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SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2019 "held on 18 October 2020"

Afternoon-Shift (English Language)

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Q.1 Select the alternative that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case there is
no improvement select ‘No improvement’.  Priya has been working in this school from June 2017

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Option:

1. on June 2017

2. No improvement

3. since June 2017

4. for June 2017

Q.2 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. 
VERSATILE

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Option:

1. Truthful

2. Insincere

3. Honest

4. Inflexible

Q.3 Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom. 
Touch all bases

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Option:

1. Imagine you are flying

2. Stretch your hands high

3. Include everything

4. Force someone to do something

Q.4 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

KIT

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Option:

1. Information

2. Element

3. Equipment

4. Particle

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.

The Great Stupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India. It was originally
commissioned (1)______ Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE. Its nucleus (2)______ a
simple hemispherical brick structure built (3)______ the relics of the Buddha. It was crowned
by the chhatri, a parasol-like (4)______ symbolising high rank, which was (5)______ to honour
and shelter the relics.
SubQuestion No : 5
Q.5 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.

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Option:

1. to

2. by

3. with

4. from

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.

The Great Stupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India. It was originally
commissioned (1)______ Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE. Its nucleus (2)______ a
simple hemispherical brick structure built (3)______ the relics of the Buddha. It was crowned
by the chhatri, a parasol-like (4)______ symbolising high rank, which was (5)______ to honour
and shelter the relics.
SubQuestion No : 6
Q.6 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.

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Option:

1. gave

2. were

3. was

4. kept

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.

The Great Stupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India. It was originally
commissioned (1)______ Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE. Its nucleus (2)______ a
simple hemispherical brick structure built (3)______ the relics of the Buddha. It was crowned
by the chhatri, a parasol-like (4)______ symbolising high rank, which was (5)______ to honour
and shelter the relics.
SubQuestion No : 7
Q.7 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.

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Option:

1. aside

2. into

3. about

4. over

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.

The Great Stupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India. It was originally
commissioned (1)______ Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE. Its nucleus (2)______ a
simple hemispherical brick structure built (3)______ the relics of the Buddha. It was crowned
by the chhatri, a parasol-like (4)______ symbolising high rank, which was (5)______ to honour
and shelter the relics.
SubQuestion No : 8
Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4.

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Option:

1. bridge

2. structure

3. conduit

4. wall

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.

The Great Stupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India. It was originally
commissioned (1)______ Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE. Its nucleus (2)______ a
simple hemispherical brick structure built (3)______ the relics of the Buddha. It was crowned
by the chhatri, a parasol-like (4)______ symbolising high rank, which was (5)______ to honour
and shelter the relics.
SubQuestion No : 9
Q.9 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.

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Option:

1. intended

2. outlined

3. informed

4. predicted

Q.10 Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.

It is difficult to make out that they are twins because they do not resemble to each other.

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Option:

1. because they do not

2. resemble to each other

3. that they are twins

4. It is difficult to make out

Q.11 Select the option that is the passive form of the sentence.

The batsman had hit the ball towards the boundary.

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Option:

1. The ball is being hit towards the boundary by the batsman.

2. The ball is hit towards the boundary by the batsman.

3. The ball had been hit towards the boundary by the batsman.

4. The ball was hit towards the boundary by the batsman.

Q.12 Select the option that is the direct form of the sentence.

Kirti asked me if I had watched the movie on television the previous night.

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Option:

1. Kirti asked me, “Did I watched the movie on television last night?”

2. Kirti asked me, “You had watched the movie on television last night?”

3. Kirti asked me, “Did you watch the movie on television last night?”

4. Kirti asked me, “Had you watched the movie on television last night?”

Q.13 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

NEBULOUS

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Option:

1. Familiar

2. Common

3. Clear

4. Mutual

Q.14 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

ANODYNE

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Option:

1. Hostile

2. Harmful

3. Gigantic

4. Benign

Q.15 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

The police was able to find the guilty but the big fish escaped.

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Option:

1. tall people

2. main leaders

3. plump men

4. large-sized ones

Q.16 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Earthquake inspection ______ that the two ancient buildings that remained intact after the
Hiroshima bombing in Tokyo would not withstand a strong tremor.

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Option:

1. retracted

2. resumed

3. redirected

4. revealed

Q.17 Select the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.

Oh dear! The audio in one of the channel on television is not clear at all.

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Option:

1. on television

2. in one of the channel

3. Oh dear! The audio

4. is not clear at all

Q.18 Select the word with the INCORRECT spelling.

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Option:

1. Pensive

2. Apprehensive

3. Medetative

4. Appended

Q.19 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The reporter asked the politician, “As a woman leader, what are some of the major ______
that you face?”

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Option:

1. crunches

2. crashes

3. challenges

4. contests

Q.20 Select the alternative that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case there is
no improvement select ‘No improvement’.

The struggle for climate change must be prioritised given that our population is increasing
and not decreasing.

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Option:

1. could prioritise

2. is prioritising

3. No improvement

4. may have prioritised

Q.21 Select the word with the correct spelling.

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Option:

1. Propencity

2. Suceptible

3. Impresionable

4. Impeccable

Q.22 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

Small room where dishes are washed

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Option:

1. Scullery

2. Pantry

3. Ante-room

4. Larder

Q.23 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

A. Waqar instead gave it to Afridi, who went on to score a 37-ball century, the fastest ODI century.

B. That was when his teammate Waqar Younis handed him over a bat that belonged to Sachin Tendulkar.
C. When Shahid Afridi had flown in to join the Pakistan team 1996, he did not even have a proper bat to play with.

D. Sachin had earlier gifted Waqar his bat to take to Sialkot, Pakistan’s world famous sports goods

manufacturing capital and get a custom-made one replicated there.

Option:

1. CBDA

2. ACBD

3. BADC

4. DCAB

Q.24 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

Person or thing that is the centre of attention

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Option:

1. Politician

2. Cynosure

3. Leader

4. Organiser

Q.25 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

A. Mulla Nasruddin opened a hair-cutting salon and was ready to welcome his customers.
B. “Mulla,” he said sheepishly, “my new wife is coming home today.”
C. “Just take out all the grey strands from my beard and make me look very young.”
D. Being the first day, a lot of people came and among them was a man in his early fifties
with a flowing beard.

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Option:

1. BDAC

2. DBCA

3. ADBC

4. CDAB