SSC CHSL 24th May Shift 2 - English
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
- A.
Efficient
- B.
Feeld
- C.
Committee
- D.
Layer
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ReportSelect the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
One’s family plays a very major role to continue the trends and age-old traditions.
- A.
significant role in enduring the trends
- B.
passive role in making the trends
- C.
docile part in enduring trends
- D.
futile part in making trends
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
A wise king’s wisdom _____________the land like the sun.
- A.
dims
- B.
darkens
- C.
spreads
- D.
illuminates
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
He dreams big than his friends.
- A.
most big
- B.
biggest
- C.
more big
- D.
bigger
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the highlighted word.
The malice he developed for all caused a lot of damage.
- A.
oppression
- B.
grace
- C.
sympathy
- D.
avarice
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Kiara will sign all the documents tomorrow.
- A.
All the documents will be signed by Kiara tomorrow.
- B.
Tomorrow Kiara will be signed by all the documents.
- C.
Kiara would have been signed tomorrow by all the documents.
- D.
Kiara was to be signed by tomorrow for all the documents.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Abundant
- A.
Plentiful
- B.
Scarce
- C.
Abysmal
- D.
Ephemeral
Select the denotation of the highlighted word.
The guile of the businessman is well known to his contemporaries.
- A.
Slyness
- B.
Gentleness
- C.
Courage
- D.
Shyness
Select the most appropriate synonym of the word given in the brackets to fill in the blank.
The university team won the match in the end with a _______________ (cunning) move.
- A.
quick
- B.
slick
- C.
random
- D.
brilliant
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence.
I felt terribly jaded after working all weekend.
- A.
spent
- B.
glutted
- C.
vigorous
- D.
refreshed
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in bold in the following sentence.
At supper, everyone was in high spirits.
- A.
nervous
- B.
cheerful
- C.
drunk
- D.
anxious
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A small organised dissenting group within a larger one
- A.
Set
- B.
Band
- C.
Cluster
- D.
Faction
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly
- A.
Inane
- B.
Inapt
- C.
Inarticulate
- D.
Inarch
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
- A.
Martinet
- B.
Phlegmatic
- C.
Congenital
- D.
Occular
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Call upon
- A.
To adjust
- B.
To stop
- C.
To order
- D.
To follow
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Gear up for
- A.
Put on
- B.
Pass into
- C.
Start off
- D.
Get ready for
Select the correctly spelt word to fill in the blank.
The people from sub-continent are very _____________.
- A.
supersctitious
- B.
superstitios
- C.
superstitious
- D.
supersticious
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The boy kicked the ball high into the air.
- A.
The boy kicks the ball high into the air.
- B.
The ball was kicked high into the air by the boy.
- C.
The boy had kicked the ball high into the air.
- D.
The ball will be kicked high into the air by the boy
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
A trip to the village temple was made by Bhavani yesterday.
- A.
Bhavani is going to make a trip to the temple today.
- B.
Bhavani was going to make a trip to the temple yesterday.
- C.
Bhavani made a trip to the village temple yesterday.
- D.
Bhavani tripped to the village temple yesterday.
Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The first time that I was seated behind a curtain in a dining car, I felt as if the curtain had been dropped on my selfhood and could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because the very idea of separation did something to my sense of dignity and self-respect.
B. One Sunday, we went to church in Simsbury, and we were the only Negroes there and on Sunday mornings I was the religious leader and spoke on any text I wanted to 107 boys.
C. Just before going to college I went to Simsbury, Connecticut, and worked for a whole summer on a tobacco farm to earn a little school money to supplement what my parents were doing.
D. After that summer in Connecticut, it was a bitter feeling going back to segregation and it was hard to understand why I could ride wherever I pleased on the train from New York to Washington and then had to change to a Jim Crow car at the nation’s capital in order to continue the trip to Atlanta.
- A.
CBDA
- B.
ADBC
- C.
CDBA
- D.
BCDA
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Novelists when they write novels tend to take an almost god-like attitude (1) ___________ their subject, pretending to a total comprehension of the story, a man's life, (2) __________ they can therefore recount as God Himself might, nothing standing between them and the naked truth, the entire story meaningful in (3) ___________ detail. I am as little able to do this as the novelist is, even though my story is more important to me than any novelist's is to him - for this is my story; it is the story of a man, not of an invented, or possible, or idealised or otherwise (4) __________ figure, but of a unique (5) ___________ of flesh and blood.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
- A.
despite
- B.
towards
- C.
under
- D.
through
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
- A.
whose
- B.
who
- C.
whom
- D.
which
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
- A.
self
- B.
last
- C.
present
- D.
every
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
- A.
absent
- B.
ordinary
- C.
profuse
- D.
callous
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
- A.
stance
- B.
being
- C.
cripple
- D.
organism