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SSC-CHSL 2021 English

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Question 26
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in bold in the following sentence. At supper, everyone was in high spirits.

A
cheerful
B
drunk
C
nervous
D
anxious
Question 27
Comprehension

Select 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
passive role in making the trends
B
futile part in making trends
C
significant role in enduring the trends
D
docile part in enduring trends
Question 28
Comprehension

Direction : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence. I felt terribly jaded after working all weekend.

A
glutted
B
refreshed
C
spent
D
vigorous
Question 29
Comprehension

Select the correctly spelt word to fill in the blank. The people from sub-continent are very _____________.

A
superstitios
B
superstitious
C
supersticious
D
supersctitious
Question 30
Comprehension

Select the denotation of the highlighted word. The guile of the businessman is well known to his contemporaries.

A
Courage
B
Shyness
C
Gentleness
D
Slyness
Question 31
Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. A trip to the village temple was made by Bhavani yesterday.

A
Bhavani was going to make a trip to the temple yesterday.
B
Bhavani made a trip to the village temple yesterday.
C
Bhavani tripped to the village temple yesterday.
D
Bhavani is going to make a trip to the temple today.
Question 32
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. He dreams big than his friends.

A
bigger
B
more big
C
biggest
D
most big
Question 33
Comprehension

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
Inarch
D
Inarticulate
Question 34
Comprehension

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
brilliant
B
slick
C
random
D
quick
Question 35
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Gear up for

A
Start off
B
Pass into
C
Get ready for
D
Put on
Question 36
Comprehension

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
ADBC
B
BCDA
C
CBDA
D
CDBA
Question 37
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Call upon

A
To adjust
B
To stop
C
To follow
D
To order
Question 38
Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The boy kicked the ball high into the air.

A
The ball will be kicked high into the air by the boy.
B
The ball was kicked high into the air by the boy.
C
The boy kicks the ball high into the air.
D
The boy had kicked the ball high into the air.
Question 39
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. A wise king’s wisdom _____________the land like the sun.

A
illuminates
B
darkens
C
dims
D
spreads
Question 40
Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A small organized dissenting group within a larger one.

A
Band
B
Set
C
Faction
D
Cluster
Question 41
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Abundant

A
Abysmal
B
Ephemeral
C
Scarce
D
Plentiful
Question 42
Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Kiara will sign all the documents tomorrow.

A
Kiara was to be signed by tomorrow for all the documents.
B
Tomorrow Kiara will be signed by all the documents.
C
All the documents will be signed by Kiara tomorrow.
D
Kiara would have been signed tomorrow by all the documents. 
Question 43
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the highlighted word. The malice he developed for all caused a lot of damage.

A
avarice
B
grace
C
sympathy
D
oppression
Question 44
Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

A
Efficient
B
Layer
C
Committee
D
Feeld
Question 45
Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

A
Martinet
B
Congenital
C
Phlegmatic
D
Occular
Question 46
Comprehension

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

A
despite
B
under
C
through
D
towards
Question 47
Comprehension

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

A
whose
B
whom
C
who
D
which
Question 48
Comprehension

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

A
every
B
self
C
last
D
present
Question 49
Comprehension

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

A
callous
B
absent
C
ordinary
D
profuse
Question 50
Comprehension

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

A
organism
B
being
C
cripple
D
stance
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