SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 10 March 2018" Afternoon Shift (English Language)
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 10 March 2018"
Afternoon Shift (English Language)
QID : 1 - 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'.
To his opinion (1)/ every entertainment (2)/ movie is foolish. (3)/ No error (4)
Options:
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
Correct Answer: 1
QID : 2 - 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 Hellenistic period covering the period of Mediterranean (1)/ history between the death of Alexander the Great in (2)/ 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire. (3)/
No error (4)
Options:
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
Correct Answer: No Correct Answer ( Benefit to all )
QID : 3 - 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 Police took ______ from there.
Options:
1) after
2) over
3) upon
4) on
Correct Answer: over
QID : 4 - 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.
One is caught in the box with what one knows and hence no new ideas ______.
Options:
1) emerge
2) destroy
3) rooted
4) innovate
Correct Answer: emerge
QID : 5 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Clandestine
Options:
1) Truthful
2) Secret
3) Frank
4) Upright
Correct Answer: Secret
QID : 6 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Cloistered
Options:
1) Isolated
2) Mendable
3) Improvement
4) Crowded
Correct Answer: Isolated
QID : 7 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.
Consanguinity
Options:
1) Affinity
2) Kin
3) Race
4) Disunion
Correct Answer: Disunion
QID : 8 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.
Deathly
Options:
1) Wasted
2) Blooming
3) Horrible
4) Sick
Correct Answer: Blooming
QID : 9 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
There needs to be a
P : more coordinated effort
Q : forest diseases in India
R : towards dealing with
Options:
1) PRQ
2) PQR
3) RPQ
4) RQP
Correct Answer: PRQ
QID : 10 - A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active
Voice.
A policeman caught her.
Options:
1) She was caught by a policeman.
2) She is catch by a policeman.
3) She caught by a policeman.
4) She is caught by a policeman.
Correct Answer: She was caught by a policeman.
QID : 11 - A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct
Speech.
Raju wrote, “He will be going to Mumbai the next weekend."
Options:
1) Raju wrote that he will be going to Mumbai the next weekend.
2) Raju wrote that he would be going to Mumbai the last weekend.
3) Raju wrote that he would be going to Mumbai the next weekend.
4) Raju wrote that he should be gone to Mumbai the next weekend.
Correct Answer: Raju wrote that he would be going to Mumbai the next weekend.
QID : 12 - In the following questions, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
Options:
1) Preferred
2) Prefereed
3) Prrefored
4) Prefearred
Correct Answer: Preferred
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QID : 13 - 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.
People may see, and hear, and feel all their lives without ____________
learning the nature of things they see. But reason is the mind's eye, and
enables us to see why things are, and when and how events may be made to happen
___________ not to happen. The logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what
this reason is which makes the power of men. We all, as I have said, must reason
well or ill, but logic is the science of reasoning and enables us to distinguish
______________ the good reasoning which leads to truth, and the bad reasoning
which every day betrays people into error _________ misfortune.
their lives without ____________ learning the nature
Options:
1) really
2) real
3) reality
4) realise
Correct Answer: really
QID : 14 - 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.
People may see, and hear, and feel all their lives without ____________
learning the nature of things they see. But reason is the mind's eye, and
enables us to see why things are, and when and how events may be made to happen
___________ not to happen. The logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what
this reason is which makes the power of men. We all, as I have said, must reason
well or ill, but logic is the science of reasoning and enables us to distinguish
______________ the good reasoning which leads to truth, and the bad reasoning
which every day betrays people into error _________ misfortune.
made to happen ___________ not to happen.
Options:
1) or
2) but
3) so
4) at
Correct Answer: or
QID : 15 - 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.
People may see, and hear, and feel all their lives without ____________ learning
the nature of things they see. But reason is the mind's eye, and enables us to
see why things are, and when and how events may be made to happen ___________
not to happen. The logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what this reason
is which makes the power of men. We all, as I have said, must reason well or
ill, but logic is the science of reasoning and enables us to distinguish
______________ the good reasoning which leads to truth, and the bad reasoning
which every day betrays people into error _________ misfortune.
logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what this reason
Options:
1) learnt
2) learns
3) learn
4) learning
Correct Answer: learn
QID : 16 - 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.
People may see, and hear, and feel all their lives without ____________
learning the nature of things they see. But reason is the mind's eye, and
enables us to see why things are, and when and how events may be made to happen
___________ not to happen. The logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what
this reason is which makes the power of men. We all, as I have said, must reason
well or ill, but logic is the science of reasoning and enables us to distinguish
______________ the good reasoning which leads to truth, and the bad reasoning
which every day betrays people into error _________ misfortune.
us to distinguish ______________ the good reasoning
Options:
1) in
2) within
3) between
4) amidst
Correct Answer: between
QID : 17 - 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.
People may see, and hear, and feel all their lives without ____________
learning the nature of things they see. But reason is the mind's eye, and
enables us to see why things are, and when and how events may be made to happen
___________ not to happen. The logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what
this reason is which makes the power of men. We all, as I have said, must reason
well or ill, but logic is the science of reasoning and enables us to distinguish
______________ the good reasoning which leads to truth, and the bad reasoning
which every day betrays people into error _________ misfortune.
people into error _________ misfortune.
Options:
1) nor
2) neither
3) also
4) and
Correct Answer: and
QID : 18 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Be worlds apart
Options:
1) Travel a very long distance.
2) To go from heaven to hell.
3) Be very different.
4) To sustain affection despite living very far away.
Correct Answer: Be very different.
QID : 19 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Silver bullet
Options:
1) A very expensive solution used only as the last measure.
2) A simple and seemingly magical solution to a complicated problem.
3) A solution which is worse than the problem.
4) A thing of beauty but which is actually deadly.
Correct Answer: A simple and seemingly magical solution to a complicated problem.
QID : 20 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.
The ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions
Options:
1) Puerility
2) Acumen
3) Stupor
4) Sanity
Correct Answer: Acumen
QID : 21 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.
A high degree of skill
Options:
1) Proficiency
2) Maladroit
3) Amateur
4) Gawkiness
Correct Answer: Proficiency
QID : 22 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".
From the early 1990s, salaries shot up and stock options (were introduced).
Options:
1) are introduced
2) is introduced
3) was introduced
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: no improvement
QID : 23 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".
I have always (baffle) by the unique melange of languages and dialects that India is home to.
Options:
1) being baffled
2) been baffled
3) baffling
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: been baffled
QID : 24 - The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
There was an old study
A-of marathon runners which
B-heart muscle during post-mortem
C-showed significant fibrosis of the
Options:
1) ABC
2) ACB
3) CBA
4) CAB
Correct Answer: ACB
QID : 25 - In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
Options:
1) exacerbate
2) exacarbate
3) exacerbat
4) exacarbat
Correct Answer: exacerbate
