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SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2019 "held on 14 October 2020"

Evening-Shift (English Language)

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Q.1 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. 
There are too less space for Naveen to park his car in front of the shop.

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Option:

1. was too little space

2. No improvement

3. were too little space

4. was so few space

Q.2 Identify the segment in the given sentence, which contains the grammatical error. 
Did you tell to your mother that you saw her friend at the theater?

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Option:

1. Did you tell to

2. you saw her friend

3. at the theater

4. your mother that

Q.3 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives
their correct order. 
A. One of them said “Let us use our combined knowledge to bring this animal to life.”
B. On the way, the three friends passed through a forest.
C. Seeing the bones, the friends thought of testing their knowledge and skills.
D. Under a tree in the forest, they saw the bones of an animal.

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Option:

1. ADCB

2. CABD

3. BCAD

4. BDCA

Q.4 Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. 
Balaji said that he had already paid the instalment when the notice came to him.

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Option:

1. Balaji said, “I have already paid the instalment when the notice will come to me."

2. Balaji said, “I already paid the instalment when the notice had come to me."

3. Balaji said, “I had already paid the instalment when the notice came to me.”

4. Balaji said, “He has already paid the instalment when the notice came to him.”

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.
‘Staged tourism’ whether it is of the tiger or the snow leopard kind, is driven by the desire of
visitors to see specific animals. This often (1)______ pressure on a certain area, with hordes
(2)______ tourists rushing to a spot. In (3)______ case of tigers, it is quite possible (4)______ the
animal is stressed by the (5)______ caused by a bunch of excited tourists.
SubQuestion No : 5
Q.5 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

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Option:

1. makes

2. does

3. gives

4. puts

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.
‘Staged tourism’ whether it is of the tiger or the snow leopard kind, is driven by the desire of
visitors to see specific animals. This often (1)______ pressure on a certain area, with hordes
(2)______ tourists rushing to a spot. In (3)______ case of tigers, it is quite possible (4)______ the
animal is stressed by the (5)______ caused by a bunch of excited tourists.
SubQuestion No : 6
Q.6 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

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Option:

1. of

2. from

3. with

4. by

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.
‘Staged tourism’ whether it is of the tiger or the snow leopard kind, is driven by the desire of
visitors to see specific animals. This often (1)______ pressure on a certain area, with hordes
(2)______ tourists rushing to a spot. In (3)______ case of tigers, it is quite possible (4)______ the
animal is stressed by the (5)______ caused by a bunch of excited tourists.
SubQuestion No : 7
Q.7 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

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Option:

1. a

2. that

3. this

4. 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.
‘Staged tourism’ whether it is of the tiger or the snow leopard kind, is driven by the desire of
visitors to see specific animals. This often (1)______ pressure on a certain area, with hordes
(2)______ tourists rushing to a spot. In (3)______ case of tigers, it is quite possible (4)______ the
animal is stressed by the (5)______ caused by a bunch of excited tourists.
SubQuestion No : 8
Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

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Option:

1. how

2. why

3. that

4. what

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.
‘Staged tourism’ whether it is of the tiger or the snow leopard kind, is driven by the desire of
visitors to see specific animals. This often (1)______ pressure on a certain area, with hordes
(2)______ tourists rushing to a spot. In (3)______ case of tigers, it is quite possible (4)______ the
animal is stressed by the (5)______ caused by a bunch of excited tourists.
SubQuestion No : 9
Q.9 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

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Option:

1. disappointment

2. disturbance

3. disbelief

4. dismissal

Q.10 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. 
Lata told to her team leader that she would be leaving office early as she had some urgent
personal work.

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Option:

1. Lata tell to her team leader

2. Lata told her team leader

3. No improvement

4. Lata telling to her team leader

Q.11 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence. 
Students who are capable of understanding and managing their ‘emotional intelligence’ do
better at school in ______ to their peers who lack the ability.

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Option:

1. difference

2. similarity

3. resemblance

4. comparison

Q.12 Identify the segment in the given sentence which contains the grammatical error. 
You had better not to try and feed the animals in the zoo, it is forbidden.

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Option:

1. and feed the animals

2. You had better not to try

3. in the zoo

4. it is forbidden

Q.13 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. 
A large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution

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Option:

1. Dormitory

2. Residence

3. Hostel

4. Lodge

Q.14 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence. 
The area is ______ close circuit television surveillance.

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Option:

1. under

2. over

3. about

4. into

Q.15 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. 
HARSH

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Option:

1. Lenient

2. Robust

3. Fragile

4. Energetic

Q.16 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. 
If someone is an old hand, then he/she is:

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Option:

1. experienced

2. aged

3. weak

4. forgetful

Q.17 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. 
ROTUND

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Option:

1. Round

2. Range

3. Rocky

4. Rolled

Q.18 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives
their correct order. 
A. It was known as Lolark Ghat earlier and was renamed in honour of the saint.
B. In 1941, industrialist B.D. Birla undertook the renovation of the ghat.
C. Among the seven ghats that are associated with his life, the Tulsi Ghat is most special.
D. The glorious city of Kashi, famous for its ghats along the Ganges river, is where the 17th
century saint-poet, Tulsidas, lived. 

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Option:

1. DCAB

2. CDBA

3. BDCA

4. ABDC

Q.19 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. 
MANDATE

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Option:

1. Broken promise

2. Last trip

3. Official order

4. Man-made

Q.20 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. 
Sandeep received a new lease of life after moving to Pune.

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Option:

1. looked for a group of friends

2. started taking healthy food

3. became energetic again

4. started looking for a job

Q.21 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

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Option:

1. Surender

2. Succulent

3. Succumb

4. Success

Q.22 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. 
ARROGANCE

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Option:

1. Ignorance

2. Familiarity

3. Honesty

4. Humility

Q.23 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. 
Please make a cup of coffee for me.

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Option:

1. I request you to make a cup of coffee for me.

2. Can you please make a cup of coffee for me?

3. Let a cup of coffee be made for me.

4. A cup of coffee can be made for me by you.

Q.24 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. 
One who studies the elections and voting trends

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Option:

1. Sociologist

2. Reviewer

3. Psephologist

4. Researcher

Q.25 Select the correctly spelt word.

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Option:

1. Insigneficant

2. Unsustanable

3. Immpending

4. Changeable