SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 07 January 2017" Evening Shift (English Comprehension)

QID : 276 - Select the synonym of

proscriptive

Options:

1) squalid
2) exiguous
3) excessive
4) thrifty

Correct Answer: excessive

QID : 277 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

To be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death.

Options:

1) to divest
2) to bereave
3) to oust
4) to dispossess

Correct Answer: to bereave

QID : 278 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

To make someone feel completely baffled.

Options:

1) to perplex
2) to explicate
3) to construe
4) to elucidate

Correct Answer: to perplex

QID : 279 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Everyday we (have usually) dinner at 8 o'clock.

Options:

1) usually have
2) have usual
3) have had usually
4) no improvement

Correct Answer: usually have

 

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QID : 280 - 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 plane was too(A)/ far away that it was(B)/just a dot in the sky.(C)/No error(D)

Options:

1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D

Correct Answer: A

QID : 281 - Select the antonym of

obligation

Options:

1) bond
2) burden
3) commitment
4) irresponsibility

Correct Answer: irresponsibility

QID : 282 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

(It is) a pleasant day, we went for a walk.

Options:

1) Having been
2) It being
3) It was
4) no improvement

Correct Answer: It being

QID : 283 - In the following question, sentence given with blank is 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 three months, I have had a ______________headache.

Options:

1) inbred
2) settled
3) chronic
4) lifelong

Correct Answer: chronic

QID : 284 - Select the synonym of

proximity

Options:

1) futile
2) preposterous
3) absurd
4) imminent

Correct Answer: imminent

QID : 285 - 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.

We have finished the assignment.

Options:

1) The assignment has been finished by us.
2) The assignment were finished by us.
3) The assignment had been finished by us.
4) The assignment has had been finished by us.

Correct Answer: The assignment has been finished by us.

QID : 286 - In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

When I broke my leg, it was the ____________ of a nightmare week.

Options:

1) top
2) maximum
3) summit
4) climax

Correct Answer: climax

QID : 287 - Select the word with the correct spelling.

Options:

1) thorogh
2) brazened
3) termynus
4) adherant

Correct Answer: brazened

QID : 288 - 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'.

It was like(A)/reading a(B)/open book.(C)/No error(D)

Options:

1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D

Correct Answer: B

QID : 289 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Only a country not yet rid
P-of its colonial hangover
Q-and controls, labels dissent as seditious
R-of a government that commands

Options:

1) PRQ
2) PQR
3) QPR
4) RPQ

Correct Answer: PRQ

QID : 290 - Select the antonym of

to lament

Options:

1) to deplore
2) to bawl
3) to laud
4) to bemoan

Correct Answer: to laud

QID : 291 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Developing countries
P-should question the rationale
Q-for such a registry ahead
R-of a negotiated outcome on this issue

Options:

1) QRP
2) PQR
3) RPQ
4) QPR

Correct Answer: PQR

QID : 292 - 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.

Mother said to you, "When will you start from Pune?"

Options:

1) Mother asked you when you would start from Pune.
2) Mother asked you when you will start from Pune.
3) Mother asked you when you will be starting from Pune.
4) Mother asked you when you will have started from Pune.

Correct Answer: Mother asked you when you would start from Pune.

QID : 293 - Select the word with the correct spelling.

Options:
1) quaffing
2) conveynor
3) fuselag
4) bumbbling

Correct Answer: quaffing

QID : 294 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

graveyard shift

Options:

1) to work in a very scary place
2) a place where one is forced to work so hard that it almost kills you
3) to work with a team where everybody else is very lazy
4) a work shift that runs through the early morning hours

Correct Answer: a work shift that runs through the early morning hours

QID : 295 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

good Samaritan

Options:

1) a very rich but humble person
2) a person who helps others but with a hidden cause
3) a charitable or helpful person
4) a person who accepts defeat sportingly

Correct Answer: a charitable or helpful person

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.

The second strategy proposed __________________ the committee was institutional reform of police processes, including investigation of crimes, professionalization and ________________ of court systems with induction of technology _____________ limiting appeal procedures to the _________________ required. It is here the committee ___________________ to bring in a bigger and responsible role to victims of crime in the whole proceedings.

The second strategy proposed __________________ the committee

Options:

1) of
2) by
3) for
4) from

Correct Answer: by

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.

The second strategy proposed __________________ the committee was institutional reform of police processes, including investigation of crimes, professionalization and ________________ of court systems with induction of technology _____________ limiting appeal procedures to the _________________ required. It is here the committee ___________________ to bring in a bigger and responsible role to victims of crime in the whole proceedings.

professionalization and ________________ of court systems

Options:

1) rationalising
2) rationalisation
3) rationally
4) rational

Correct Answer: rationalisation

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.

The second strategy proposed __________________ the committee was institutional reform of police processes, including investigation of crimes, professionalization and ________________ of court systems with induction of technology _____________ limiting appeal procedures to the _________________ required. It is here the committee ___________________ to bring in a bigger and responsible role to victims of crime in the whole proceedings.

induction of technology _____________

Options:

1) but
2) because
3) and
4) nor

Correct Answer: and

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.

The second strategy proposed __________________ the committee was institutional reform of police processes, including investigation of crimes, professionalization and ________________ of court systems with induction of technology _____________ limiting appeal procedures to the _________________ required. It is here the committee ___________________ to bring in a bigger and responsible role to victims of crime in the whole proceedings.

limiting appeal procedures to the _________________ required.

Options:

1) minimum
2) bottom
3) lower
4) negligible

Correct Answer: minimum

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.

The second strategy proposed __________________ the committee was institutional reform of police processes, including investigation of crimes, professionalization and ________________ of court systems with induction of technology _____________ limiting appeal procedures to the _________________ required. It is here the committee ___________________ to bring in a bigger and responsible role to victims of crime in the whole proceedings.

It is here the committee ___________________ to bring in a bigger

Options:

1) bought
2) brought
3) caught
4) sought

Correct Answer: sought

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