SSC-CHSL 2021 English
Practice subject-wise previous year questions
Question 926
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence. You have made only perfunctory attempts to understand me!
A
adamantB
carefulC
basicD
casualQuestion 927
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Be under a cloud
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To be very happyB
To be gloomyC
To be untrustworthyD
To have a hidden talentQuestion 928
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Imprisonment
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IncapacitationB
IncarcerationC
InarchD
ImputationQuestion 929
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Hit the sack
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Hit the sackB
Confirm the targetC
Complete the assignmentD
Go to sleepQuestion 930
Comprehension
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
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HallucinateB
HiatusC
SacrilageD
LaunderetteQuestion 931
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. In queer street
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Among scoundrelsB
In prisonC
Lost your wayD
In debtQuestion 932
Comprehension
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. When we got / to the train station, / the Rajdhani Express / had already been leaving.
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the Rajdhani ExpressB
When we gotC
had already been leavingD
to the train stationQuestion 933
Comprehension
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. The students / and the teachers / worked hardly / to make the event a success.
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and the teachersB
worked hardlyC
The studentsD
to make the event a success Question 934
Comprehension
Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. I guessed her feelings when she started crying.
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estimated her emotionsB
estimated her rejoindersC
estimated her reactionsD
estimated her ripostesQuestion 935
Comprehension
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. His friends arranged for the ambulance and took him immediately to the hospital.
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His friends would have arranged for the ambulance and taken him immediately to the hospital.B
His friends were arranged for the ambulance and taken him immediately to the hospital.C
The ambulance arranged for his friends and took him immediately to the hospital.D
The ambulance was arranged for by his friends and he was immediately taken to the hospital.Question 936
Comprehension
Complete the collocation. When we met first it was very difficult to ______ the ice.
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smashB
burstC
breakD
shatterQuestion 937
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank Tagore and Gandhi were undoubtedly the two outstanding and _________ figures of India in the first half of twentieth century.
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dominatingB
activatingC
resumingD
appreciatingQuestion 938
Comprehension
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words. Raman is finding it difficult to adjust as he has come to a different country from his own country for settling .
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PilgrimB
ImmigrantC
GlobetrotterD
GypsyQuestion 939
Comprehension
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
A
EffervescentB
UnorganisedC
EfficientD
ScaleableQuestion 940
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. They also resolved to impose restrictions on the Russian central bank's ability to access and deploy the country's 'war chest' of an estimated $630 billion in foreign exchange reserves. B. Saturday's announcement by the US, the UK and European allies, including France and Germany, of a raft of 'further restrictive economic measures' to increase the costs on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine has just raised the risks of a more widespread economic fallout from this war. C. The immediate impact of these moves on Russia's economy and financial markets have manifested in a sharp depreciation in the value of the Rouble. D. With a view to further isolating Russia from the international financial system, the Western allies decided to block 'selected' Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging system that banks and financial institutions use to validate and complete international payment transactions.
A
BDACB
BACDC
ABCDD
DBACQuestion 941
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Defile
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RegularizeB
LaborC
ParticularizeD
PurifyQuestion 942
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Exorcise
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InventB
ExpelC
IntroduceD
ExpectQuestion 943
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Who is talking in the phone?
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forB
onC
withD
atQuestion 944
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence. You can sleep here but this bed is squalid and wet.
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disorderlyB
uncomfortableC
cleanD
painfulQuestion 945
Comprehension
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
A
LoquacityB
AthiestC
IntrepidD
AffluenceQuestion 946
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank 1.
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attachmentB
segmentationC
accordD
agreementQuestion 947
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank 2.
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preparedB
preparesC
preparingD
prepareQuestion 948
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank 3.
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forB
toC
onD
atQuestion 949
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank 4
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to be leadingB
leadingC
leadsD
leadQuestion 950
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank 5.
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agreementB
harmonyC
similarityD
disparities