SSC CHSL 2021 Tier-1 English Paper Mock Test-39 (9-6-2022 Shift-3)

Total Number of Questions: 25

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Q.1 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

The teacher gave the question paper.

Options:

(a) The question paper was being given by the teacher.

(b) The question paper has been given by the teacher.

(c) The question paper was given by the teacher.

(d) The question paper was gave by the teacher.

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Q.2 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.

The employee took the manager’s remark with a pinch of salt

Options:

(a) Doubt the truth or value of something

(b) Distasteful and boring

(c) Ever ready to condemn someone

(d) Going for the truth

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Q.3 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

The movers and shakers

Options:

(a) Transportation company

(b) Labourers

(c) People who have a lot of power and influence

(d) Travelling agency

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Q.4 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The young king tried to speak, but his tongue seemed to ________ the roof of his mouth, and his lips refused to move.

Options:

(a) leave to

(b) divide to

(c) cleave to

(d) link to

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Q.5 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

She raced ______ towards the train.

Options:

(a) crazily

(b) berserk

(c) hectically

(d) frantically

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Q.6 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.

Ipshita knows many languages like French, Dutch and English, and she speaks them

fluently.

Options:

(a) Polyglot

(b) Bureaucrat

(c) Prodigy

(d) Translator

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Q.7 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Snail’s pace

Options:

(a) Very sharp 

(b) Very active 

(c) Very slow 

(d) Very fast 

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Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Hopefully, things will return to normal in the __________.

Options:

(a) past

(b) present

(c) future

(d) earlier

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Q.9 Complete the sentence with an appropriate synonym of the word mentioned in the

bracket.

Diseases like Verminosis and Mastitis only ___________ (damage) domestic cattle.

Options:

(a) delight

(b) afflict

(c) assist

(d) relieve

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Q.10 Select the sentence which has no spelling error.

Options:

(a) Like all flies, mosquitoes also have four stages in their life.

(b) Female mosqueteos have a longer life than their male mates.

(c) The common reaction to mosquiteo’s biting is itching.

(d) There are more than 3500 types of moskuitoes in the world.

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Q.11 From among the words given in underlined, select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the following sentence.

The streets are crowded with tribal urchins in tattered jackets, bowlegged donkeys hauling firewood, steep mountain trails, and occasional palanquins for arthritic bussinessman.

Options:

(a) palanquins

(b) bussinessman

(c) bowlegged

(d) urchins

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Q.12 Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.

The hapless incident was a result of sheer negligence by the authorities.

Options:

(a) triumphant

(b) grateful

(c) joyful

(d) ill- fated

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Q.13 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Options:

(a) Knowlege

(b) Jocular

(c) College

(d) Marinate

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Q.14 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence.

Upon hearing the great achievements of the historic character, he was in a state of awed admiration and respect.

Options:

(a) wonderment

(b) awed

(c) wonder

(d) wondering

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Q.15 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Any resemblance of a character in this book to a living person is ______ incidental.

Options:

(a) absolutely

(b) thoroughly

(c) purely

(d) naturally

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Q.16 Spot the error in the given sentence and select the correct sentence from the options given.

There were more than thirty delegates who attend the training programme last summer.

Options:

(a) There was more than thirty delegates who attend the training programme last summer

(b) There were more than thirty delegates who attends the training programme last summer.

(c) There were more than thirty delegates who attended the training programme last summer.

(d) There are more than thirty delegates who attend the training programme last summer

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Q.17 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

We have _______ long weekend ahead.

Options:

(a) the

(b) one

(c) an

(d) a

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Q.18 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

Simba and snowy are cute than the other puppies.

Options:

(a) more cute

(b) cuter

(c) cutest

(d) most cute

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Q.19 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Options:

(a) Appetight

(b) Success

(c) Confidence

(d) Reliance

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Q.20 Identify the option that arranges the given parts in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Jumped off the bus in front of the old woman’s home

B. It was mid-morning and a very cold, bright day

C. Holding a potted planted before her, a girl of fourteen

D. On the outskirts of town

Options:

(a) ADCB

(b) BCAD

(c) ABCD

(d) CABD

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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.

(1) _________ areas are also known as the ’countryside’ or a ‘village’ in India. It has a very low population (2) _________. In rural areas, agriculture is the chief source of livelihood along with fishing, cottage (3) ___________, pottery etc. The (4) ___________ to discover the real rural India still continues in great earnest. Almost (5) ___________ economic agency today has a definition of rural India.

SubQuestion No : 21

Q.21 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

Options:

(a) Ruler

(b) City

(c) Country

(d) Rural

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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.

(1) _________ areas are also known as the ’countryside’ or a ‘village’ in India. It has a very low population (2) _________. In rural areas, agriculture is the chief source of livelihood along with fishing, cottage (3) ___________, pottery etc. The (4) ___________ to discover the real rural India still continues in great earnest. Almost (5) ___________ economic agency today has a definition of rural India.

SubQuestion No : 22

Q.22 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

Options:

(a) mass

(b) thickness

(c) density

(d) bulk

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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.

(1) _________ areas are also known as the ’countryside’ or a ‘village’ in India. It has a very low population (2) _________. In rural areas, agriculture is the chief source of livelihood along with fishing, cottage (3) ___________, pottery etc. The (4) ___________ to discover the real rural India still continues in great earnest. Almost (5) ___________ economic agency today has a definition of rural India.

SubQuestion No : 23

Q.23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3

Options:

(a) industrialist

(b) industrial

(c) industries

(d) industriousness

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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.

(1) _________ areas are also known as the ’countryside’ or a ‘village’ in India. It has a very low population (2) _________. In rural areas, agriculture is the chief source of livelihood along with fishing, cottage (3) ___________, pottery etc. The (4) ___________ to discover the real rural India still continues in great earnest. Almost (5) ___________ economic agency today has a definition of rural India.

SubQuestion No : 24

Q.24 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

Options:

(a) discovery

(b) resistance

(c) quest

(d) flight

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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.

(1) _________ areas are also known as the ’countryside’ or a ‘village’ in India. It has a very low population (2) _________. In rural areas, agriculture is the chief source of livelihood along with fishing, cottage (3) ___________, pottery etc. The (4) ___________ to discover the real rural India still continues in great earnest. Almost (5) ___________ economic agency today has a definition of rural India.

SubQuestion No : 25

Q.25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

Options:

(a) all

(b) both

(c) none

(d) every

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The average score is 48%

Total Number of Questions: 25

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