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Wednesday, 1 March 2023

SSC CHSL English 06/08/2021 Shift I

1 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To add insult to injury

1. to make fun of someone

2. to work hard on making up

3. to make something worse

4. to wound physically

2 Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. Then he started on his eighteen kilometer expedition back to his village.

B. Mohan first equipped himself with a long, sturdy stick.

C. At several points, he lost the road and had to swim his way ahead.

D. It was a journey he would never forget where he had to use his stick constantly to locate the road.

1. DCAB

2. ACBD

3. CDBA

4. BADC

3 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

He is very impulsive and does things without rhyme or reason.

1. without proper planning

2. without a reasonable explanation

3. without any resources

4. without anyone’s help

4 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

LAVISH

1. excessive

2. luxurious

3. tiny

4. frugal

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

A. Next, keep tapping the pot on all sides and at the bottom until the plant loosens.

B. Finally, slide the plant gently and remove the old potting mix on a newspaper.

C. The first thing to do when repotting is to remove the plant from the current pot.

D. Begin by holding the plant gently, and turning the pot sideways.

1. CDAB

2. DBCA

3. BDAC

4. ACDB

6 Fill in the blank with most appropriate word.

This part of the sea ______ with sharks.

1. expands

2. crowds

3. suffices

4. teems

7 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.

AFFINITY

1. aversion

2. weakness

3. inclination

4. attraction

8 Select the misspelt word.

1. applause

2. modern

3. arrivel

4. serious

9 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

LIVID

1. furious

2. timid

3. mild

4. lively

10 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

He drove the car very carefully on the hilly terrain.

1. The car was driven very carefully on the hilly terrain.

2. The car is being driven very carefully on the hilly terrain.

3. The car has been driven very carefully on the hilly terrain.

4. The car is driven very carefully on the hilly terrain.

11 In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains a grammatical error.

If you rent a house near your office, it will save you time as well as also money.

1. If you rent a house

2. as well as also money

3. near your office

4. it will save you time

12 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’.

Small desert animals burrow underground across the days and come out only at night.

1. within the days

2. during the day

3. No substitution

4. between days

13 Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

“I love Bollywood music,” Deepu said to Reena.

1. Deepu told Reena that he loved Bollywood music.

2. Deepu will say to Reena that he loved Bollywood music.

3. Deepu says to Reena that he loves Bollywood music.

4. Deepu had told Reena that he loved Bollywood music.

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

Killing of one’s mother

1. infanticide

2. patricide

3. regicide

4. matricide

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

Notwithstanding we were / all busy that weekend / we had to / cancel the outing.

1. cancel the outing

2. we had to

3. Notwithstanding we were

4. all busy that weekend

16 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. aggravate

2. titilate

3. mediate

4. initiate

17 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

CALLOUS

1. inaccurate

2. insensitive

3. incredible

4. inexperienced

18 Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given words.

a period of two weeks

1. month

2. century

3. decade

4. fortnight

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

I must have dropped one of my gloves in the car.

1. any

2. No improvement

3. an

4. the

20 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

It is ______ to see so many of our fellow Indihelp the migrants in their struggle to go

home.

1. savouring

2. heartening

3. reuniting

4. relishing

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 number.

In the ‘Kingdom of Fools’, both the king and the ministers were complete fools. They didn’t want to do things (1)______ other kingdoms, so they decided to (2)______ night into day and day into night. They (3)______ that everyone should be awake at night, (4)_______ their lands and run their (5)______ only after dark and should go to bed as soon as the sun came up.

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

1. like

2. than

3. so as

4. same

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

1. adjust

2. develop

3. change

4. agree

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

1. ordered

2. presented

3. ruled

4. believed

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

1. till

2. cut

3. dig

4. sow

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

1. employment

2. livelihood

3. career

4. business

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