SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 06 March 2018" Evening Shift (English Language)
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 06 March 2018"
Evening Shift (English Language)
QID : 1 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
The first and decisive step (1)/ in the expansion of Europe overseas (2)/ was the conquest of Atlantic Ocean. (3)/ No error (4)
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
Correct Answer: 3
QID : 2 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
The word ‘Macabre’ had been gained its significance from its (1)/ use in French as la danse macabre for the allegorical (2)/ representation of the universal power of death. (3)/ No error (4)
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
Correct Answer: 1
QID : 3 - In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
She was chatting ______ the cars.
1) of
2) about
3) with
4) on
Correct Answer: about
QID : 4 - In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Success is achieved twice, once in the mind and the second time in the ______ world.
1) real
2) virtual
3) fantasy
4) artificial
Correct Answer: real
QID : 5 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Naive
1) Sarcastic
2) Artful
3) Skeptical
4) Ingenuous
Correct Answer: Ingenuous
QID : 6 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Surly
1) Sweet
2) Unfriendly
3) Clear
4) Pleasant
Correct Answer: Unfriendly
QID : 7 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.
Myopic
1) Blind
2) Biased
3) Careless
4) Farsighted
Correct Answer: Farsighted
QID : 8 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.
Defile
1) Pollute
2) Abuse
3) Shame
4) Honour
Correct Answer: Honour
QID : 9 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Attempts in India
P : honesty and more by blind faith
Q : by the government to validate traditional
R : medicine are driven less by
1) QPR
2) RPQ
3) QRP
4) RQP
Correct Answer: QRP
QID : 10 - A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
The officer cuts down the tree.
1) The tree is cut down by the officer.
2) The tree got cut down by the officer.
3) The tree is cut by the officer.
4) The tree cut by the officer.
Correct Answer: The tree is cut down by the officer.
QID : 11 - A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.
Raj said, “I am happy to be here this evening.”
1) Raj said that he was happy to be there that evening.
2) Raj was happy to be there this evening.
3) Raj said he was happy to be there this evening.
4) Raj says he is happy to be there.
Correct Answer: Raj said that he was happy to be there that evening.
QID : 12 - In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
1) Glamerous
2) Glamrous
3) Glamorous
4) Gleamorous
Correct Answer: Glamorous
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QID : 13 - In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
The most powerful and the most perfect ____________ of thought and feeling through the medium of oral language must be traced to the mastery of words. ___________ is better suited to lead speakers and readers ___________ English into an easy control of this language than the command of the phrase that perfectly expresses the thought. Every speaker's aim is to be heard and _____________. A clear, crisp _____________ holds an audience as by the spell of some irresistible power.
the most perfect ____________ of thought and feeling
1) express
2) expressive
3) expressings
4) expression
Correct Answer: expression
QID : 14 - In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
The most powerful and the most perfect ____________ of thought and feeling through the medium of oral language must be traced to the mastery of words. ___________ is better suited to lead speakers and readers ___________ English into an easy control of this language than the command of the phrase that perfectly expresses the thought. Every speaker's aim is to be heard and _____________. A clear, crisp _____________ holds an audience as by the spell of some irresistible power.
mastery of words. ___________ is better suited to lead
1) No
2) Not
3) None
4) Nothing
Correct Answer: Nothing
QID : 15 - In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
The most powerful and the most perfect ____________ of thought and feeling through the medium of oral language must be traced to the mastery of words. ___________ is better suited to lead speakers and readers ___________ English into an easy control of this language than the command of the phrase that perfectly expresses the thought. Every speaker's aim is to be heard and _____________. A clear, crisp _____________ holds an audience as by the spell of some irresistible power.
and readers ___________ English into an easy
1) for
2) of
3) from
4) at
Correct Answer: of
QID : 16 - In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
The most powerful and the most perfect ____________ of thought and feeling through the medium of oral language must be traced to the mastery of words. ___________ is better suited to lead speakers and readers ___________ English into an easy control of this language than the command of the phrase that perfectly expresses the thought. Every speaker's aim is to be heard and _____________. A clear, crisp _____________ holds an audience as by the spell of some irresistible power.
aim is to be heard and _____________. A clear
1) understand
2) understandable
3) understood
4) understandably
Correct Answer: understood
QID : 17 - In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
The most powerful and the most perfect ____________ of thought and feeling through the medium of oral language must be traced to the mastery of words. ___________ is better suited to lead speakers and readers ___________ English into an easy control of this language than the command of the phrase that perfectly expresses the thought. Every speaker's aim is to be heard and _____________. A clear, crisp _____________ holds an audience as by the spell of some irresistible power.
crisp _____________ holds an audience as
1) articulate
2) articulates
3) articulations
4) articulation
Correct Answer: articulation
QID : 18 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
At the top of your lungs
1) Be a habitual smoker.
2) Be breathless after an exhausting physical task.
3) Feel suffocated in a very crowded place.
4) Extremely loudly.
Correct Answer: Extremely loudly.
QID : 19 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
The wheels have come off
1) To use something so much that it wears out.
2) Things start to fail or go wrong, especially after a period of success.
3) To do a shoddy job which is destined to fail.
4) Make an excuse to avoid doing a task.
Correct Answer: Things start to fail or go wrong, especially after a period of success.
QID : 20 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.
An attractively tall, graceful, and dignified woman
1) Terse
2) Pithy
3) Sententious
4) Statuesque
Correct Answer: Statuesque
QID : 21 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.
The return of someone to his own country
1) Repatriation
2) Migrate
3) Emigrate
4) Immigrate
Correct Answer: Repatriation
QID : 22 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".
The doctor removed the eye patch and asked him how he (were feeling).
1) was felt
2) has feeling
3) was feeling
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: was feeling
QID : 23 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".
It is nothing less than magic which (will transformed) tiny teeny seeds into fruits of life.
1) transform
2) transforms
3) transforming
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: transforms
QID : 24 - The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
Many a bird found
A-secure in the branches
B-safety in the trees and
C-built their nests, feeling
1) BAC
2) BCA
3) ACB
4) ABC
Correct Answer: BCA
QID : 25 - In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
1) daclination
2) declineation
3) declination
4) daclineation
Correct Answer: declination
