SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 08 January 2017" Morning Shift (English Comprehension)
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 08 January 2017" Morning Shift
(English Comprehension)
QID : 76 - 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'.
I asked the shopkeeper (A)/"Do you have change(B)/for a five hundred rupees note?"(C)/No error(D) Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: C
QID : 77 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
things that have been discarded as worthless. Options:
1) remains
2) flotsam
3) shambles
4) havoc
Correct Answer: flotsam
QID : 78 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
(I myself think) that this investigation is biased.
Options:
1) I think myself
2) I thought myself
3) I myself thought
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: no improvement
QID : 79 - 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'.
Each boy was given (A)/a toy as a parting gift,(B)/which made them happy.(C)/No error(D) Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: D
QID : 80 - 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.
The ..................with which she manages the task is remarkable.
1) calm
2) comfort
3) ease
4) satisfaction
Correct Answer: ease
QID : 81 - In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
The preacher said, "May God grant peace to the departed!" Options:
1) The preacher prays that God will grant peace to the departed.
2) The preacher prayed that God would grant peace to the departed.
3) The preacher said that God may grant peace to the departed.
4) The preacher said, God may grant peace to the departed.
Correct Answer: The preacher prayed that God would grant peace to the departed.
QID : 82 - Select the antonym of
ingestion
Options:
1) gulp
2) slug
3) excrete
4) chug
Correct Answer: excrete
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QID : 83 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Today, however, when one in four rural Indians
P-in identifying the poor are far greater
Q-is poor, our chances of being wrong
R-and one in six urban Indians
Options:
1) PRQ
2) RQP
3) QRP
4) QPR
Correct Answer: RQP
QID : 84 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. Fans (queue) for the concert tickets since early morning.
Options:
1) has queued up
2) have had queued
3) have been queuing up
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: have been queuing up
QID : 85 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
become apparent through the appearance of symptoms. Options:
1) manifest
2) distinct
3) visible
4) divulged
Correct Answer: manifest
QID : 86 - Select the synonym of
splinter
Options:
1) stub
2) share
3) chip
4) friction
Correct Answer: chip
QID : 87 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
In that case,
P-put together the best gender-just
Q-practices from all Personal Laws
R-a Uniform Civil Code would simply
1) RPQ
2) QRP
3) RQP
4) PQR
Correct Answer: RPQ
QID : 88 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Wear your heart on your sleeve
Options:
1) a very bold person
2) a noble pure person
3) make one's feelings apparent
4) being overtly polite at all times
Correct Answer: make one's feelings apparent
QID : 89 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) comando
2) coolants
3) limphoid
4) permutted
Correct Answer: coolants
QID : 90 - Select the synonym of
spartan
Options:
1) garish
2) forgiven
3) civilized
4) brave
Correct Answer: brave
QID : 91 - 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.
The Directors failed to understand the ..................behind the decision to suspend the manager. Options:
1) belief
2) politics
3) ideology
4) rationale
Correct Answer: rationale
QID : 92 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
When it rains, it pours
Options:
1) one getting much less than what one expected
2) calamity always occurs in bad times
3) you always fall into trouble when you are least prepared
4) When something bad occurs, it usually occurs more than once
Correct Answer: When something bad occurs, it usually occurs more than once
QID : 93 - In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
Dark clouds have overcast the evening sky. Options:
1) By the dark clouds the evening sky was overcast.
2) The evening sky has been overcast by the dark clouds.
3) Dark clouds overcastted the evening sky.
4) The sky of the evening was overcasted by dark clouds.
Correct Answer: The evening sky has been overcast by the dark clouds.
QID : 94 - Select the antonym of
horrify
Options:
1) affright
2) petrify
3) appall
4) soothe
Correct Answer: soothe
QID : 95 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) pillages
2) spliter
3) palenes
4) bloting
Correct Answer: pillages
QID : 96 - 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.
Words give reality to life. Some do better than others, offering ..................as in twenty shades of grey. They do not ..................describe reality, they create it, giving it colour, depth, and form. ..................all, what I am really interested in here is talking about just one word which reveals a great ..................about India. The word tells us about its politics, its social self, and its communities. ............................... , that word is not jugaad. It's close, but the word is matlabi.
offering ..................as in twenty shades of grey. Options:
1) distinction
2) nuance
3) hint
4) implication
Correct Answer: nuance
QID : 97 - 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.
Words give reality to life. Some do better than others, offering ..................as in twenty shades of grey. They do not ..................describe reality, they create it, giving it colour, depth, and form. ..................all, what I am really interested in here is talking about just one word which reveals a great ..................about India. The word tells us about its politics, its social self, and its communities. ................................., that word is not jugaad. It's close, but the word is matlabi.
They do not ..................describe reality
Options:
1) so
2) just
3) somewhat
4) whatsoever
Correct Answer: just
QID : 98 - 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.
Words give reality to life. Some do better than others, offering ..................as in twenty shades of grey. They do not ..................describe reality, they create it, giving it colour, depth, and form. ..................all, what I am really interested in here is talking about just one word which reveals a great ..................about India. The word tells us about its politics, its social self, and its communities. ............................, that word is not jugaad. It's close, but the word is matlabi.
..................all, what I am really interested in here is talking about
Options:
1) Hence
2) So
3) Henceforth
4) But
Correct Answer: But
QID : 99 - 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.
Words give reality to life. Some do better than others, offering ..................as in twenty shades of grey. They do not ..................describe reality, they create it, giving it colour, depth, and form. ..................all, what I am really interested in here is talking about just one word which reveals a great ..................about India. The word tells us about its politics, its social self, and its communities. ................................, that word is not jugaad. It's close, but the word is matlabi.
one word which reveals a great ..................about India. Options:
1) deal
2) amount
3) quantity
4) information
Correct Answer: deal
QID : 100 - 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.
Words give reality to life. Some do better than others, offering ..................as in twenty shades of grey. They do not ..................describe reality, they create it, giving it colour, depth, and form. ..................all, what I am really interested in here is talking about just one word which reveals a great ..................about India. The word tells us about its politics, its social self, and its communities. ................................... , that word is not jugaad. It's close, but the word is matlabi.
.................., that word is not jugaad.
Options:
1) Because
2) But
3) No
4) Yes
Correct Answer: No
