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Wednesday, 1 March 2023

SSC CHSL English 05/08/2021 Shift I

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

Today you may not ______ what you hear, but that is the truth and you have to accept it.

1. answer

2. reply

3. enjoy

4. like

2) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

The branch of physics concerned with the properties of sound

1. Optics

2. Photonics

3. Mechanics

4. Acoustics

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

His voice was ______ by the sound of the helicopter.

1. driven

2. drawn

3. dawned

4. drowned

4) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. Resolute

2. Hautily

3. Discussion

4. Evidence

5) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. As a result, he had a debt of 500 million US dollars at the time of his death.

B. Unfortunately, he began spending lavishly on anything he desired, not what he actually needed.

C. Michael Jackson, called the ‘King of Pop Music’, stayed at the top of his career for many years.

D. He was respected for his work culture; he would spend long nights at the studio to fix a note correctly in a song.

1. DBAC

2. CDBA

3. BADC

4. ADCB

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

To have eggs on one’s face

1. To be embarrassed because of one’s action

2. To apply egg yolk on one’s face for making it look beautiful

3. To throw eggs on a speaker’s face

4. To buy eggs and break them

7) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

Sai Kumari gave Akhila a bouquet of lilies on her birthday.

1. Akhila was given a bouquet of lilies on her birthday by Sai Kumari.

2. Akhila was gave a bouquet of lilies on her birthday by Sai Kumari.

3. Akhila is given a bouquet of lilies on her birthday by Sai Kumari.

4. Akhila gave a bouquet of lilies on her birthday to Sai Kumari.

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.

A probe has been ordered / by the incident / that occurred at the celebrations.

1. A probe has been ordered

2. that occurred at the celebrations

3. by the incident

4. No error

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

Disheveled

1. Untidy

2. Cluttered

3. Ordered

4. Unkempt

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

Despicable

1. Commendable

2. Laudable

3. Contemptible

4. Desirable

11) 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 required'.

India has identified a nose-based vaccine against Covid-19 that could be a ‘game-changer’.

1. No substitution required

2. a nasal vaccine

3. an aural vaccine

4. a sense-based vaccine

12) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A new project or business activity involving some risk

1. Entrepreneur

2. Venture (n)

3. Experiment

4. Taboo

13) 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 required’.

Lavanya was happy to see that the tree they had planted the previous year has grow quite taller.

1. No substitution required

2. had grown quite tall

3. had grow quite taller

4. had grown quite tallest

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

The sports day events / will be conducted / from 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. / on Saturday.

1. The sports day events

2. from 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

3. on Saturday

4. will be conducted

15) Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

The students asked the teacher where they could find the information for their project.

1. The students said to the teacher, “Where can you find the information for our project?”

2. The students asked the teacher, “Where can we find the information for our project?”

3. The teacher said to the students, “Where you can find the information for your project.”

4. The teacher said to the students, “I will tell you where you can find the information for your project.”

16) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. Possesions

2. Irritation

3. Invitation

4. Protection

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

Forbid

1. Close

2. Prohibit

3. Adieu

4. Encourage

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

Accustomed

1. Terrific

2. Fabulous

3. Ordinary

4. Unusual

19) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Humwork because they have to; they play because they want to.

B. The most useful definitions are those that clarify the relationship of sports to play, games and contests.

C. “Play,” wrote the German theorist Carl Diem, “is purposeless activity, for its own sake, the opposite of work.”

D. Sports are part of every culture, past and present, but each culture has its own definition of sports.

1. ABCD

2. DCBA

3. DBCA

4. BADC

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

Thick as thieves

1. Having a close friendship

2. Being very dishonest

3. Never helping anyone

4. Telling lies all the time

Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Meghalaya, a hilly state of India, is located in the northeastern part of the country. It is (1)______ by the Indian state of Assam in the north and northeast and (2) ______ Bangladesh in the south and southwest. The state capital is (3) ______ hill town of Shillong, located in east- central Meghalaya. Meghalaya is an upland area formed by a (4)______ block of the Deccan plateau. Its summits vary in (5) ______ from 4,000 to 6,000 feet (1,220 to 1,830 metres).

21) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.1.

1. bind

2. bonded

3. bounded

4. bounding

22) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.2.

1. near

2. with

3. beside

4. by

23) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.3.

1. a

2. one

3. only

4. the

24) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.4.

1. withdrawn

2. standing

3. removed

4. detached

25) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.5.

1. distance

2. rise

3. elevation

4. increase

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