SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 16 January 2017" Afternoon Shift (English Comprehension)

QID : 176 ­ Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The teacher said, "It is time that your daughter (has learned) how to write."

Options:

1) learned

2) had learnt

3) learnt

4) no improvement

Correct Answer: learnt

QID : 177 ­ 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.

For a moment I was ...............blinded by the camera's bright flash.

Options:

1) heavily

2) totally

3) greatly

4) powerfully

Correct Answer: totally

QID : 178 ­ 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'.

As it was his first date,(A)/he dressed(B)/himself in best suit.(C)/No error(D)

Options:

1) A

2) B

3) C

4) D

Correct Answer: C

QID : 179 ­ 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 vehicles involved in the accident were ...............the flow of traffic.

Options:

1) obstructing

2) stalling

3) interfering

4) delaying

Correct Answer: obstructing

QID : 180 ­ Select the synonym of

gripe

Options:

1) To grieve

2) To grasp

3) To flatter

4) To hold

Correct Answer: To grieve

QID : 181 ­ Select the antonym of

extravagance

Options:

1) expensive

2) thrift

3) cheap

4) absurd

Correct Answer: thrift

QID : 182 ­ Select the antonym of

virtuous

Options:

1) vile

2) chaste

3) kosher

4) celibate

Correct Answer: vile

QID : 183 ­ Select the word with the correct spelling.

Options:

1) scuries

2) snached

3) cavortted

4) Hispanic

Correct Answer: Hispanic

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QID : 184 ­ Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

There was a second part P­are ambivalent about Q­many  people

R­of her decision which

Options:

1) QRP

2) QPR

3) PRQ

4) RQP

Correct Answer: RQP

QID : 185 ­ Select the synonym of

stumpy

Options:

1) rangy

2) pudgy

3) lanky

4) lofty

Correct Answer: pudgy

QID : 186 ­ 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 policeman said, "I saw a knife here."  

Options:

1) The policeman exclaimed that he had seen a knife here.

2) The policeman said that he had seen a knife there.

3) The policeman said he had seen a knife here.

4) The policeman told he had seen a knife there.

Correct Answer: The policeman said that he had seen a knife there.

QID : 187 ­ In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Rome was not built in a day

Options:

1) It takes time to create great things

2) You have to win many wars to build an empire

3) A task done hurriedly fails completely

4) Building anything worth while requires skill

Correct Answer: It takes time to create great things

QID : 188 ­ In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

work  extremely hard or incessantly.

Options:

1) job

2) craft

3) toil

4) activity

Correct Answer: toil

QID : 189 ­ 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 audience are(A)/humbly requested to be(B)/seated in their seats.(C)/No error(D)

Options:

1) A

2) B

3) C

4) D

Correct Answer: D

QID : 190 ­ 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.

I shall have written the full thesis by December.

Options:

1) By December I shall have wrote the full thesis.

2) The full thesis will have been written by me by December.

3) The full Thesis will be wrote by me by December.

4) By December the full thesis must have been wrote by me.

Correct Answer: The full thesis will have been written by me by December.

QID : 191 ­ In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

express a proposition, theory, etc. in clear or definite terms.

Options:

1) publish

2) postulate

3) proclaim

4) enunciate

Correct Answer: enunciate

QID : 192 ­ Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

He would often

P­Brahmacharya if his protests were  not functioning the way

Q­he expected

R­critique his own life of

Options:

1) RQP

2) PQR

3) RPQ

4) QRP

Correct Answer: RPQ

QID : 193 ­ Select the word with the correct spelling.

1) genatics

2) sterage

3) grossest

4) granaite

Correct Answer: grossest

QID : 194 ­ In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Rule of thumb

Options:

1) A rough unit of measure for small lengths

2) A broadly accurate guide based on practice

3) To force someone to work against his wish

4) To use your power to ensure discipline

Correct Answer: A broadly accurate guide based on practice

QID : 195 ­ Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

(Take  off) your shoes before you enter the temple.

Options:

1) Put away

2) Extract

3) Put off

4) No improvement

Correct Answer: No improvement

QID : 196 ­ 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 "Global Nutrition Report 2016" once again ...............India's slow overall progress .............................addressing chronic malnutrition, manifest in stunting (low weight for age), wasting (low weight for height), micronutrient ...............and over­weight. Our track ...............in reducing the proportion of undernourished children over the past decade has been modest  at best, and ...............       what  other  countries with comparable socio­economic indicators have achieved.

The "Global Nutrition Report 2016" once again ...............

Options:

1) demonstrates

2) demonstrated

3) demonstrated that

4) had demonstrated

Correct Answer: demonstrates

QID : 197 ­ 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 "Global Nutrition Report 2016" once again ...............India's slow overall progress ...............                               addressing chronic malnutrition, manifest in stunting (low weight for age), wasting (low weight for height), micronutrient ...............and over­weight. Our track ...............in reducing the proportion of undernourished children over the past decade has been modest  at best, and ...............       what  other  countries with comparable socio­economic indicators have achieved.

India's slow overall progress ...............addressing chronic malnutrition

Options:

1) of

2) for

3) in

4) into

Correct Answer: in

QID : 198 ­ 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 "Global Nutrition Report 2016" once again ...............India's slow overall progress ...............                               addressing chronic malnutrition, manifest in stunting (low weight for age), wasting (low weight for height), micronutrient ...............and over­weight. Our track ...............in reducing the proportion of undernourished children over the past decade has been modest  at best, and ...............       what  other  countries with comparable socio­economic indicators have achieved.

micronutrient ...............and over­weight.

1) scarcities

2) lack

3) absence

4) deficiencies

Correct Answer: deficiencies

QID : 199 ­ 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 "Global Nutrition Report 2016" once again ...............India's slow overall progress ...............                               addressing chronic malnutrition, manifest in stunting (low weight for age), wasting (low weight for height), micronutrient ...............and over­weight. Our track ...............in reducing the proportion of undernourished children over the past decade has been modest  at best, and ...............       what  other  countries with comparable socio­economic indicators have achieved.

Our track ...............in reducing the proportion of undernourished children

Options:

1) progress

2) record

3) report

4) result

Correct Answer: record

QID : 200 ­ 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 "Global Nutrition Report 2016" once again ...............India's slow overall progress ...............                               addressing chronic malnutrition, manifest in stunting (low weight for age), wasting (low weight for height), micronutrient ...............and over­weight. Our track ...............in reducing the proportion of undernourished children over the past decade has been modest  at best, and ...............what  other  countries with comparable socio­economic indicators have achieved.

and ...............what  other  countries with comparable socio­economic indicators

Options:

1) leads

2) fails

3) lags

4) falters

Correct Answer: lags

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