SSC-CHSL 2021 English

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 276

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. A student _______ in ragging can be expelled from the institution.

avoiding

curbing

contrasting

indulging

Question 277

Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. Four grams of sodium chloride was added to the mixture by the research team.

The research team added the mixture to four grams of sodium chloride.

Four grams of sodium chloride added the mixture to the research team.

The research team added four grams of sodium chloride to the mixture.

The mixture added four grams of sodium chloride to the research team.

Question 278

Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the following sentence. The Imitations of Horace raise issues of political nautrality, partisanship and moral satire, and as such are key texts of the Augustan age.

nautrality

satire

Augustan

partisanship

Question 279

Comprehension

Identify the option that arranges the given parts in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. a) However, through sheer grit and determination b) Nick was able to get admission to a high school c) Nick Vujicic was prevented from d) attending mainstream middle schools.

d, c, a, b

a, b, c, d

b, c, a, d

c, d, a, b

Question 280

Comprehension

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Ronaldo is / a famous / player of / the football.

a famous

Ronaldo is

the football

player of

Question 281

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Sceptic

Doubter

Believer

Disbeliever

Receiver

Question 282

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence. The uneducated man was flummoxed by the legal document.

happy

annoyed

comfortable

scared

Question 283

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. One who gives money or help to another person or cause.

Anarchist

Agnostic

Benefactor

Amateur

Question 284

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. He was a ______ stranger to me.

settled

full

complete

entire

Question 285

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Red letter day

Memorable day

Rose day

Holiday

Birthday

Question 286

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the highlighted word. Two original manuscripts of this text are still extant.

negotiate

extinct

drool

persist

Question 287

Comprehension

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Elina is / travelling / since / yesterday.

since

yesterday

Elina is

travelling

Question 288

Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Discipline

Conscious

Previlege

Believe

Question 289

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. The love of man or mankind

Philology

Philanthropy

Phylactery

Philosophy

Question 290

Comprehension

Select the sentence which has no spelling error.

Beethoven is known to be a prodigious musician of all times.

His business gives him cash in prodigeous amounts.

Ashley caught the spectators by his prodigiuos tricks.

Dusty is a prodegious novelist of the present era.

Question 291

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Read between the lines.

Be afraid of doing something again

Harm someone who trusts you

Speak the truth even if it is unpleasant

Understand something that is not said outright

Question 292

Comprehension

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. Reema and Aasha were frolicking in the park.

were enjoying in the garden

were participating in the garden

were playing in the garden

were performing in the garden

Question 293

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. A kick in the teeth.

Great disappointment

Extraction of a tooth

Toothache

Alcohol consumption

Question 294

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Pace

Target

Corner

Angle

Speed

Question 295

Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. My father teaches students.

My father is teaching students.

Students are being taught by my father

Students are taught by my father.

A student is taught by my father.

Question 296

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill the blank 1.

establishes

established

establish

establishing

Question 297

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill blank 2.

sit

collect

convene

disperse

Question 298

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill blank 3.

drew off

drew down

drew up

drew away

Question 299

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill blank 4.

between

from

among

while

Question 300

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill blank 5.

adapted

adopted

maintained

revoked

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