SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 23 January 2017" Evening Shift (English Comprehension)
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 23 January 2017" Evening Shift (English Comprehension)
QID : 276 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
When the prodigal son returned home, his father welcomed him (with open hands).
Options:
1) with open hearts
2) with open mind
3) with open arms
4) no improvement
Correct Answer : with open arms
QID : 277 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.
"I don't know the way. Do you?" Vipul asked.
Options:
1) Vipul said he didn't know the way and asked her if she did.
2) Vipul said he didn't knew the way and asked her if she did.
3) Vipul said he didn't knew the way and asked her whether she did.
4) Vipul said that he didn't know the way and asked her if she did.
Correct Answer : Vipul said that he didn't know the way and asked her if she did.
QID : 278 Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
It is hard to
Pof some
Qmiss the political significance
Rof these beneficiaries
Options:
1) PQR
2) RQP
3) QPR
4) RPQ
Correct Answer : QPR
QID : 279 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
to have a strong emotional effect on.
Options:
1) to smother
2) to yield
3) to overwhelm
4) to forfeit
Correct Answer : to overwhelm
QID : 280 Select the synonym of objectionable
Options:
1) aperitif
2) abhorrent
3) savory
4) saporus
Correct Answer : abhorrent
QID : 281 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'.
Grandfather along (A)/with the children(B)/have gone to Chennai.(C)/No error(D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer : C
QID : 282 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
You can play video games and paint or (draw) from anywhere.
Options:
1) be drawing
2) can draw
3) could draw
4) no improvement
Correct Answer : no improvement
QID : 283 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
A fool and his money are easily parted
Options:
1) a foolish person spends money carelessly and will soon be penniless
2) a miser will eventually lose all his money due to one foolish mistake
3) a foolish person will never be able to get rich
4) a rich person should be smart enough to avoid people who will fool him for his wealth
Correct Answer : a foolish person spends money carelessly and will soon be penniless
QID : 284 Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) holgram
2) comerce
3) bluffers
4) cluters
Correct Answer : bluffers
QID : 285 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
All bark and no bite
Options:
1) Children should only be scolded but never beaten
2) To be full of big talk but lacking action
3) The person who appears most scary will help you the most
4) A person who talks a lot will never harm you
Correct Answer : To be full of big talk but lacking action
QID : 286 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'.
Being a well know scientist,(A)/he was invited to deliver(B)/a lecture on artificial intelligence.(C)/No error(D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer : D
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QID : 287 Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) hyginic
2) emmigrant
3) anteirior
4) quarrels
Correct Answer : quarrels
QID : 288 Select the synonym of to recline
Options:
1) to lounge
2) to rewind
3) to sheer
4) to plump
Correct Answer : to lounge
QID : 289 Select the antonym of to placate
Options:
1) to provoke
2) to propitiate
3) to tranquilize
4) to mollify
Correct Answer : to provoke
QID : 290 Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
But while the defeat made
Pas it was no longer in currency.
Qnews, the issue on which
Rit was based failed to resonate
Options:
1) RPQ
2) RQP
3) PQR
4) QRP
Correct Answer : QRP
QID : 291 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.
Saima mailed her application for a new job.
Options:
1) The application for a new job had been mailed by Saima.
2) The application for a new job has been mailed by Saima.
3) The application for her new job has been mailed by Saima.
4) The application for a new job was mailed by Saima.
Correct Answer : The application for a new job was mailed by Saima.
QID : 292 Select the antonym of Content
Options:
1) ease
2) depressed
3) gratified
4) smug
Correct Answer : depressed
QID : 293 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
tending to hang loosely.
Options:
1) to attenuate
2) to enfeeble
3) prostrate
4) to flop
Correct Answer : to flop
QID : 294 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.
Possessing even a single nuclear weapon acts as a ...............
Options:
1) deterrent
2) detriment
3) boundary
4) excuse
Correct Answer : deterrent
QID : 295 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.
As global temperatures rise, an untreatable new strain of the flu might ..............up at any moment.
Options:
1) fill
2) crop
3) bring
4) chop
Correct Answer : crop
QID : 296 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.
Once .............., it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a ..............of two contradictory voices — often from the same people — that rose to deafening
..............from April to May when the results of various school boards ............... The first voice ..............those who succeeded and did wondrously well.
Once ..............,
Options:
1) upon a time
2) only
3) again
4) more
Correct Answer : again
QID : 297 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.
Once .............., it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a ..............of two contradictory voices — often from the same people — that rose to deafening
..............from April to May when the results of various school boards ............... The first voice ..............those who succeeded and did wondrously well.
marked by a ..............of two contradictory voices
Options:
1) cacophony
2) high decibel
3) whisper
4) silence
Correct Answer : cacophony
QID : 298 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.
Once .............., it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a ..............of two contradictory voices — often from the same people — that rose to deafening..............from April to May when the results of various school boards ............... The first voice ..............those who succeeded and did wondrously well.
rose to deafening ..............from April to May
Options:
1) level
2) levels
3) height
4) crescendos
Correct Answer : levels
QID : 299 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.
Once .............., it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a ..............of two contradictory voices — often from the same people — that rose to deafening..............from April to May when the results of various school boards ............... The first voice ..............those who succeeded and did wondrously well.
the results of various school boards ...............
Options:
1) are declaring
2) declare
3) were being declared
4) were declared
Correct Answer : were declared
QID : 300 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.
Once .............., it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a ..............of two contradictory voices — often from the same people — that rose to deafening..............from April to May when the results of various school boards ............... The first voice ..............those who succeeded and did wondrously well.
The first voice ..............those who succeeded and did wondrously well.
Options:
1) congratulates
2) applaud
3) celebrated
4) recommended
Correct Answer : celebrated
