SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 08 January 2017" Morning Shift

(English Comprehension)

QID : 76 - 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'.

I asked  the shopkeeper (A)/"Do you have change(B)/for a five hundred rupees note?"(C)/No error(D) Options:

1) A

2) B

3) C

4) D

Correct Answer: C

QID : 77 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

things  that have been  discarded as worthless. Options:

1) remains

2) flotsam

3) shambles

4) havoc

Correct Answer: flotsam

QID : 78 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

(I myself think) that  this  investigation is biased.

Options:

1) I think myself

2) I thought myself

3) I myself thought

4) no improvement

Correct Answer: no improvement

QID : 79 - 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'.

Each boy was given (A)/a toy as a parting gift,(B)/which made them happy.(C)/No error(D) Options:

1) A

2) B

3) C

4) D

Correct Answer: D

QID : 80 - 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.

The ..................with which she  manages the task is remarkable.

1) calm

2) comfort

3) ease

4) satisfaction

Correct Answer: ease

QID : 81 - In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one  which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

The preacher  said, "May God grant peace to the departed!" Options:

1) The preacher prays that  God will grant  peace to the departed.

2) The preacher prayed that  God would  grant  peace to the departed.

3) The preacher said that  God may grant  peace to the departed.

4) The preacher said,  God may grant  peace to the departed.

Correct Answer: The preacher prayed that  God would  grant  peace to the departed.

QID : 82 - Select the antonym of

ingestion

Options:

1) gulp

2) slug

3) excrete

4) chug

Correct Answer: excrete

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QID : 83 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Today, however, when one in four rural Indians

P-in  identifying the poor are far greater

Q-is  poor, our chances of being wrong

R-and one in six urban Indians

Options:

1) PRQ

2) RQP

3) QRP

4) QPR

Correct Answer: RQP

QID : 84 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. Fans (queue) for the concert tickets since early morning.

Options:

1) has queued up

2) have had  queued

3) have been queuing up

4) no improvement

Correct Answer: have been queuing up

QID : 85 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

become apparent through the appearance of symptoms. Options:

1) manifest

2) distinct

3) visible

4) divulged

Correct Answer: manifest

QID : 86 - Select the synonym of

splinter

Options:

1) stub

2) share

3) chip

4) friction

Correct Answer: chip

QID : 87 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

In that case,

P-put  together the best  gender-just

Q-practices from all Personal Laws

R-a Uniform Civil Code would simply

1) RPQ

2) QRP

3) RQP

4) PQR

Correct Answer: RPQ

QID : 88 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Wear your heart on your sleeve

Options:

1) a very bold person

2) a noble pure person

3) make  one's feelings apparent

4) being  overtly polite  at all times

Correct Answer: make  one's feelings apparent

QID : 89 - Select the word with the correct spelling.

Options:

1) comando

2) coolants

3) limphoid

4) permutted

Correct Answer: coolants

QID : 90 - Select the synonym of

spartan

Options:

1) garish

2) forgiven

3) civilized

4) brave

Correct Answer: brave

QID : 91 - 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.

The Directors failed to understand the ..................behind the decision to suspend the manager. Options:

1) belief

2) politics

3) ideology

4) rationale

Correct Answer: rationale

QID : 92 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

When it rains, it pours

Options:

1) one  getting much less than what  one  expected

2) calamity always occurs in bad  times

3) you always fall into trouble when  you are least prepared

4) When something bad  occurs, it usually occurs more  than once

Correct Answer: When something bad  occurs, it usually occurs more  than once

QID : 93 - In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice.  Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

Dark clouds have overcast the evening sky. Options:

1) By the dark clouds the evening sky was overcast.

2) The evening sky has been overcast by the dark clouds.

3) Dark clouds overcastted the evening sky.

4) The sky of the evening was overcasted by dark clouds.

Correct Answer: The evening sky has been overcast by the dark clouds.

QID : 94 - Select the antonym of

horrify

Options:

1) affright

2) petrify

3) appall

4) soothe

Correct Answer: soothe

QID : 95 - Select the word with the correct spelling.

Options:

1) pillages

2) spliter

3) palenes

4) bloting

Correct Answer: pillages

QID : 96 - 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.

Words give reality to life. Some do better than others,  offering ..................as in twenty shades of grey. They do not ..................describe reality, they create it, giving it colour, depth, and form. ..................all, what I am really interested in here is talking about just one word which reveals a great ..................about India. The word tells  us about its politics, its social self,  and its communities. ............................... , that word is not jugaad. It's close, but the word is matlabi.

offering ..................as in twenty shades of grey. Options:

1) distinction

2) nuance

3) hint

4) implication

Correct Answer: nuance

QID : 97 - 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.

Words give reality to life. Some do better than others,  offering ..................as in twenty shades of grey. They do not ..................describe reality, they create it, giving it colour, depth, and form. ..................all, what I am really interested in here is talking about just one word which reveals a great ..................about India. The word tells  us about its politics, its social self,  and its communities. ................................., that word is not jugaad. It's close, but the word is matlabi.

They do not ..................describe reality

Options:

1) so

2) just

3) somewhat

4) whatsoever

Correct Answer: just

QID : 98 - 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.

Words give reality to life. Some do better than others,  offering ..................as in twenty shades of grey. They do not ..................describe reality, they create it, giving it colour, depth, and form. ..................all, what I am really interested in here is talking about just one word which reveals a great ..................about India. The word tells  us about its politics, its social self,  and its communities. ............................, that word is not jugaad. It's close, but the word is matlabi.

..................all, what I am really interested in here is talking about

Options:

1) Hence

2) So

3) Henceforth

4) But

Correct Answer: But

QID : 99 - 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.

Words give reality to life. Some do better than others,  offering ..................as in twenty shades of grey. They do not ..................describe reality, they create it, giving it colour, depth, and form. ..................all, what I am really interested in here is talking about just one word which reveals a great ..................about India. The word tells  us about its politics, its social self,  and its communities. ................................, that word is not jugaad. It's close, but the word is matlabi.

one  word which reveals a great ..................about India. Options:

1) deal

2) amount

3) quantity

4) information

Correct Answer: deal

QID : 100  - 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.

Words give reality to life. Some do better than others,  offering ..................as in twenty shades of grey. They do not ..................describe reality, they create it, giving it colour, depth, and form. ..................all, what I am really interested in here is talking about just one word which reveals a great ..................about India. The word tells  us about its politics, its social self,  and its communities. ................................... , that word is not jugaad. It's close, but the word is matlabi.

.................., that word is not jugaad.

Options:

1) Because

2) But

3) No

4) Yes

Correct Answer: No

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