SSC-CHSL 2021 English
Practice subject-wise previous year questions
Question 76
Comprehension
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words. Ravi got the job easily because he speaks many languages.
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PolyglotB
PolynomialC
PolycentricD
PolysyllabicQuestion 77
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Loathe
A
EntrenchB
AbhorC
AbjureD
MeddleQuestion 78
Comprehension
From among the words given in bold, select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the following sentence. The popular ridikule of Puritanism in burlesque and doggerel is best exemplified in Butler’s Hudibras.
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exemplifiedB
ridikuleC
burlesqueD
doggerelQuestion 79
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. A snake in the grass
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A timid personB
A deceitful personC
A wealthy personD
A talkative personQuestion 80
Comprehension
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word
A
GuideB
GeityC
GuardD
GlobalQuestion 81
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline segment in the given sentence. During the war, the comedian proved to be a man of music .
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man of wordsB
man of MarsC
man of strawD
man of grassQuestion 82
Comprehension
Select the denotation of the highlighted word. The archer doesn’t get perturbed easily.
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InitiatedB
AgitatedC
AnimatedD
TriumphedQuestion 83
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence. All his bones could be counted because his body was totally shrivelled and wrinkled with age .
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wizenedB
shrunkenC
driedD
bonyQuestion 84
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Asha was ___________ made a fool by her friend.
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insistentlyB
unknowinglyC
innocentlyD
deliberatelyQuestion 85
Comprehension
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. You never hear of a happy billionaire.
A
A happy billionaire is never heard of.B
A happy billionaire never heard of.C
A happy billionaire is never heard by you.D
No one hears a happy billionaire.Question 86
Comprehension
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The most recent studies on the human body are likely to alter the face of health sciences.
A
The most recent studies on the human body are likely to be altered by the face of health sciences.B
The face of health sciences will be altering the most recent studies on the human body.C
The face of health sciences is likely to be altered by the most recent studies on the human body.D
The most face of health sciences is likely to alter the recent studies on the human body. Question 87
Comprehension
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. The river / flowed besides / the hillock / in our village.
A
in our villageB
the hillockC
flowed besidesD
The riverQuestion 88
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Tit for tat
A
Prepare to leaveB
A wild guessC
Counter attackD
Go smoothlyQuestion 89
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence. Eventually the patient succumbed to her illness.
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diedB
overcameC
surrenderedD
advancedQuestion 90
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Show me the better dress in the shop.
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a betterB
a goodC
the bestD
the goodQuestion 91
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. Their brother, John, is more blatantly hostile to Jane, reminding her that she is a poor dependent of his mother. B. Orphaned as an infant, Jane Eyre lives at Gateshead with her aunt, Sarah Reed, as the novel opens. C. Her female cousins, Georgiana, and Eliza tolerate, but don't love her. D. Jane is ten years old, an outsider in the Reed family.
A
DCABB
DBCAC
BDCAD
BACDQuestion 92
Comprehension
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
A
BeautycianB
MathematicianC
MusicianD
TechnicianQuestion 93
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’. At the end of our first two weeks on the island, we were informed that our lawyers, Bram Fischer and Joel Joffe, were going to be visiting the following day.
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we are informedB
we get informC
No substitution requiredD
we were informQuestion 94
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Perilous
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DangerousB
StimulusC
SecureD
ImpetusQuestion 95
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Serendipity
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SibilanceB
GodsendC
CatastropheD
SurreptitiousQuestion 96
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
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againstB
onC
offD
toQuestion 97
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
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downB
besideC
sinceD
atQuestion 98
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
A
buildingB
supplyingC
servingD
maintainingQuestion 99
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
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quietlyB
farC
frequentlyD
lessQuestion 100
Comprehension
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
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superficiallyB
disinterestedlyC
advertentlyD
ultimately