SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2018 "held on 11 JULY 2019" Afternoon-Shift (English Language)
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2018 "held on 11 JULY 2019"
Afternoon-Shift (English Language)
Q1. Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
GAUNT
Options:
1. plump
2. bent
3. lean
4. old
Correct answer: plump
Q2. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
A fresh interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India would largely ______ on
how the monsoon turns out in the months ahead.
Options:
1. define
2. demonstrate
3. depend
4. determine
Correct answer: depend
Q3. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.
A. Today flax is used to make fine linen fabric.
B. The Neolithic man first clad himself with animal skins.
C. He also used flax which had a good fibre for making cloth.
D. But in those days cloth made of flax must have been very rough.
Options:
1. CADB
2. BDAC
3. DABC
4. BCDA
Correct answer: BCDA
Q4. 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.
The government has adopted a tough stance with respect of terror and security.
Options:
1. with respect to
2. in respect of
3. No improvement
4. about respect to
Correct answer: with respect to
Q5. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
be an open book
Options:
1. one who has written an examination without preparation
2. one who advises others to be frank and unsecretive
3. one who is fond of reading even when travelling
4. one about whom it is easy to know everything
Correct answer: one about whom it is easy to know everything
Q6. Select the correctly spelt word.
Options:
1. tantative
2. remunerative
3. substentive
4. speculetive
Correct answer: remunerative
Q7. Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words
A strong and fast moving stream of water
Options:
1. torrent
2. trickle
3. rivulet
4. creek
Correct answer: torrent
Q8. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.
A. Baskets and carts flooded the street turning it into a mobile market.
B. Hearing their cries people with bags started coming out from their houses.
C. Suddenly the street came alive.
D. From one end to the other cries of the vendors rent the air.
Options:
1. DACB
2. ABDC
3. CADB
4. CBAD
Correct answer: CADB
Q9. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical
error.
The little boy was so busy playing with his toy train that he do not even look
up at us.
Options:
1. he do not even
2. busy playing with
3. look up at us
4. his toy train
Correct answer: he do not even
Q10. 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.
After going through their brochure I has decided to make a donation to help
their campaign.
Options:
1. No improvement
2. I decided for making a donation to help
3. I decided to make a donation to help
4. I decide to make a donation for helping
Correct answer: I decided to make a donation to help
Q11. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom in a nutshell
Options:
1. express very briefly
2. put everything in a shell
3. packed very tightly
4. add nuts into something
Correct answer: express very briefly
Q12. Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words
A game in which no one wins
Options:
1. feat
2. conquest
3. triumph
4. draw
Correct answer: draw
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Q13. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The cyclone has damaged several crops.
Options:
1. Several crops have been damaged by the cyclone.
2. Several crops are being damaged by the cyclone.
3. Several crops have damaged the cyclone.
4. Several crops had been damaged by the cyclone.
Correct answer: Several crops have been damaged by the cyclone.
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.
With the groundwater table receding alarmingly, an ostrich mentality will only increase water woes. Deficit rainfall (1) ______ indiscriminate extraction of ground water (2) ______ two major reasons for (3) ______ situation. Government must promote (4) ______ harvesting and conservation. Citizens must (5) ______ learn to use water judiciously or else the State will run out of water like Cape Town.
Q14. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.
Options:
1. unless
2. also
3. and
4. but
Correct answer: and
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.
With the groundwater table receding alarmingly, an ostrich mentality will only increase water woes. Deficit rainfall (1) ______ indiscriminate extraction of ground water (2) ______ two major reasons for (3) ______ situation. Government must promote (4) ______ harvesting and conservation. Citizens must (5) ______ learn to use water judiciously or else the State will run out of water like Cape Town.
Q15. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.
Options:
1. is
2. was
3. be
4. are
Correct answer: are
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.
With the groundwater table receding alarmingly, an ostrich mentality will only increase water woes. Deficit rainfall (1) ______ indiscriminate extraction of ground water (2) ______ two major reasons for (3) ______ situation. Government must promote (4) ______ harvesting and conservation. Citizens must (5) ______ learn to use water judiciously or else the State will run out of water like Cape Town.
Q16. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.
Options:
1. those
2. a
3. their
4. the
Correct answer: the
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.
With the groundwater table receding alarmingly, an ostrich mentality will only increase water woes. Deficit rainfall (1) ______ indiscriminate extraction of ground water (2) ______ two major reasons for (3) ______ situation. Government must promote (4) ______ harvesting and conservation. Citizens must (5) ______ learn to use water judiciously or else the State will run out of water like Cape Town.
Q17. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4.
Options:
1. crop
2. seed
3. water
4. soil
Correct answer: water
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.
With the groundwater table receding alarmingly, an ostrich mentality will only increase water woes. Deficit rainfall (1) ______ indiscriminate extraction of ground water (2) ______ two major reasons for (3) ______ situation. Government must promote (4) ______ harvesting and conservation. Citizens must (5) ______ learn to use water judiciously or else the State will run out of water like Cape Town.
Q18. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.
Options:
1. although
2. also
3. already
4. anyhow
Correct answer: also
Q19. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
CAMOUFLAGE
Options:
1. exhibit
2. expose
3. divulge
4. disguise
Correct answer: disguise
Q20. Select the wrongly spelt word.
Options:
1. oppurtunity
2. opposition
3. opulence
4. oppression
Correct answer: oppurtunity
Q21. Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
VIRULENT
Options:
1. dangerous
2. powerful
3. lethal
4. amicable
Correct answer: amicable
Q22. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
The pilgrims grew increasingly aware of the ______ of sacred Buddhist texts in
the Chinese language and decided to travel to India in search of them.
Options:
1. persistence
2. paucity
3. preference
4. parity
Correct answer: paucity
Q23. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical
error.
We will use enamel paint on this wall because it gives a best finish.
Options:
1. because it gives
2. a best finish
3. enamel paint on this wall
4. We will use
Correct answer: a best finish
Q24. Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Mahesh said to the interviewer, "Sir, I was in charge of the production unit at
my previous office."
Options:
1. Mahesh told the interviewer I was in charge of the production unit at his
previous office.
2. Mahesh told the interviewer that he had been in charge of the production unit
at his previous office.
3. Mahesh told the interviewer that Sir was in charge of the production unit at
my previous office.
4. Mahesh told the interviewer you were in charge of the production unit at my
previous office.
Correct answer: Mahesh told the interviewer that he had been in charge of the production unit at his previous office.
Q25. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
MINIATURE
Options:
1. gigantic
2. colossal
3. mammoth
4. diminutive
Correct answer: diminutive
