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SSC CPO Exam Paper - 2017 "held on 05 July 2017" Shift-1

(English Comprehension)

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QID : 151 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Mathematics and Chemistry are (1)/more easier than (2)/ Physics and Biology. (3)/ No Error (4)

Options:

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4

Correct Answer: 2

QID : 152 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Jaipur is (1)/ further from Patna (2)/ than Chandigarh. (3)/ No Error (4)

Options:

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4

Correct Answer: 2

QID : 153 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Rahul was (1)/ the richest of (2)/ the two persons. (3)/ No Error (4)

Options:

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4

Correct Answer: 2

QID : 154 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Ritika gave her friend (1)/ no money nor she did help her (2)/ in any way. (3)/ No Error (4)

Options:

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4

Correct Answer: 2

QID : 155 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Low interest rates are tempting (1)/ many customers to take (2)/ on too much debt. (3)/ No Error (4)

Options:

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4

Correct Answer: 1

QID : 156 - In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

I bought a new TV last month, but I _____ my old TV yet, so at present I have two TVs.

Options:

1) has not sell
2) have not sold
3) have sold
4) am selling

Correct Answer: have not sold

QID : 157 - In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Piyush plays volleyball _____ an experienced person.

Options:

1) as though
2) as if
3) as of
4) as

Correct Answer: as

QID : 158 - In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

One should grapple _____ all the dangers.

Options:

1) on
2) with
3) off
4) for

Correct Answer: with

QID : 159 - In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Scarcely had Ramesh gone there _____ he met his father.

Options:

1) then
2) than
3) when
4) for

Correct Answer: when

QID : 160 - In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Mobile phones _____ popular in India in the last five years.

Options:

1) have become
2) became
3) are becoming
4) are become

Correct Answer: have become

QID : 161 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Dishevel

Options:

1) clutter
2) unreal
3) foolish
4) adamant

Correct Answer: clutter

QID : 162 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Traitor

Options:

1) soother
2) turbid
3) epicure
4) deceiver

Correct Answer: deceiver

QID : 163 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Obscure

Options:

1) confusing
2) appease
3) servile
4) obvious

Correct Answer: confusing

QID : 164 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Pathos

Options:

1) hesitant
2) rebuke
3) sorrow
4) clumsy

Correct Answer: sorrow

QID : 165 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Perdurable

Options:

1) irregular
2) long-lasting
3) fitful
4) abandon

Correct Answer: long-lasting

QID : 166 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Bountiful

Options:

1) generous
2) meager
3) copious
4) teeming

Correct Answer: meager

QID : 167 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Inertia

Options:

1) feeble
2) repel
3) energy
4) peace

Correct Answer: energy

QID : 168 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Nuisance

Options:

1) disperse
2) confront
3) bold
4) pleasure

Correct Answer: pleasure

QID : 169 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Renaissance

Options:

1) decadence
2) pestilence
3) prehistory
4) immorality

Correct Answer: decadence

QID : 170 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Hegemony

Options:

1) renowned
2) unpopular
3) notorious
4) subordination

Correct Answer: subordination

QID : 171 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

In vogue

Options:

1) Danger
2) Boastful
3) Ambitious
4) Popular

Correct Answer: Popular

QID : 172 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

In a fix

Options:

1) Witching
2) Making imaginary schemes
3) In puzzling state
4) Talk irrelevantly

Correct Answer: In puzzling state

QID : 173 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

To hammer out

Options:

1) To raise alarm
2) To plan
3) To take part
4) To be tired of

Correct Answer: To plan

QID : 174 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

A mare's nest

Options:

1) A rumour
2) A false praise
3) A difficult situation
4) A constant source of annoyance

Correct Answer: A rumour

QID : 175 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Stand for

Options:

1) Represent
2) block
3) Resist
4) Discuss

Correct Answer: Represent

QID : 176 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

It is the time the four years old (is learning) how to read and write.

