SSC Scientific Assistant (IMD) Exam : Held on 25 Nov 2017 Shift-1 (English Language and Comprehension)
SSC Scientific Assistant (IMD) Exam : Held on 25 Nov 2017 Shift-1
(English Language and Comprehension)
QID : 51 - In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.
I want to provide them for (1)/ enough skills so that they (2)/ can stand on their own feet. (3)/ No Error (4)
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
Correct Answer: 1
QID : 52 - In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.
It would hop (1)/ around following (2)/ him everywhere. (3)/ No Error (4)
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
Correct Answer: 4
QID : 53 - In the following question, a sentence is given with a 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.
Relatively new in the scene, the band is already making a big _______________.
1) impress
2) impressively
3) impressionable
4) impression
Correct Answer: impression
QID : 54 - In the following question, the sentence is 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.
In fact, the writer of the letter I received says it ____________ him like a shadow.
1) follow
2) following
3) follower
4) follows
Correct Answer: follows
QID : 55 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Palatable
1) Repulsive
2) Bitter
3) Tempting
4) Abhorrent
Correct Answer: Tempting
QID : 56 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Animation
1) Apathy
2) Ebullience
3) Lethargy
4) Enervation
Correct Answer: Ebullience
QID : 57 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Blazing
1) Fiery
2) Frigid
3) Smoldering
4) Aflame
Correct Answer: Frigid
QID : 58 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Reminiscent
1) Oblivious
2) Evocative
3) Redolent
4) Similar
Correct Answer: Oblivious
QID : 59 - In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
Take a shortcut
1) Escape a dangerous situation in the nick of time
2) Summarise a long story or talk into brief points
3) A method of doing something more directly and quickly but not so thoroughly
4) Get a small piece of a big treasure
Correct Answer: A method of doing something more directly and quickly but not so thoroughly
QID : 60 - In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.
The whole nine yards
1) An euphemism for an indian dress
2) Everything or all of it
3) The open place behind a house
4) The area of a boxing ring
Correct Answer: Everything or all of it
QID : 61 - A sentence /a part of the sentence is bracketed. Four alternatives are given to the bracketed part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".
Some children (have even starting) doing budding and grafting on their own.
1) has even started
2) was even started
3) have even started
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: have even started
QID : 62 - A sentence/a part of the sentence is bracketed. Four alternatives are given to the bracketed part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".
Ravi's sister (exciting) beyond words and could not refrain from caressing it.
1) are excited
2) were excited
3) was excited
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: was excited
QID : 63 - Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
Convert a text written in code into normal language
1) Stash
2) Decipher
3) Adumbrate
4) Ensconse
Correct Answer: Decipher
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QID : 64 - Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.
Express disapproval of
1) Aggrandise
2) Deprecate
3) Propound
4) Optate
Correct Answer: Deprecate
QID : 65 - Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.
1) conjoined
2) conjoinned
3) cornjoined
4) cornjoinned
Correct Answer: conjoined
QID : 66 - Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.
1) eminantly
2) eminentely
3) eminantely
4) eminently
Correct Answer: eminently
QID : 67 - The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
Thus the loss of so
X-for its future adaptability
Y-much evolutionary potential in
Z-the black rhino is worrying
1) YZX
2) YXZ
3) XZY
4) XYZ
Correct Answer: YZX
QID : 68 - The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
Our work thus
X-issues in the social framework
Y-deals with people, their psyche
Z-and their involvement with several
1) YXZ
2) XZY
3) YZX
4) XYZ
Correct Answer: YZX
QID : 69 - In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active / Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive / Active voice.
She was cooking dinner.
1) Dinner is being cooked by her.
2) Cooking of the dinner was being done by her.
3) Dinner was being cooked by her.
4) Cooking of the dinner is being done by her.
Correct Answer: Dinner was being cooked by her.
QID : 70 - In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct / Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect / Direct speech.
“You’ve done a great job.” I told Ashwin.
1) I told Ashwin that he have done a great job.
2) I told Ashwin that he had done a great job.
3) I tell Ashwin that he had done a great job.
4) I tell Ashwin that he have done a great job.
Correct Answer: I told Ashwin that he had done a great job.
QID : 71 - 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.
The first draft, Kumari Jayawardena _________________, was all jagged. She wrote it on train journeys between The Hague where she was teaching and Brussels where she _____________ then. It was the early 1980s. As a visiting scholar at the International Institute of Social Studies __________ the Netherlands, Jayawardena _________________ course material _______________ the women and development programme she co-taught.
The first draft, Kumari Jayawardena _________________, was all jagged.
1) remember
2) remembering
3) remembers
4) to remember
Correct Answer: remembers
QID : 72 - 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.
The first draft, Kumari Jayawardena _________________, was all jagged. She wrote it on train journeys between The Hague where she was teaching and Brussels where she _____________ then. It was the early 1980s. As a visiting scholar at the International Institute of Social Studies __________ the Netherlands, Jayawardena _________________ course material _______________ the women and development programme she co-taught.
Brussels where she _____________ then.
1) living
2) were living
3) are living
4) was living
Correct Answer: was living
QID : 73 - 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.
The first draft, Kumari Jayawardena _________________, was all jagged. She wrote it on train journeys between The Hague where she was teaching and Brussels where she _____________ then. It was the early 1980s. As a visiting scholar at the International Institute of Social Studies __________ the Netherlands, Jayawardena _________________ course material _______________ the women and development programme she co-taught.
International Institute of Social Studies __________ the Netherlands,
1) in
2) at
3) into
4) belong
Correct Answer: in
QID : 74 - 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.
The first draft, Kumari Jayawardena _________________, was all jagged. She wrote it on train journeys between The Hague where she was teaching and Brussels where she _____________ then. It was the early 1980s. As a visiting scholar at the International Institute of Social Studies __________ the Netherlands, Jayawardena _________________ course material _______________ the women and development programme she co-taught.
Jayawardena _________________ course material
1) preparing
2) prepare
3) to prepare
4) was preparing
Correct Answer: was preparing
QID : 75 - 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.
The first draft, Kumari Jayawardena _________________, was all jagged. She wrote it on train journeys between The Hague where she was teaching and Brussels where she _____________ then. It was the early 1980s. As a visiting scholar at the International Institute of Social Studies __________ the Netherlands, Jayawardena _________________ course material _______________ the women and development programme she co-taught.
_______________ the women and development programme she co-taught.
1) from
2) to
3) for
4) so
Correct Answer: for
