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SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2020 "held on 16 April 2021"

Evening-Shift (English Language)

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Q.1 Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. In such places, strong winds blow raising heaps of sand.

B. Some deserts are almost totally without water.

C. These dunes shift and move endlessly across the desert.

D. This sand is deposited in huge mounds called ‘sand dunes’.

1. BADC

2. BACD

3. CDBA

4. DACB

Q.2 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. No version of the origin of California’s name has been fully accepted, but there is wide support for the contention that it derived from an early 16th-century Spanish novel.

B. California is a constituent state of the United States of America.

C. It was admitted as the 31st state of the union on 9 September 1850 and by the early 1960s it was the most populous U.S. state.

D. The in fluence of the Spanish settlers of the 18th and 19th centuries is evident in California’s architecture and place-names.

1. DACB

2. BACD

3. ADCB

4. BCAD

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

A sea change

1. Going on a trip abroad

2. Getting transferred overseas

3. Complete transformation

4. Health-related vacation

Q.4 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. 

Novice

1. Beginner

2. Silent

3. Adept

4. Expert

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’.

There was a bell over the door that jingled whenever a customer entered.

1. that jingle when

2. which jingled wherever

3. who jingles whenever

4. No substitution 

Q.6 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’. 

Kunal did not anticipate the need, so he did not carries his own water bottle.

1. so he did not carried his own

2. so he does not carry his own

3. so he did not carry his own

4. No substitution required

Q.7 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Hazy

1. Dim

2. Clear

3. Faint

4. Soft

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

SPURIOUS

1. phony

2. genuine

3. counterfeit

4. artificial

Q.9 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

The team leader asked for a ______ report to be given, in not more than one page.

1. curt

2. concise

3. complex

4. compound

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Q.10 Select the misspelt word.

1. cruel

2. coarse

3. junior

4. brutle

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

I am sorry to ______ on you at this late hour.

1. interrupt

2. intrude

3. interfere

4. instruct

Q.12 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. 

A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword

1. Case

2. Shield

3. Carrier

4. Sheath

Q.13 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.

Pavan returned back home / when he completed / his assignment abroad.

1. Pavan returned back home

2. No error

3. his assignment abroad

4. when he completed

Q.14 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

They said that they would issue the certificate the following week.

1. They said, “They issued the certificate the following week.”

2. They said, “Could we issue the certificate the following week?”

3. They said, “We will issue the certificate next week.”

4. They said, “They are issuing the certificate the next week.”

Q.15 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. Abscess

2. Architect

3. Obscene

4. Facsinate

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

DIVULGE

1. conceal

2. suppress

3. reveal

4. decide

Q.17 Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given words.

a seven-sided figure

1. heptagon

2. octagon

3. pentagon

4. hexagon

Q.18 In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains a grammatical error.

Where did you kept the sack of wheat that I bought from the market?

1. the sack of wheat

2. that I bought

3. from the market

4. Where did you kept

Q.19 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

Terrorists kill thousands of innocent people in cold blood.

1. in mountainous areas

2. accidentally

3. by freezing to death

4. cruelly, without any emotions

Q.20 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. 

The poor washerwoman washes dirty clothes from morning to evening.

1. Dirty clothes have been washed by the poor washerwoman from morning to evening.

2. Dirty clothes were washed by the poor washerwoman from morning to evening.

3. Dirty clothes are washed by the poor washerwoman from morning to evening.

4. Dirty clothes are being washed by the poor washerwoman from morning to evening.

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.

I had the train compartment to myself up to Rohana and then a girl got in. The couple who saw her off were (1)______ her parents. They seemed very anxious (2)______ her comfort and gave the girl (3)______ instructions as to where to keep (4)______ things, when not to lean out and how to (5)______ speaking to strangers.

SubQuestion No : 21

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

1. exactly

2. likely

3. probably

4. absolutely

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.

I had the train compartment to myself up to Rohana and then a girl got in. The couple who saw her off were (1)______ her parents. They seemed very anxious (2)______ her comfort and gave the girl (3)______ instructions as to where to keep (4)______ things, when not to lean out and how to (5)______ speaking to strangers.

SubQuestion No : 22

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

1. about

2. with

3. during

4. over

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.

I had the train compartment to myself up to Rohana and then a girl got in. The couple who saw her off were (1)______ her parents. They seemed very anxious (2)______ her comfort and gave the girl (3)______ instructions as to where to keep (4)______ things, when not to lean out and how to (5)______ speaking to strangers.

SubQuestion No : 23

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

1. dangerous

2. difficult

3. detailed

4. diluted

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.

I had the train compartment to myself up to Rohana and then a girl got in. The couple who saw her off were (1)______ her parents. They seemed very anxious (2)______ her comfort and gave the girl (3)______ instructions as to where to keep (4)______ things, when not to lean out and how to (5)______ speaking to strangers.

SubQuestion No : 24

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

1. his

2. their

3. our

4. her

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.

I had the train compartment to myself up to Rohana and then a girl got in. The couple who saw her off were (1)______ her parents. They seemed very anxious (2)______ her comfort and gave the girl (3)______ instructions as to where to keep (4)______ things, when not to lean out and how to (5)______ speaking to strangers.

SubQuestion No : 25

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

1. protest

2. avoid

3. reject

4. protect

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