Options:

1) learn
2) was learning
3) has learned
4) no improvement

Correct Answer: learn

QID : 177 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

He plays football and basketball (also).

Options:

1) too
2) although
3) besides
4) no improvement

Correct Answer: too

QID : 178 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Neha was really happy (while) I accepted her invitation for her marriage.

Options:

1) as
2) when
3) then
4) no improvement

Correct Answer: when

QID : 179 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Vishal (could be able to) work out these problems easily.

Options:

1) should be able to
2) must be able to
3) can be able to
4) no improvement

Correct Answer: should be able to

QID : 180 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

It is fifteen years since I (have begun) living here.

Options:

1) began
2) begun
3) had begun
4) no improvement

Correct Answer: began

QID : 181 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

The murder of one's sister

Options:

1) uxoricide
2) sororicide
3) smother
4) parricide

Correct Answer: sororicide

QID : 182 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

A hater of new things

Options:

1) sanguine
2) intransigent
3) misoneist
4) misocapnic

Correct Answer: misoneist

QID : 183 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

Fear of snakes

Options:

1) ophiophobia
2) acrophobia
3) xenophobia
4) claustrophobia

Correct Answer: ophiophobia

QID : 184 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

A group of girls

Options:

1) knell
2) archive
3) ennui
4) bevy

Correct Answer: bevy

QID : 185 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

Guided by one's sense of duty

Options:

1) conscientious
2) gaggle
3) amnesia
4) circumvent

Correct Answer: conscientious

QID : 186 - In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Options:

1) abbreviate
2) accommodate
3) admittance
4) aggresser

Correct Answer: aggresser

QID : 187 - In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Options:

1) velocity
2) viscocity
3) variability
4) vegetarian

Correct Answer: viscocity

QID : 188 - In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Options:

1) auxilliary
2) assiduous
3) affidavit
4) affiliation

Correct Answer: auxilliary

QID : 189 - In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Options:

1) ignominious
2) illumination
3) inquitous
4) immediately

Correct Answer: inquitous

QID : 190 - In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Options:

1) perpetuity
2) preferential
3) predecesser
4) percussive

Correct Answer: predecesser

QID : 191 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

A man's first duty is to know his business and act _____ and faithfully in his own sphere. Many a good intentioned person unknowingly wastes much of his time, energy and _____ sensibility in ideological and passive sympathy for many sorts of human _____ which he can neither remove nor alleviate. This kind of sympathy is not only useless but _____ and meaningless too. Habitual indulgence in this kind of sympathy is _____ and cowardly.

A man's first duty is to know his business and act _____ and faithfully in his own sphere.

Options:

1) honestly
2) suspiciously
3) smartly
4) actively

Correct Answer: honestly

QID : 192 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

A man's first duty is to know his business and act _____ and faithfully in his own sphere. Many a good intentioned person unknowingly wastes much of his time, energy and _____ sensibility in ideological and passive sympathy for many sorts of human _____ which he can neither remove nor alleviate. This kind of sympathy is not only useless but _____ and meaningless too. Habitual indulgence in this kind of sympathy is _____ and cowardly.

Many a good intentioned person unknowingly wastes much of his time, energy and _____ sensibility

Options:

1) practical
2) senseless
3) emotional
4) irresistible

Correct Answer: emotional

QID : 193 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

A man's first duty is to know his business and act _____ and faithfully in his own sphere. Many a good intentioned person unknowingly wastes much of his time, energy and _____ sensibility in ideological and passive sympathy for many sorts of human _____ which he can neither remove nor alleviate. This kind of sympathy is not only useless but _____ and meaningless too. Habitual indulgence in this kind of sympathy is _____ and cowardly.

sympathy for many sorts of human _____ which he can neither

Options:

1) deeds
2) needs
3) wants
4) sufferings

Correct Answer: sufferings

QID : 194 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

A man's first duty is to know his business and act _____ and faithfully in his own sphere. Many a good intentioned person unknowingly wastes much of his time, energy and _____ sensibility in ideological and passive sympathy for many sorts of human _____ which he can neither remove nor alleviate. This kind of sympathy is not only useless but _____ and meaningless too. Habitual indulgence in this kind of sympathy is _____ and cowardly.

