SSC CHSL English 04/08/2021 Shift I

1) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.

If he doesn't reach the station in time, he would sure miss the train.

1. would surely miss

2. No substitution

3. will sure missing

4. will surely miss

2) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

It is claimed that if you take a certain homeopathic medicine, it will ______ you against the coronavirus.

1. shelter

2. immune

3. reinforce

4. fortify

3) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

WRY

1. straight

2. frank

3. forthright

4. crooked

4) In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

My mother generally read the local newspaper to keep abreast of the local news.

1. the local newspaper

2. ofthe local news

3. My mother generally read

4. to keep abreast

5) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

SUSTENANCE

1. refreshment

2. livelihood

3. starvation

4. nourishment

6) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. superior

2. superstition

3. superflous

4. supreme

7) Select the option that will improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement'

What a palace home!

1. pushy

2. palatial

3. palatable

4. No improvement

8) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

MALIGNANT

1. vicious

2. beneficial

3. loving

4. healthy

9) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Under wraps

1. under estimate

2. double layered

3. secretly

4. underhand

10) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

DEVIOUS

1. Deceitful

2. shrewd

3. straight

4. calculating

11) Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Anju said to Vijaya, "You can stay with us whenever you are in Delhi."

1. Anju told Vijaya that she could stay with them whenever she was in Delhi.

2. Anju told Vijaya that she could stay with them whenever you were in Delhi.

3. Anju told Vijaya that she can stay with us whenever she is in Delhi.

4. Anju told Vijaya that you can stay with us whenever you are in Delhi.

12) Select the option which methe same as the group of words given.

A government run by the wealthy people

1. oligarchy

2. monarchy

3. plutocracy

4. aristocracy

13) Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

The Central Board of Secondary Education has launched a new helpline for students.

1. A new helpline for students is launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education.

2. A new helpline for students will be launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education.

3. A new helpline for students had been launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education.

4. A new helpline for students has been launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education.

14) Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.

A. He lived in a small house near the main road of a village.

B. As both, he and his wife, worked hard, they made a small fortune.

C. But one thing caused them great sorrow: they had no children.

D. After he got married, he started a tailor's shop.

1. ABDC

2. BDAC

3. ADBC

4. BACD

15) Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

Debjyoti’s short animation film ______ highlights the stark contrast between the rich and the poor in India.

1. poignantly

2. strictly

3. carelessly

4. sweetly

16) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

On tenterhooks

1. Very sad

2. Very tense

3. Very happy

4. very angry

17) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. disappear

2. until

3. twelth

4. temperature

18) Examine the four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.

A. We gently put the fledgling back into the nest.

B. One morning, we found one of the four fallen on the ground.

C. The robin couple built a nest in our verandah and laid four eggs.

D. Once they had hatched, they busily took turns feeding the four.

1. CDBA

2. ACDB

3. BADC

4. DABC

19) Select the word which methe same as the group of words given.

That which is incapable of being read or understood

1. Indelible

2. Illegible

3. Illegal

4. Intelligible

20) The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment which contains a grammatical error.

Deepu’s mother / has repeated asked him / to lower the volume / of his mobile.

1. has repeated asked him

2. to lower the volume

3. of his mobile

4. Deepu’s mother

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.

A year is hardly sufficient time for a Master to (1) ______ about a new school, leave alone absorb a distinct tradition like (2) ______. Most of the new appointees had not served in a residential school and (3) ______ time to learn. But the short tenure did not allow (4) ______. They could not develop understanding of the student and his (5) ______.

21) Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 1.

1. learnt

2. learn

3. learns

4. learning

22) Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2.

1. ourselves

2. himself

3. mine

4. ours

23) Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3.

1. needing

2. need

3. needed

4. needs

24) Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4.

1. them

2. those

3. these

4. that

25) Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 5.

1. environmentalist

2. environmental

3. environment

4. environmentally