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SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2020 "held on 13 April 2021"

Evening-Shift (English Language)

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Q.1 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’.

My niece pick me up from the station if she gets short leave from her office.

1. will have pick me up

2. will pick me up

3. No substitution

4. picks me up

Q.2 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.

A. When John was five years old, a circus came to the village.

B. John saw the circus people and slipped out of the house.

C. After a long search, his father found him among the trained goats and dogs.

D. It put up its tents in front of the Town Hall.

1. ABDC

2. BACD

3. ADBC

4. BDAC

Q.3 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Make big time

1. Spend more than one earns

2. Reach earlier than expected

3. Earn more than needed

4. Attain fame and success

Q.4 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

In exactly the same words as were used originally

1. Repetition

2. Recurrence

3. Verbatim

4. Duplication

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.

Thousands of people / in Telangana are employed on / the granite companies.

1. Thousands of people

2. in Telangana are employed on

3. No error

4. the granite companies

Q.6 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. serpant

2. session

3. service

4. servant

Q.7 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

The maid was dusting the hall when the door-bell rang.

1. The door-bell rang when the maid was dusting the hall.

2. The door-bell rang when the maid is dusting the hall.

3. The door-bell rang by the maid when the hall was dusted.

4. The door-bell rang when the hall was being dusted by the maid.

Q.8 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Deviate

1. Replicate

2. Imitate

3. Veer

4. Conform

Q.9 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. Encourage

2. Manepulation

3. Creditable

4. Stimulate

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Q.10 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

During the tsunami, my family took ______ in a guest house on the hill.

1. retreat

2. refuge

3. harbour

4. protection

Q.11 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Intrepid

1. Responsive

2. Cowardly

3. Sentimental

4. Unemotional

Q.12 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

In hot water

1. In trouble

2. In advantage

3. In suspense

4. In shower

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

One who is easily deceived

1. gullible

2. Flexible

3. incredible

4. convertible

Q.14 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’.

Who is responsible for the disorderly state of this room?

1. No substitution required

2. is responsible of

3. are responsible in making

4. are responsible to

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. Mawsmai Cave is one of the most alluring tourist destinations near Cherrapunji in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya.

B. Other sections of the cave are off the limits for tourists.

C. The cave is quite big. However, the tourists can visit it up to a distance of 150 metres only.

D. The limestone cave has spellbinding beauty and is the only cave which is naturally illuminated to let the tourists cherish natural formations.

1. ADCB

2. ABCD

3. DCAB

4. DBAC

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

RECKLESS

1. attentive

2. thoughtless

3. afraid

4. cautious

Q.17 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

CORROBORATE

1. verify

2. confirm

3. oppose

4. validate

Q.18 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

Can you please ______ me in sorting out these files on my computer?

1. assist

2. abet

3. hinder

4. connive

Q.19 Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

His father said to him, "I cannot allow you to waste my hard-earned money.'

1. His father told him that he cannot allow you to waste his hard-earned money.

2. His father told him that he could not allow him to waste his hard-earned money.

3. His father told him that I cannot allow you to waste my hard-earned money.

4. His father told him that he could not allow you to waste his hard-earned money.

Q.20 In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

The guards in the colony always keep an eye in things going on around.

1. an eye in things

2. The guards in the colony

3. going on around

4. always keep

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The Bhojeshwar Temple is an incomplete Hindu temple in Bhojpur village of Madhya Pradesh, India. The temple's construction is (1) ______ to have started in the 11th century, (2) ______ the reign of the Paramara king, Bhoja. The (3) ______ was abandoned for unknown reasons, with the architectural plans (4) ______ on the surrounding rocks. To understand the construction (5) ______ of 11th-century India, the unfinished materials and the masons’ marks have been studied by scholars.

SubQuestion No : 21

Q.21 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

1. understood

2. believed

3. alleged

4. trusted

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The Bhojeshwar Temple is an incomplete Hindu temple in Bhojpur village of Madhya Pradesh, India. The temple's construction is (1) ______ to have started in the 11th century, (2) ______ the reign of the Paramara king, Bhoja. The (3) ______ was abandoned for unknown reasons, with the architectural plans (4) ______ on the surrounding rocks. To understand the construction (5) ______ of 11th-century India, the unfinished materials and the masons’ marks have been studied by scholars.

SubQuestion No : 22

Q.22 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

1. during

2. throughout

3. through

4. among

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The Bhojeshwar Temple is an incomplete Hindu temple in Bhojpur village of Madhya Pradesh, India. The temple's construction is (1) ______ to have started in the 11th century, (2) ______ the reign of the Paramara king, Bhoja. The (3) ______ was abandoned for unknown reasons, with the architectural plans (4) ______ on the surrounding rocks. To understand the construction (5) ______ of 11th-century India, the unfinished materials and the masons’ marks have been studied by scholars.

SubQuestion No : 23

Q.23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

1. construction

2. production

3. creation

4. composition

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The Bhojeshwar Temple is an incomplete Hindu temple in Bhojpur village of Madhya Pradesh, India. The temple's construction is (1) ______ to have started in the 11th century, (2) ______ the reign of the Paramara king, Bhoja. The (3) ______ was abandoned for unknown reasons, with the architectural plans (4) ______ on the surrounding rocks. To understand the construction (5) ______ of 11th-century India, the unfinished materials and the masons’ marks have been studied by scholars.

SubQuestion No : 24

Q.24 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

1. engraved

2. scratched

3. decorated

4. pressed

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The Bhojeshwar Temple is an incomplete Hindu temple in Bhojpur village of Madhya Pradesh, India. The temple's construction is (1) ______ to have started in the 11th century, (2) ______ the reign of the Paramara king, Bhoja. The (3) ______ was abandoned for unknown reasons, with the architectural plans (4) ______ on the surrounding rocks. To understand the construction (5) ______ of 11th-century India, the unfinished materials and the masons’ marks have been studied by scholars.

SubQuestion No : 25

Q.25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

1. orders

2. manners

3. techniques

4. fashions

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