This kind of sympathy is not only useless but _____ and meaningless too.

Options:

1) unimaginery
2) unproductive
3) thoughtful
4) thoughtless

Correct Answer: thoughtless

QID : 195 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

A man's first duty is to know his business and act _____ and faithfully in his own sphere. Many a good intentioned person unknowingly wastes much of his time, energy and _____ sensibility in ideological and passive sympathy for many sorts of human _____ which he can neither remove nor alleviate. This kind of sympathy is not only useless but _____ and meaningless too. Habitual indulgence in this kind of sympathy is _____ and cowardly.

Habitual indulgence in this kind of sympathy is _____ and cowardly.

Options:

1) inevident
2) imbecile
3) undesirable
4) extraordinary

Correct Answer: imbecile

QID : 196 - A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.

Soft skills refer to non–technical, personality specific skills that are easy to learn and follow compared to technical skills. Therefore these skills are called Soft skills. Soft skills encompass anything and everything that relates to the functioning of a group, an individual or an organization in relation to behaviour, performance, interaction, team spirit and all related aspects which are non-technical in nature.
In today's competitive world, the only sustainable competitive advantage that cannot be duplicated is the "soft skills", i.e. the quality, drive, enthusiasm and leadership ability of the people of the organization. To be more precise, soft skill refers to the cluster of personality traits, interpersonal skills, social graces, etiquettes, personal habits, friendliness, leadership skills and optimism that mark each of us to varying degrees. For aspirants seeking job, a variety of basic traits and skills like knowledge, character traits, interpersonal abilities, combined with ethics and attitudes form the key to their ability to get a job, to keep it, and to move up in the organization. For corporates, soft skills are about projecting oneself and one's professional skills in the best possible way, and taking a holistic view of things. They are about how you interact with and react to others when you come into contact with them; they enable you to zero down to the most important point you want to make, but in an attractive and charming manner.

Which of the following is not true about soft skills?

Options:

1) they are easy to learn
2) it involves team spirit
3) it is a non–technical skill
4) it does not relate to an individual

Correct Answer: it does not relate to an individual

QID : 197 - A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.

Soft skills refer to non–technical, personality specific skills that are easy to learn and follow compared to technical skills. Therefore these skills are called Soft skills. Soft skills encompass anything and everything that relates to the functioning of a group, an individual or an organization in relation to behaviour, performance, interaction, team spirit and all related aspects which are non-technical in nature.
In today's competitive world, the only sustainable competitive advantage that cannot be duplicated is the "soft skills", i.e. the quality, drive, enthusiasm and leadership ability of the people of the organization. To be more precise, soft skill refers to the cluster of personality traits, interpersonal skills, social graces, etiquettes, personal habits, friendliness, leadership skills and optimism that mark each of us to varying degrees. For aspirants seeking job, a variety of basic traits and skills like knowledge, character traits, interpersonal abilities, combined with ethics and attitudes form the key to their ability to get a job, to keep it, and to move up in the organization. For corporates, soft skills are about projecting oneself and one's professional skills in the best possible way, and taking a holistic view of things. They are about how you interact with and react to others when you come into contact with them; they enable you to zero down to the most important point you want to make, but in an attractive and charming manner.

What is not included in the cluster of soft skill?

Options:

1) personality traits
2) social graces
3) pessimism
4) leadership skills

Correct Answer: pessimism

QID : 198 - A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.

