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SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2020 "held on 12 April 2021"

Morning-Shift (English Language)

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Q.1 Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

The gardener said to the children, “Please do not pluck any flowers.”

1. The gardener requested to the children please do not pluck any flowers.

2. The gardener told to the children to kindly not pluck any flowers.

3. The gardener ordered the children to not pluck any flowers.

4. The gardener requested the children not to pluck any flowers.

Q.2 Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given words.

speed greater than that of sound

1. cacophonic

2. subsonic

3. harmonic

4. supersonic

Q.3 Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A.This flight takes place on a hot summer day.

B. It has a pair of wings but bites them off after its ‘wedding’ flight.

C. In the heat, the queen leaves the nest and goes out to meet a drone, high up in the air.

D. The queen is the mother of the entire population of a colony of ants.

1. ACBD

2. DBAC

3. BACD

4. CABD

Q.4 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

The prisoners of this jail have woven these carpets.

1. These carpets wove the prisoners of this jail.

2. These carpets were woven by the prisoners of this jail.

3. These carpets have been woven by the prisoners of this jail.

4. The prisoners have been woven by these carpets of this jail.

Q.5 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’.

Supriya as well as her friends have gone of a trekking expedition.

1. are going at

2. No substitution

3. have gone on

4. has gone on

Q.6 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

PRUDENT

1. hasty

2. reckless

3. cautious

4. rude

Q.7 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.

A. There he brought them up as his own children.

B. He took them away to his hut.

C. He found the two children and the basket.

D. One day an old man came to the jungle.

1. BDAC

2. DCBA

3. DBAC

4. BACD

Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I should have stopped them then and there. But it never even ______ to me that I should.

1. happened

2. occurred

3. reminded

4. suggested

Q.9 In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains a grammatical error.

Why didn’t you submitted your project on time?

1. you submitted

2. Why didn’t

3. on time

4. your project

Q.10 In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

Electric heaters were providing to all the officers at the guest house.

1. were providing

2. at the guest house

3. Electric heaters

4. to all the officers

Q.11 Fill in the blank with most appropriate word.

______ of adulterated food stuff being sold in the market.

1. Aware

2. Wary

3. Beware

4. Cautious

Q.12 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

RESOLVE

1. decide

2. refuse

3. analyse

4. agree

Q.13 Select the option which means the same as the group of words given.

A place where Buddhist monks live 

1. temple

2. stupa

3. monastery

4. pagoda

Q.14 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

The eradication of corona virus is still a far cry.

1. very distant

2. very easy

3. very near

4. very fast

Q.15 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’.

The house has been auction before we reached there.

1. No substitution

2. was auctioning

3. had been auctioned

4. has been auctioned

Q.16 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.

PRECIOUS

1. rare

2. costly

3. cheap

4. simple

Q.17 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Living in a fool’s paradise

1. To live in luxuriously after fooling someone

2. To believe wrongly that your situation is good

3. To live in a world of imagination

4. To be fooled by someone

Q.18 Select the misspelt word.

1. partner

2. sergeant

3. tarriff

4. parachute

Q.19 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

STRETCH

1. close

2. compress

3. extend

4. cease

Q.20 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. instead

2. inspire

3. install

4. instanse

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.

Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka, wild and domestic animals (1) ______ to know what was about to happen. (2) ______ fled to safety. According to eyewitness (3) ______, elephants screamed and ran for (4) ______ grounds, dogs refused to go outdoors, flamingoes abandoned (5) ______ low-lying breeding areas and zoo animals rushed into their shelters.

SubQuestion No : 21

Q.21 Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 1.

1. seeming

2. were seemed

3. seemed

4. seem

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.

Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka, wild and domestic animals (1) ______ to know what was about to happen. (2) ______ fled to safety. According to eyewitness (3) ______, elephants screamed and ran for (4) ______ grounds, dogs refused to go outdoors, flamingoes abandoned (5) ______ low-lying breeding areas and zoo animals rushed into their shelters.

SubQuestion No : 22

Q.22 Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 2.

1. We

2. They

3. Them

4. Us

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.

Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka, wild and domestic animals (1) ______ to know what was about to happen. (2) ______ fled to safety. According to eyewitness (3) ______, elephants screamed and ran for (4) ______ grounds, dogs refused to go outdoors, flamingoes abandoned (5) ______ low-lying breeding areas and zoo animals rushed into their shelters.

SubQuestion No : 23

Q.23 Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 3.

1. explanations

2. accounts

3. statement

4. narrations

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.

Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka, wild and domestic animals (1) ______ to know what was about to happen. (2) ______ fled to safety. According to eyewitness (3) ______, elephants screamed and ran for (4) ______ grounds, dogs refused to go outdoors, flamingoes abandoned (5) ______ low-lying breeding areas and zoo animals rushed into their shelters.

SubQuestion No : 24

Q.24 Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 4.

1. higher

2. more high

3. highest

4. high

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.

Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka, wild and domestic animals (1) ______ to know what was about to happen. (2) ______ fled to safety. According to eyewitness (3) ______, elephants screamed and ran for (4) ______ grounds, dogs refused to go outdoors, flamingoes abandoned (5) ______ low-lying breeding areas and zoo animals rushed into their shelters.

SubQuestion No : 25

Q.25 Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 5.

1. theirs

2. our

3. her

4. their

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