SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 07
February 2017" Morning Shift (English Comprehension)
QID : 1- In the
following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which
is the best substitute of the phrase.
Courteousness and refinement of manner.
Options:
1)plaudit
2)adulation
3)urbanity
4)profanity
Correct Answer:urbanity
QID : 2- In the
following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which
best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
to have an axe to grind
Options:
1)sharpening your skills in anticipation of future challenges
2)to have a private reason for doing something
3)preparing for a fight
4)getting ready for work or a new project
Correct Answer:to have a private reason for doing something
QID : 3- Select the
synonym of precedent
Options:
1)contingent
2)criterion
3)arbitrary
4)fortuitous
Correct Answer:criterion
QID : 4- 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.
Jayesh has sent the email.
Options:
1)The email has had been sent by Jayesh.
2)The email has been sent by Jayesh.
3)The email was sent by Jayesh.
4)The email was send by Jayesh.
Correct Answer:The email has been sent by Jayesh.
QID : 5- 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.
Anil says, "I am glad to be here this morning"
Options:
1)Anil says he is glad to be there that morning.
2)Anil says that he is glad to be there that morning.
3)Anil was saying that he was glad to be there this morning.
4)Anil says that he was glad to be here this morning.
Correct Answer:Anil says that he is glad to be there that
morning.
QID : 6- In the
following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an
appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate
it by selecting the appropriate option.
Either you're a mind reader or it's a __________________ that you called me
just as I was keying your phone number.
Options:
1)coincidence
2)correlation
3)union
4)happening
Correct Answer:coincidence
QID : 7- In the
following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which
best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
great minds think alike
Options:
1)it is said when two people have the same opinion
2)it is said when clever people think rationally
3)since there is only one truth , the great philosophers have reached on
similar conclusions
4)scientists and philosophers easily become friends
Correct Answer:it is said when two people have the same
opinion
QID : 8- Select the
antonym of
to rake
Options:
1)to harrow
2)to scatter
3)to scour
4)to enfilade
Correct Answer:to scatter
QID : 9- Improve the
bracketed part of the sentence.
When I(go)to Paris, I shall visit the Eiffel Tower.
Options:
1)shall go
2)will be going
3)have to go
4)no improvement
Correct Answer:no improvement
QID : 10- Select the
synonym of
digression
Options:
1)meandering
2)candid
3)categorical
4)unequivocal
Correct Answer:meandering
QID : 11- In the
following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an
appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate
it by selecting the appropriate option.
Excusing yourself before standing to leave is part of proper table
____________.
Options:
1)usage
2)etiquette
3)dignity
4)habit
Correct Answer:etiquette
QID : 12- Select the
word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1)deriesion
2)apalled
3)civilian
4)sacluded
Correct Answer:civilian
QID : 13- Improve the
bracketed part of the sentence.
Please pass me that (scissors).
Options:
1)scissor
2)pair of scissor
3)pair of scissors
4)no improvement
Correct Answer:pair of scissors
QID : 14- Rearrange
the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Do people take
P-rejection of every candidate?
Q-the trouble to go and
R-vote only to register their
Options:
1)RQP
2)RPQ
3)PRQ
4)QRP
Correct Answer:QRP
QID : 15- Select the
word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1)alackrity
2)refileing
3)bufoons
4)condense
Correct Answer:condense
QID : 16- In the
following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which
is the best substitute of the phrase.
Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives
Options:
1)redoubt
2)scrupulous
3)immaculate
4)sordid
Correct Answer:sordid
QID : 17- Rearrange
the parts of the sentence in correct order.
The reference
P-is simultaneously a matter
Q-to the size of a vulnerable community
R-of legal as well as political and ethical perspective
Options:
1)RPQ
2)QRP
3)QPR
4)PRQ
Correct Answer:QPR
QID : 18- 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'.
To the whale, its(A)/tail is the sole(B)/mean of propulsion.(C)/No error(D)
Options:
1)A
2)B
3)C
4)D
Correct Answer:C
QID : 19- 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'.
There was a fine line(A)/between being frugal(B)/and being a miser.(C)/No
error(D)
Options:
1)A
2)B
3)C
4)D
Correct Answer:D
QID : 20- Select the antonym of
to contend
Options:
1)to comply
2)to oppugn
3)to grapple
4)to vie
Correct Answer:to comply
QID : 21- 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.
Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, _______________ to
destroy them. The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term
for a court to come along 66 years _________________, and
______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights
to some mythic notion of community harmony, entirely submerging the individual
_______________ the society.
_______________ to destroy them.
Options:
1)neither
2)nor
3)no
4)not
Correct Answer:not
QID : 22- 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.
Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, _______________ to
destroy them. The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term
for a court to come along 66 years _________________, and
______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights
to some mythic notion of community harmony, entirely submerging the individual
_______________ the society.
The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term
Options:
1)Constitutions'
2)Constitution's
3)Constitutions
4)Constitution
Correct Answer:Constitution's
QID : 23- 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.
Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, _______________ to
destroy them. The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term
for a court to come along 66 years _________________, and
______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights
to some mythic notion of community harmony, entirely submerging the individual
_______________ the society.
a court to come along 66 years _________________,
Options:
1)late
2)lately
3)later
4)latest
Correct Answer:later
QID : 24- 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.
Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, _______________ to
destroy them. The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term
for a court to come along 66 years _________________, and
______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights
to some mythic notion of community harmony, entirely submerging the individual
_______________ the society.
and ______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual
rights
Options:
1)appropriate
2)appropriately
3)appropriating
4)appropriated
Correct Answer:appropriate
QID : 25- 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.
Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, _______________ to
destroy them. The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term
for a court to come along 66 years _________________, and
______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights
to some mythic notion of community harmony, entirely submerging the individual
_______________ the society.
entirely submerging the individual _______________ the society.
Options:
1)on
2)onto
3)upon
4)within
Correct Answer:within
