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Saturday, 25 February 2023

SSC GD Exam 2023 English 01/02/2023 Shift I

1 Select the correct idiom that can substitute the italicised group of words in the given sentence.

Prof. Ram Prasad was an environmental activist, and apparently, he became annoying and irritating to leather factories over the years.

1. a vexed question

2. a slow coach

3. an uphill task

4. a thorn in the flesh

2 Select the correct option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.

Slow and steady wins the race.

1. will win the race

2. No substitution

3. had won the race

4. won the race

3 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Blend

1. Scatter

2. Disunity

3. Fusion

4. Destruction

4 Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank.

This nation is _________ to each of its citizens.

1. fur

2. fair

3. fare

4. feel

5 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence.

It is quite comprehensible that now young people's minds are constantly being  reshaped by the media's constant meddling of certain unfathomable ideas and moral standards.

1. Constantly

2. Meddling

3. Comprehensible

4. Reshape

6 Select the most appropriate synonym for the underlined word in the given sentence.

The moral failure was the result of his lassitude.

1. luxury

2. derision

3. indulgence

4. weariness

7 Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.

A leading actor has said in a new interview that nepotism does not matter, and she is the best example of that.

1. unbiasedness

2. objectivity

3. neutrality

4. favouritism

8 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

The shield used by the / warrior have been one / made of strong iron.

1. No error

2. made of strong iron

3. warrior have been one

4. The shield used by the

9 Select the correct spelling of the word to fill in the blank in the given sentence.

Shyam ________ an _________ letter from his employer.

1. reseived; knowledgement

2. recievid; acknowledment

3. recieved; aknowlegdement

4. received; acknowledgment

10 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom that can be substituted in the following sentence.

The robber showed a clean pair of heels when the policeman came nearer.

1. stole and ran away with heels

2. showed how clean the heels were

3. stood so as to show the heels

4. ran away

11 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Truth

1. Reality

2. Lay

3. Loyalty

4. Falsity

12 Select the option with the correct spelling of the underlined word in the given sentence.

They waited for him in the adjcent room.

1. adgencent

2. adjacent

3. adjacentt

4. addjacent

13 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

He seized a thief by his __________ and forced him to answer.

1. colour

2. caller

3. choler

4. collar

14 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

The teacher asked me to tell him what is his name?

1. what he is called is.

2. what the name is.

3. what his name was.

4. what name is he?

15 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The child _____________ not guilty of shoplifting.

1. questioned

2. said

3. pleaded

4. nagged

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted.

Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Transformation of a sentence me(1) ___________ the words or forms of the sentence without changing (2) ___________ meaning. Such changes can be in the form (3) __________ changes from negative sentences into assertive, interrogative or exclamatory sentences and vice versa (4) ________ change in narration or change in voice or changes from simple to (5) _________ or complex sentences.

16 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

1. change

2. of change

3. to change

4. changing

17 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

1. its

2. her

3. his

4. their

18 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

1. in

2. on

3. at

4. of

19 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

1. but

2. or

3. so

4. yet

20 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

1. negative

2. assertive

3. positive

4. compound

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