SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2018 "held on 03 July 2019" Afternoon Shift (English Language)
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2018 "held on 03 JULY 2019"
Afternoon Shift (English Language)
Q1. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
He has been solving this sum for a couple of hours but he did not solve it yet.
Options:
1. has not solved it
2. No improvement
3. had not solved it
4. has not solve it
Correct Answer: has not solved it
Q2. Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
EXAGGERATE
Options:
1. heighten
2. amplify
3. compress
4. overdo
Correct Answer: compress
Q3. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
He once had a very frightening ______ with a wild bull.
Options:
1. appointment
2. enterprise
3. encounter
4. commitment
Correct Answer: encounter
Q4. Select the wrongly spelt word.
Options:
1. aggrassive
2. agreement
3. agriculture
4. agitation
Correct Answer: aggrassive
Q5. Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Bhola said to his friend, "How can I make this charcoal white?"
Options:
1. Bhola asked his friend how he could make that charcoal white.
2. Bhola told his friend how he could make that charcoal white.
3. Bhola asked his friend how can I make this charcoal white.
4. Bhola asked his friend how could he make that charcoal white.
Correct Answer: Bhola asked his friend how he could make that charcoal white.
Q6. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.
A. Once Oliver made a big snowman.
B. The fat snowman wore an old top hat and a muffler.
C. Now, it looked very grand indeed and Oliver's friends loved it.
D. It was as big as him but much fatter.
Options:
1. CBAD
2. ACBD
3. ADBC
4. DCAB
Correct Answer: ADBC
Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
People make plastic products by mixing the plastic with additives. The additives (1) ______ it difficult to recycle the plastic. To recycle plastic things, (2) ______ grind them up first, but this new (3) ______ is not easy to use again. A laboratory in California made a new type (4) ______ plastic to deal with this problem. (5) ______ scientists put the new plastic in a high-acid solution, the plastic and the additives break apart. People can then easily reuse the plastic.
Q7. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 1.
Options:
1. is making
2. was making
3. makes
4. make
Correct Answer: make
Q8. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2.
Options:
1. personnel
2. human beings
3. persons
4. people
Correct Answer: people
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Q9. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3.
Options:
1. material
2. component
3. object
4. thing
Correct Answer: material
Q10. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4.
Options:
1. to
2. in
3. with
4. of
Correct Answer: of
Q11. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 5.
Options:
1. When
2. Until
3. But
4. Then
Correct Answer: When
Q12. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The merchant brought many gifts for his family from India.
Options:
1. His family were brought by the merchant for many gifts from India.
2. Many gifts brought by the merchant for his family from India.
3. Many gifts were brought by the merchant for his family from India.
4. Many gifts are brought by the merchant for his family from India.
Correct Answer: Many gifts were brought by the merchant for his family from India.
Q13. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Hanging by a thread
Options:
1. in a sorry or humble state
2. be extremely weak
3. be in a dangerous situation
4. unable to act as desired
Correct Answer: be in a dangerous situation
Q14. Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
DENSE
Options:
1. crammed
2. sparse
3. piled
4. jammed
Correct Answer: sparse
Q15. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.
A. But once when Mark disturbed the whole class with his pranks I had to reprimand him.
B. He was in third grade when I taught at Saint Mary's School.
C. All 34 students were dear to me, but Mark Eklund, was one in a million.
D. He had a happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful.
Options:
1. BADC
2. CBDA
3. CADB
4. ADBC
Correct Answer: CBDA
Q16. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
ERODE
Options:
1. preserve
2. fix
3. build
4. disintegrate
Correct Answer: disintegrate
Q17. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
ENTANGLE
Options:
1. implicate
2. exclude
3. clarify
4. release
Correct Answer: implicate
Q18. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To shake off
Options:
1. to recollect
2. to get rid of
3. to denounce
4. to pass off
Correct Answer: to get rid of
Q19. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
During the elections political parties try to ______ their rivals in order to gain advantage.
Options:
1. laud
2. covet
3. commend
4. vilify
Correct Answer: vilify
Q20. Select the wrongly spelt word.
Options:
1. global
2. gobbel
3. glory
4. goggles
Correct Answer: gobbel
Q21. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
India's largest car maker is evaluating the launch to a small electric car next year.
Options:
1. is evaluating the launch
2. India's largest car maker
3. next year
4. to a small electric car
Correct Answer: to a small electric car
Q22. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
Living in air
Options:
1. heavenly
2. visual
3. feathery
4. aerial
Correct Answer: aerial
Q23. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
rapid increase in the number or amount of something
Options:
1. promotion
2. propensity
3. paucity
4. proliferation
Correct Answer: proliferation
Q24. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Many of China's exports has been redirected to the domestic market in view of the more consumption-driven economy.
Options:
1. has been redirected
2. in view of the more consumption-driven economy
3. Many of China's exports
4. to the domestic market
Correct Answer: has been redirected
Q25. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
Two senior officers have been entrusted with the responsibility by organize the reception of the guest.
Options:
1. to organizing
2. of organizing
3. No improvement
4. for organize
Correct Answer: of organizing
