SSC-CHSL 2021 English

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 126

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. A storm in a teacup

Tasty tea

The tea in which spices are added

A lot of anger and worries about trivial things 

To enjoy tea during a storm

Question 127

Comprehension

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. I was look forward to helping you complete the project.

look forward helping

look forward to helping

look forwarding to helps

look forwarding to helping

Question 128

Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Leverage

Oscilate

Bonfire

Ensue

Question 129

Comprehension

Select the denotation of the highlighted word. The tie complements the shirt he is wearing.

Disarrays

Relegates

Matches

Drains

Question 130

Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. He said, "It's been raining since last night."

He said that it had rained since last night.

He said that it had been raining since the night before.

He's said that it had been raining since yesterday.

He said that it's raining since last night.

Question 131

Comprehension

Select the denotation of the highlighted word. His finicky attitude was the main cause of the conflict.

Fussy

Indolent

Hasty

Nervous

Question 132

Comprehension

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. She bought the fine cloth in the store.

more fine

finest

most fine

finer

Question 133

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Primitive

Technical

Racial

Sophisticated

Agricultural

Question 134

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. One day, I was handed a few volumes of new literature, unlike anything I had ever read before and so ______ as to make me utterly forget my hopeless state.

repelling

captivating

boring

unrealistic

Question 135

Comprehension

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

To strike hard

to advise someone

To affect adversely

To write down

Question 136

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the highlighted word. They bestow upon him whatever he wishes.

intensify

gift

deny

classify

Question 137

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. The study of population and its dynamics

Democracy

Demography

Dysgraphia

Dermatology

Question 138

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The roof ______ the weight of the snow.

collapsed under

collapsed to

collapsed with

collapsed for

Question 139

Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Ministry

Attention

Attitude

Mimikry

Question 140

Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. 'Don Quixote' was written by Miguel Cervantes.

Miguel Cervantes was writing 'Don Quixote'.

Miguel Cervantes wrote 'Don Quixote'.

Miguel Cervantes had written 'Don Quixote'.

Miguel Cervantes has written 'Don Quixote'.

Question 141

Comprehension

In the following questions a statement has been given with highlighted text. Select the options that can replace the text correct idiom or phrase. The trainee performed the task with extreme ease .

At the eleventh hour

Call it a day

Swan song

A piece of cake

Question 142

Comprehension

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. He has been / excused by the teacher / by the time a formal complaint / for bullying was made.

excused by the teacher

for bullying was made

by the time a formal complaint

He has been

Question 143

Comprehension

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains an INCORRECTLY spelt word. The mother's tired and overrought mind could not process / the information of the demise of her only son / and she sat like a statue even when her / tormentors passed several obnoxious comments.

her tormentors passed several obnoxious comments

The mother's tired and overrought mind could not process

the information of the demise of her only son

and she sat like a statue even when her

Question 144

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’. Manoj was living in the city since 1993.

has been living

No substitution required

is living

will be living

Question 145

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. His mother, whose name no one knows, is found on the street, and dies just after Oliver’s birth. B. After the other boys bully Oliver into asking for more gruel at the end of a meal, Mr. Bumble offers five pounds to anyone who will take the boy away from the workhouse. C. Oliver Twist is born in a workhouse in 1830s England. D. Oliver spends the first nine years of his life in a badly run home for young orphans and then is transferred to a workhouse for adults.

CBDA

CDAB

BDCA

CADB

Question 146

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.

Guidance

Dress

Food

Help

Question 147

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.

Violating

Allowing

Ignoring

Outlawing

Question 148

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.

Envisioned

Navigated

Awaited

Scheduled

Question 149

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4.

Learn

Plan

Educate

Teach

Question 150

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.

Eloquently

Effectively

Abruptly

Affectively

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. A storm in a teacup

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. I was look forward to helping you complete the project.

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the denotation of the highlighted word. The tie complements the shirt he is wearing.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. He said, "It's been raining since last night."

Select the denotation of the highlighted word. His finicky attitude was the main cause of the conflict.

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. She bought the fine cloth in the store.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Primitive

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. One day, I was handed a few volumes of new literature, unlike anything I had ever read before and so ______ as to make me utterly forget my hopeless state.

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the highlighted word. They bestow upon him whatever he wishes.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. The study of population and its dynamics

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The roof ______ the weight of the snow.

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. 'Don Quixote' was written by Miguel Cervantes.

In the following questions a statement has been given with highlighted text. Select the options that can replace the text correct idiom or phrase. The trainee performed the task with extreme ease .

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. He has been / excused by the teacher / by the time a formal complaint / for bullying was made.

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select &lsquo;No substitution required&rsquo;. Manoj was living in the city since 1993.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.

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’. Manoj was living in the city since 1993.