SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2019 "held on 18 OCTOBER 2020"Morning-Shift (English Language)

 

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

Morning-Shift (English Language)


Q.1 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. 
Vanish into the air


Option:

1. Perpetually postpone

2. Totally dilute

3. Permanently mix

4. Completely disappear

Q.2 Select the wrongly spelt word.


Option:

1. Selection

2. Conviction

3. Defenition

4. Valediction

Q.3 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. 
The students have performed a new version of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.

Option:

1. A new version of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' has been performed by the students.

2. Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' have been performed by the new version of the students.

3. Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' has been performed by the new version of the students.

4. A new version of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' have been performed by the students.

Q.4 Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. 
Shanti asked me, "Why did you keep this smartphone in the bin?"


Option:

1. Shanti asked me why I had kept that smartphone in the bin.

2. Shanti asked me why I was keeping that smartphone in the bin.

3. Shanti asked me why I had been keeping that smartphone in the bin.

4. Shanti asked me why I kept that smartphone in the bin.

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 internet is fast becoming trusted by (1)______ children and adults as reliable and accurate
(2)______ of information. Through the internet children now have (3)______ to an almost
endless supply of information and opportunity for (4)______. However, there can be real risks
and dangers for an (5)______ child.
SubQuestion No : 5
Q.5 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 1.


Option:

1. often

2. not only

3. both

4. neither

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 internet is fast becoming trusted by (1)______ children and adults as reliable and accurate
(2)______ of information. Through the internet children now have (3)______ to an almost
endless supply of information and opportunity for (4)______. However, there can be real risks
and dangers for an (5)______ child.
SubQuestion No : 6
Q.6 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2.


Option:

1. piece

2. deposit

3. source

4. collection

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 internet is fast becoming trusted by (1)______ children and adults as reliable and accurate
(2)______ of information. Through the internet children now have (3)______ to an almost
endless supply of information and opportunity for (4)______. However, there can be real risks
and dangers for an (5)______ child.
SubQuestion No : 7
Q.7 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3.


Option:

1. gathering

2. access

3. ability

4. easiness

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 internet is fast becoming trusted by (1)______ children and adults as reliable and accurate
(2)______ of information. Through the internet children now have (3)______ to an almost
endless supply of information and opportunity for (4)______. However, there can be real risks
and dangers for an (5)______ child.
SubQuestion No : 8
Q.8 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4.


Option:

1. deliberation

2. intimation

3. consultation

4. interaction

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 internet is fast becoming trusted by (1)______ children and adults as reliable and accurate
(2)______ of information. Through the internet children now have (3)______ to an almost
endless supply of information and opportunity for (4)______. However, there can be real risks
and dangers for an (5)______ child.
SubQuestion No : 9

Q.9 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 5.


Option:

1. unsupervised

2. undeveloped

3. unauthorised

4. unparalleled

Q.10 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. 
Take one's hat off to someone


Option:

1. Express anger

2. Display humility

3. Indicate disapproval

4. Show admiration

Q.11 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. 
A person who is neither well experienced nor professional


Option:

1. Amateur

2. Proficient

3. Veteran

4. Expert

Q.12 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. 
I had a broken bone in the hand which the doctor called a ______ and suggested immediate
surgery.


Option:

1. wound

2. infection

3. contamination

4. fracture

Q.13 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. 
Something which is considered to be very important


Option:

1. Meagre

2. Cardinal

3. Scanty

4. Supplementary

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


Option:

1. Judgmental

2. Joyous

3. Jealous

4. Jeering

Q.15 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’. 
As of you are here with me, who cares about the outcome of the issue.


Option:

1. So long

2. No improvement

3. As long to

4. As long as

Q.16 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. 
EARTHLY


Option:

1. Temperamental

2. Peripheral

3. Celestial

4. Temporal

Q.17 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options select the one that gives
their correct order. 
A. One day, a strange crow from the west, landed on one of the branches.
B. There was a large mango tree deep inside a thick forest. 
C. The branches were full of leaves, which crackled when the storm blew.
D. Its branches spread in all directions, lobbing a large shadow on the ground.


Option:

1. BDCA

2. BCAD

3. CDBA

4. ACDB

Q.18 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options select the one that gives
their correct order. 
A. In the evening, Tejaswini would sing songs praising the Lord.
B. She would go to the Lord’s temple twice a day.
C. Tejaswini was known in the village for her devotion to the Lord.
D. In the morning, she would take with her a pot of milk and a bunch of flowers as offering.


Option:

1. CADB

2. DCAB

3. CBDA

4. ACDB

Q.19 In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. 
Thomas is a man of word who have been paying back the borrowed money in instalments.


Option:

1. the borrowed money

2. in instalments

3. Thomas is a man of word

4. who have been paying back

Q.20 Select the wrongly spelt word.


Option:

1. Collaborate

2. Comemorate

3. Corporate

4. Conjugate

Q.21 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. 
She has shown a great interest towards space science, since her early childhood and a
passion to ______ the outer space.


Option:

1. elicit

2. entertain

3. enlighten

4. explore

Q.22 In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. 
Though she was able to finish the work on time, she couldn't do that out in fear.


Option:

1. finish the work on time,

2. she couldn't do that

3. Though she was able to

4. out in fear

Q.23 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. 
CHOOSY


Option:

1. Productive

2. Frank

3. Selective

4. Tricky

Q.24 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. 
OBSCURE

Option:

1. Ambiguous

2. Clear

3. Uncertain

4. Vague

Q.25 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’. 

Before it was modified, the Law 
provided with the owner could take possession of the goods
at any time.


Option:

1. provided that

2. provided on

3. No improvement

4. provided as