SSC-CHSL 2017 English

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 1576
Comprehension

In the following question, the sentence given with a 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. Anita _________ a collection of every nation's currency.

A
Has
B
Possess
C
Is
D
Have
Question 1577
Comprehension

In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option. The bus from Haridwar to Delhi _________ at 11:15 a.m. daily.

A
Come
B
Arrived
C
Arrive
D
Arrives
Question 1578
Comprehension

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word. Noxious

A
Sterile
B
Harmful
C
Wholesome
D
Curing
Question 1579
Comprehension

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word. Herald

A
Messenger
B
Flock
C
Newcomer
D
Old
Question 1580
Comprehension

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word. Preclude

A
Include
B
Prevent
C
Impede
D
Stop
Question 1581
Comprehension

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word. Deserter

A
Criminal
B
Loyalist
C
Refugee
D
Runaway
Question 1582
Comprehension

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. The Montreal Protocol P : by more than 150 nations Q : on substances that deplete the R : Ozone layer, was signed in 1987

A
QRP
B
PRQ
C
RPQ
D
QPR
Question 1583
Comprehension

A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice. His daughter blamed him for partiality.

A
He was blame for partiality by his daughter.
B
He is being blamed for partiality by his daughter.
C
He was being blamed for partiality by his daughter.
D
He was blamed for partiality by his daughter.
Question 1584
Comprehension

A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech. Pooja said, “I write novels.”

A
Pooja says she wrote novels.
B
Pooja said that she wrote novels.
C
Pooja wrote a novel.
D
Novels were written by Pooja.
Question 1585
Comprehension

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt.

A
Fallacoius
B
Falacious
C
Fallacious
D
Facllacous
Question 1586
Comprehension

and that for ________ excellent reason.

A
A
B
An
C
At
D
To
Question 1587
Comprehension

B ecause, __________ there may be doubt

A
Though
B
Through
C
Thorough
D
Thought
Question 1588
Comprehension

there is ____________ doubt at all about the shape

A
None
B
No
C
Never
D
Nothing
Question 1589
Comprehension

No doctor ___________ to produce a new kind

A
Proposes
B
Propose
C
Proposing
D
Proposed
Question 1590
Comprehension

The hospital, by ____________, may send a man

A
Necessary
B
Necessarily
C
Necessity
D
Necessaries
Question 1591
Comprehension

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase. Wine and dine

A
Get drunk before dinner
B
A place where both alcohol and food is served
C
Live a hedonistic life
D
When somebody is treated to an expensive meal
Question 1592
Comprehension

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase. Cross your fingers

A
Do nothing and hope that everything will fall in its place automatically.
B
To express disapproval or dissatisfaction.
C
Tell others that you will approve only on certain conditions.
D
To hope that things will happen in the way that you want them to.
Question 1593
Comprehension

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence. A payment given for professional services that are rendered nominally without charge.

A
Honorarium
B
Penalty
C
Forfeit
D
Retribution
Question 1594
Comprehension

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence. Change in form, nature, or substance

A
Resolute
B
Immutable
C
Intrepid
D
Transmute
Question 1595
Comprehension

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement". The world we (is living) in is straight out of a dystopian novel.

A
Was living
B
Are live
C
Are living
D
No improvement
Question 1596
Comprehension

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement". He began to ask about his enemies who (had been hunting) him.

A
Is been hunting
B
Was been hunting
C
Had been hunted
D
No improvement
Question 1597
Comprehension

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph. Even our own languages A-it that the native speakers hardly B-have contributed words to C-consider foreign anymore

A
ACB
B
ABC
C
CAB
D
BAC
Question 1598
Comprehension

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A
Perennialy
B
Perenially
C
Perennially
D
Perenialy