Soft skills refer to non–technical, personality specific skills that are easy to learn and follow compared to technical skills. Therefore these skills are called Soft skills. Soft skills encompass anything and everything that relates to the functioning of a group, an individual or an organization in relation to behaviour, performance, interaction, team spirit and all related aspects which are non-technical in nature.
In today's competitive world, the only sustainable competitive advantage that cannot be duplicated is the "soft skills", i.e. the quality, drive, enthusiasm and leadership ability of the people of the organization. To be more precise, soft skill refers to the cluster of personality traits, interpersonal skills, social graces, etiquettes, personal habits, friendliness, leadership skills and optimism that mark each of us to varying degrees. For aspirants seeking job, a variety of basic traits and skills like knowledge, character traits, interpersonal abilities, combined with ethics and attitudes form the key to their ability to get a job, to keep it, and to move up in the organization. For corporates, soft skills are about projecting oneself and one's professional skills in the best possible way, and taking a holistic view of things. They are about how you interact with and react to others when you come into contact with them; they enable you to zero down to the most important point you want to make, but in an attractive and charming manner.

What all skills an aspirant seeking a job should possess to build his career?

Options:

1) interpersonal abilities
2) character traits
3) knowledge
4) All of these

Correct Answer: All of these

QID : 199 - A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.

Soft skills refer to non–technical, personality specific skills that are easy to learn and follow compared to technical skills. Therefore these skills are called Soft skills. Soft skills encompass anything and everything that relates to the functioning of a group, an individual or an organization in relation to behaviour, performance, interaction, team spirit and all related aspects which are non-technical in nature.
In today's competitive world, the only sustainable competitive advantage that cannot be duplicated is the "soft skills", i.e. the quality, drive, enthusiasm and leadership ability of the people of the organization. To be more precise, soft skill refers to the cluster of personality traits, interpersonal skills, social graces, etiquettes, personal habits, friendliness, leadership skills and optimism that mark each of us to varying degrees. For aspirants seeking job, a variety of basic traits and skills like knowledge, character traits, interpersonal abilities, combined with ethics and attitudes form the key to their ability to get a job, to keep it, and to move up in the organization. For corporates, soft skills are about projecting oneself and one's professional skills in the best possible way, and taking a holistic view of things. They are about how you interact with and react to others when you come into contact with them; they enable you to zero down to the most important point you want to make, but in an attractive and charming manner.

Select the suitable title for the passage.

Options:

1) Soft skills: a non–technical skill
2) Soft skills: your competitive advantage
3) Soft skills: a complete skill
4) Soft skills: the best leadership skill

Correct Answer: Soft skills: your competitive advantage

QID : 200 - A passage is given with five questions following it. Read the passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the given four alternatives.

Soft skills refer to non–technical, personality specific skills that are easy to learn and follow compared to technical skills. Therefore these skills are called Soft skills. Soft skills encompass anything and everything that relates to the functioning of a group, an individual or an organization in relation to behaviour, performance, interaction, team spirit and all related aspects which are non-technical in nature.
In today's competitive world, the only sustainable competitive advantage that cannot be duplicated is the "soft skills", i.e. the quality, drive, enthusiasm and leadership ability of the people of the organization. To be more precise, soft skill refers to the cluster of personality traits, interpersonal skills, social graces, etiquettes, personal habits, friendliness, leadership skills and optimism that mark each of us to varying degrees. For aspirants seeking job, a variety of basic traits and skills like knowledge, character traits, interpersonal abilities, combined with ethics and attitudes form the key to their ability to get a job, to keep it, and to move up in the organization. For corporates, soft skills are about projecting oneself and one's professional skills in the best possible way, and taking a holistic view of things. They are about how you interact with and react to others when you come into contact with them; they enable you to zero down to the most important point you want to make, but in an attractive and charming manner.

According to the passage, which of the following statement is INCORRECT?

Options:

1) corporates want a holistic view of things
2) soft skills cannot be duplicated with any other skill
3) soft skills are just confined to an individual
4) an aspirant seeking job needs to have combination of ethics and attitudes to climb up the ladder of success in corporate world

Correct Answer: soft skills are just confined to an individual

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