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.

A
Polyglot
B
Polynomial
C
Polycentric
D
Polysyllabic
Question 77
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Loathe

A
Entrench
B
Abhor
C
Abjure
D
Meddle
Question 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.

A
exemplified
B
ridikule
C
burlesque
D
doggerel
Question 79
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. A snake in the grass

A
A timid person
B
A deceitful person
C
A wealthy person
D
A talkative person
Question 80
Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word

A
Guide
B
Geity
C
Guard
D
Global
Question 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 .

A
man of words
B
man of Mars
C
man of straw
D
man of grass
Question 82
Comprehension

Select the denotation of the highlighted word. The archer doesn’t get perturbed easily.

A
Initiated
B
Agitated
C
Animated
D
Triumphed
Question 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 .

A
wizened
B
shrunken
C
dried
D
bony
Question 84
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Asha was ___________ made a fool by her friend.

A
insistently
B
unknowingly
C
innocently
D
deliberately
Question 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 village
B
the hillock
C
flowed besides
D
The river
Question 88
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Tit for tat

A
Prepare to leave
B
A wild guess
C
Counter attack
D
Go smoothly
Question 89
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence. Eventually the patient succumbed to her illness.

A
died
B
overcame
C
surrendered
D
advanced
Question 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.

A
a better
B
a good
C
the best
D
the good
Question 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
DCAB
B
DBCA
C
BDCA
D
BACD
Question 92
Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

A
Beautycian
B
Mathematician
C
Musician
D
Technician
Question 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.

A
we are informed
B
we get inform
C
No substitution required
D
we were inform
Question 94
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Perilous

A
Dangerous
B
Stimulus
C
Secure
D
Impetus
Question 95
Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Serendipity

A
Sibilance
B
Godsend
C
Catastrophe
D
Surreptitious
Question 96
Comprehension

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

A
against
B
on
C
off
D
to
Question 97
Comprehension

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

A
down
B
beside
C
since
D
at
Question 98
Comprehension

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

A
building
B
supplying
C
serving
D
maintaining
Question 99
Comprehension

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

A
quietly
B
far
C
frequently
D
less
Question 100
Comprehension

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

A
superficially
B
disinterestedly
C
advertently
D
ultimately