SSC-CHSL 2021 English

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 201

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. In order to win the competition, one has to be creative .

most creative

more creative

creativest

creativer

Question 202

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Eternal; lasting forever or indefinitely.

Peristyle

Perpetual

Perplex

Permissive

Question 203

Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Cavalier

Elegant

Charishma

Dominate

Question 204

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline segment in the given sentence. The Ukranian soldiers passed in for several weeks.

hanged to

get off

held out

hanged in

Question 205

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. We should ______ his outfit as he has put on weight.

alter

altar

ultra

utter

Question 206

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Sanguinity.

Acrimony

Despondence

Optimism

Distrust

Question 207

Comprehension

Select the correct homonym from the given options to fill in the blank. The French perfume has a wonderful________.

sent

send

scent

cent

Question 208

Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. The new bride is going to be admired by everyone in the family.

Everybody in the family is going to admire the new bride.

Everybody in the family was admiring the new bride.

Everybody in the family has been going to admire the new bride.

Everybody in the family was going to admire the new bride.

Question 209

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words. Mohan frequently wastes his money on luxurious objects such as cars and digital devices.

Extravagant

Businessman

Consumer

Capitalist

Question 210

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Safe pair of hands.

Miss an opportunity

Speak rashly without thinking carefully

A secret or hidden advantage

A person who can be trusted to do something efficiently

Question 211

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. An outlook that is influenced by people from all over the world.

Cosmopolitan

Epitome

Unrefined

Cantonment

Question 212

Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. Admittance was refused to him by the airport security.

The airport security is refusing him admittance.

The airport security has refused him admittance.

The airport security had refused him admittance .

The airport security refused him admittance.

Question 213

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. I told Pooja that she could have use my car to get around while she is in my hometown.

that she could have use my car to get around with

that she can use my car to get around

that she could have use my car to get away

that she can use my car to get away with

Question 214

Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Gothic

Neutron

Frosty

Decieve

Question 215

Comprehension

F rom among the words given in bold, select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the following sentence. Almost all the governors of Bengal strongly resented the special privileges enjoyed by English company as it meant a huge loss to the provinciel exchequer .

provinciel

resented

exchequer

privileges

Question 216

Comprehension

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The government presented awards to eminent people.

Eminent people were presented awards by the government.

Eminent people are presented awards by the government.

Eminent people are being presented awards by the government.

Eminent people were being presented awards by the government. 

Question 217

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the given sentence. Due to his hard work, he established a succesful career.

successful

sucessful

sucessfful

sucessfull

Question 218

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. Dumbledore tells McGonagall that someone named Voldemort has killed a Mr. and Mrs. Potter and tried unsuccessfully to kill their baby son, Harry. B. Dumbledore leaves Harry with an explanatory note in a basket in front of the Dursley home. C. Mr. Dursley, a well-off Englishman, notices strange happenings on his way to work one day. D. That night, Albus Dumbledore, the head of a wizardry academy called Hogwarts, meets Professor McGonagall, who also teaches at Hogwarts, and a giant named Hagrid outside the Dursley home.

BCAD

DCAB

ADBC

CDAB

Question 219

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word. We expended most of our savings on this tour.

exhausted

earned

enjoyed

encashed

Question 220

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Let down

To hire

To care about

To fail

To nurse

Question 221

Comprehension

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

bonding

showing

using

choosing

Question 222

Comprehension

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

calm

honest

extraordinary

heroic

Question 223

Comprehension

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

crack

change

break

burst

Question 224

Comprehension

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

broken

bent

changed

mended

Question 225

Comprehension

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

strategies

tricks

practices

bonds

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