decisions
2. No error
3. and guided me
4. Your advices were timely
Q.6 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Presentable
2. Peaceful
3. Plenary
4. Preshious
Q.7 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
Regard of whether the students were ready or not the teacher announced the dates of the test.
1. Regarding whether
2. Regardless of whether
3. No substitution required
4. Regardless of whatsoever
Q.8 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
Vidya put on her mask, / sanitise her hands / and walked into the shop.
1. and walked into the shop
2. No error
3. Vidya put on her mask
4. sanitise her hands
Q.9 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. Inherit
2. Implant
3. Accede
4. Suceed
Q.10 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
If a person tests positive for Covid-19, he have to isolate himself immediately so that he does not infect others.
1. he has to isolate himself
2. he isolated himself
3. he must have to isolate
4. No substitution required
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Q.11 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Carbohydrates are so called because they _____ carbon, oxygen and hydrogen.
1. cover
2. contain
3. consist
4. codify
Q.12 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Break the ice
1. Arrange for a skating show
2. Cool the room for everyone
3. Make a beginning or start something
4. Make things available for a party
Q.13 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Ravi drove the car towards the highway for a trial run.
1. The car was driven towards the highway for a trial run by Ravi.
2. The car had been driven for a trial run by Ravi towards the highway.
3. The car was driving towards the highway for a trial run by Ravi.
4. The car had driven towards the highway for a trial run by Ravi.
Q.14 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
The customer asked the bank manager if they were working on the following Saturday.
1. The customer said to the bank manager, “Were they working on the previous Saturday?”
2. The customer asked the bank manager, “Are they working on the previous Saturday?”
3. The customer asks the bank manager, “If you were working on the following Saturday?”
4. The customer said to the bank manager, “Are you working next Saturday?”
Q.15 Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. First, a new article comes into our offices.
B. Every article in the Encyclopedia goes through a rigorous editorial process to make sure it's clear, accurate, objective and fair.
C. The article is first reviewed by a fact checker, who uses a variety of sources to make sure the article is accurate and the facts are correct.
D. The author may be an editor at the Encyclopedia who knows that subject or a prominent scholar with specialised expertise in that field.
1. CDAB
2. BCAD
3. BADC
4. CADB
Q.16 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Rigid
1. Flexible
2. Firm
3. Definite
4. Adamant
Q.17 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence.
1. Chronology
2. Chronic
3. Calendar
4. Routine
Q.18 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions
1. Aden
2. Heaven
3. Utopia
4. Paradise
Q.19 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A lean patch
1. A part of hair that is thin
2. Cloth that is beginning to tear
3. A period of poor performance
4. Friendship that has ended
Q.20 Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The country gained admission to the United Nations in 1955.
B. In 2008, however, after a decade long period of violence and turbulent negotiation with a strong Maoist insurgency, the monarchy was dissolved, and Nepal was declared ademocratic republic.
C. In 1991 the kingdom established a multiparty parliamentary system.
D. Nepal, long under the rule of hereditary prime ministers favouring a policy of isolation, remained closed to the outside world until a palace revolt in 1950 restored the crown’s authority in 1951.
1. CABD
2. BCDA
3. DACB
4. DBAC
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Seychelles, one of the world’s smallest countries, is (1)______ of two main island groups: the Mahé group of (2)______ than 40 central, mountainous granitic islands and a (3)______ group of more than 70 outer, flat, coralline islands. The islands of the Mahé group are rocky and (4)______ have a narrow coastal strip and a central range of hills. The (5)______ feature of those islands, with their lush tropical vegetation, is that of high hanging gardens overlooking silver-white beaches and clear lagoons.
SubQuestion No : 21
Q.21 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.
1. Contained
2. Composed
3. Combined
4. Covered
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Seychelles, one of the world’s smallest countries, is (1)______ of two main island groups: the Mahé group of (2)______ than 40 central, mountainous granitic islands and a (3)______ group of more than 70 outer, flat, coralline islands. The islands of the Mahé group are rocky and (4)______ have a narrow coastal strip and a central range of hills. The (5)______ feature of those islands, with their lush tropical vegetation, is that of high hanging gardens overlooking silver-white beaches and clear lagoons.
SubQuestion No : 22
Q.22 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.
1. Further
2. Beyond
3. Extra
4. More
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Seychelles, one of the world’s smallest countries, is (1)______ of two main island groups: the Mahé group of (2)______ than 40 central, mountainous granitic islands and a (3)______ group of more than 70 outer, flat, coralline islands. The islands of the Mahé group are rocky and (4)______ have a narrow coastal strip and a central range of hills. The (5)______ feature of those islands, with their lush tropical vegetation, is that of high hanging gardens overlooking silver-white beaches and clear lagoons.
SubQuestion No : 23
Q.23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.
1. Subsequent
2. Next
3. Second
4. Succeeding
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Seychelles, one of the world’s smallest countries, is (1)______ of two main island groups: the Mahé group of (2)______ than 40 central, mountainous granitic islands and a (3)______ group of more than 70 outer, flat, coralline islands. The islands of the Mahé group are rocky and (4)______ have a narrow coastal strip and a central range of hills. The (5)______ feature of those islands, with their lush tropical vegetation, is that of high hanging gardens overlooking silver-white beaches and clear lagoons.
SubQuestion No : 24
Q.24 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.
1. Typically
2. Regularly
3. Routinely
4. Habitually
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Seychelles, one of the world’s smallest countries, is (1)______ of two main island groups: the Mahé group of (2)______ than 40 central, mountainous granitic islands and a (3)______ group of more than 70 outer, flat, coralline islands. The islands of the Mahé group are rocky and (4)______ have a narrow coastal strip and a central range of hills. The (5)______ feature of those islands, with their lush tropical vegetation, is that of high hanging gardens overlooking silver-white beaches and clear lagoons.
SubQuestion No : 25
Q.25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.
1. Predominant
2. Collective
3. Wide
4. Global
