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एस.एस.सी. सीजीएल (टियर -1) परीक्षा पेपर 2018 "04 जून 2019" शाम की पाली (English Comprehension) SSC CGL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2018 "held on 04 June 2019" Evening Shift (English Comprehension)

Q.1 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
actions speak louder than words
1. do something without planning
2. look for solutions in the wrong place
3. what you do is more important than what you say
4. take up a task that you cannot finish

Correct Answer: what you do is more important than what you say

Q.2 Select the wrongly spelt word.
1. comparable
2. committee
3. consceince
4. commission

Correct Answer: consceince

Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.
If I have money, I purchase this house.
1. I have purchased
2. No improvement
3. I will purchase
4. I purchased

Correct Answer: I will purchase

Q.4 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.
She read that novel since she got up in the morning.
Ans 1. reads that novel
2. has read that novel
3. has been reading that novel
4. No improvement

Correct Answer: has been reading that novel

Q.5 Select the synonym of the given word.
INEPT
1. capable
2. strong
3. fit
4. clumsy

Correct Answer: clumsy

Q.6 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
A number of Indian goods face a ______ competition from Chinese goods in terms of prices and looks.
1. bold
2. fierce
3. powerful
4. angry

Correct Answer: fierce

Q.7 In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
She lost a big order from a known showroom in case of her own carelessness.
1. her own carelessness
2. from a known showroom
3. She lost a big order
4. in case of

Correct Answer: in case of

Q.8 Select the antonym of the given word.
PARDON
1. grace
2. mercy
3. kindness
4. punish

Correct Answer: punish

Q.9 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
A person who draws or produces maps
1. lexicographer
2. cartographer
3. choreographer
4. calligrapher

Correct Answer: cartographer

Q.10 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
pull someone's leg
1. tell someone a secret
2. trust someone
3. get upset with someone
4. joke with someone

Correct Answer: joke with someone

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Q.11 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. An estimated 70% of this plastic which enters the sea sinks.
B. This is a problem that stretches far beyond India.
C. Eight million tonnes of plastic ends up in the world's oceans every year, causing damage to the fragile ecosystem.
D. And much of it is not biodegradable.
1. CDBA
2. CADB
3. ADBC
4. ABDC

Correct Answer: CADB

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.
Eager to control the South Atlantic, the British Navy had tasked Admiral Byron (1)______ settling an island off the South American coast (2)______ ships could resupply, and then finding an alternative (3)______ to the East Indies. After rounding the tip of South America, Admiral Byron confronted the world’s (4)______ body of water: the endless Pacific Ocean. After a month of empty blue horizon, a tiny island (5)______. Byron joyously described the island’s “beautiful appearance – surrounded by a beach of the finest white sand – and covered with tall trees."

Q.12 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 1.
1. of
2. for
3. with
4. from

Correct Answer: with

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.

Eager to control the South Atlantic, the British Navy had tasked Admiral Byron (1)______ settling an island off the South American coast (2)______ ships could resupply, and then finding an alternative (3)______ to the East Indies. After rounding the tip of South America, Admiral Byron confronted the world’s (4)______ body of water: the endless Pacific Ocean. After a month of empty blue horizon, a tiny island (5)______. Byron joyously described the island’s “beautiful appearance – surrounded by a beach of the finest white sand – and covered with tall trees."

Q.13 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2.
1. wherever
2. when
3. where
4. there

Correct Answer: where

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.

Eager to control the South Atlantic, the British Navy had tasked Admiral Byron (1)______settling an island off the South American coast (2)______ ships could resupply, and then finding an alternative (3)______ to the East Indies. After rounding the tip of South America, Admiral Byron confronted the world’s (4)______ body of water: the endless Pacific Ocean. After a month of empty blue horizon, a tiny island (5)______. Byron joyously described the island’s “beautiful appearance – surrounded by a beach of the finest white sand – and covered with tall trees."

Q.14 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3.
1. route
2. means
3. path
4. road

Correct Answer: route

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.

Eager to control the South Atlantic, the British Navy had tasked Admiral Byron (1)______settling an island off the South American coast (2)______ ships could resupply, and then finding an alternative (3)______ to the East Indies. After rounding the tip of South America, Admiral Byron confronted the world’s (4)______ body of water: the endless Pacific Ocean. After a month of empty blue horizon, a tiny island (5)______. Byron joyously described the island’s “beautiful appearance – surrounded by a beach of the finest white sand – and covered with tall trees."

Q.15 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4.
1. more larger
2. large
3. larger
4. largest

Correct Answer: largest

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.

Q.16 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 5.
1. showed
2. stood up
3. came out
4. appeared

Correct Answer: appeared

Q.17 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. And 844 million don’t have access to clean water close to home, according to the latest report by WaterAid.
B. Around 4 billion people in the world live in physically water-scarce areas.
C. It is because globally we use six times as much water today as we did 100 years ago.
D. The world’s water crisis is getting worse.
1. CADB
2. DACB
3. BADC
4. BDCA

Correct Answer: BADC

Q.18 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
A cylindrical container bulging out in the middle, traditionally made of wooden staves for keeping oil, beer etc.
1. bale
2. bushel
3. barrel
4. bin

Correct Answer: barrel

Q.19 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Please show me my son's Mathematics notebook.
1. My son's Mathematics notebook was please shown to me.
2. I will please be shown my son's Mathematics notebook.
3. My son may please be shown the Mathematics notebook.
4. I may please be shown my son's Mathematics notebook.

Correct Answer: I may please be shown my son's Mathematics notebook.

Q.20 Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
The crop was adversely affected by the inadequate rainfall.
1. The adversely rainfall has affected the inadequate crop.
2. The inadequate rainfall was adversely affecting the crop.
3. The inadequate rainfall adversely affected the crop.
4. The inadequate crop adversely affected the rainfall .

Correct Answer: The inadequate rainfall adversely affected the crop.

Q.21 Select the antonym of the given word.
EXCEPTIONAL
1. unremarkable
2. uncommon
3. unimaginable
4. unthinkable

Correct Answer: unremarkable

Q.22 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Many items made of ivory were ______ from a dealer in antiques by the custom authorities at the Delhi airport.
1. annexed
2. appropriated
3. hijacked
4. confiscated

Correct Answer: confiscated

Q.23 In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Torrential rains and winds of upto 170 km per hour swept away roads, homes and bridges and knocking down power and communication lines.
1. swept away roads
2. knocking down
3. winds of upto
4. homes and bridges

Correct Answer: knocking down

Q.24 Select the wrongly spelt word.
1. exercise
2. exite
3. exchange
4. exclaim

Correct Answer: exite

Q.25 Select the synonym of the given word.
INARTICULATE
1. eloquent
2. inevitable
3. incoherent
4. fluent

Correct Answer: incoherent