SSC CHSL 2021 Tier-1 English Paper Mock Test-14 (30-5-2022 Shift-2)

Q.1 Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.

This is credible information provided by the informer.

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Q.2 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

The thieves were caught by the police.

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Q.3 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

The notice / that the office / posted over the wall / is very appropriate.

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Q.4 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

Let’s ascertain whether his claims have any truth.

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Q.5 Select the correct homonym from the given options to fill in the blank.

She couldn’t eat the________ pizza by herself

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Q.6 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Have a soft spot for someone

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Q.7 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Pull the plug

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Q.8 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Rescind

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Q.9 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Reconnoitre

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Q.10 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. One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music.

B. Then the Hail stopped dancing over his head, and the North Wind ceased roaring, and a delicious perfume came to him through the open casement. “I believe the Spring has come at last,” said the Giant; and he jumped out of bed and looked out.

C. It was really only a little linnet singing outside his window, but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world.

D. It sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the King’s musicians passing by.

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Q.11 In the following passage, a word has been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

In a ________ move, the robbers chose their next place of attack over 255 km away from the locations they had earlier ________ in Dewas.

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Q.12 Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.

The sweet and bitter memories of her past make her weak and sad.

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Q.13 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

At loggerheads

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Q.14 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. 

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Q.15 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Clamour

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Q.16 Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. One of them contains a grammatical error. Select the option that has the error.

He is such an untruthful man, that no one will believing him.

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Q.17 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

One expects better behaviour from a senior student.

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Q.18 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration or research.

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Q.19 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’.

I am watching a movie, when my mother came into the room.

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Q.20 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

The thief / entered the house, / in the middle of the night, / quiet.

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Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The contract (1) __________ the author and the reader is a game. And the game is one of the greatest inventions (2) __________ Western civilisation: the game of telling stories, inventing characters and creating the (3) ___________ paradise of the individual, from whence no one can be expelled (4) ____________, in a novel, no one owns the truth and everyone has the right to be (5) _____________ and understood.

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Q.21 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

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Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The contract (1) __________ the author and the reader is a game. And the game is one of the greatest inventions (2) __________ Western civilisation: the game of telling stories, inventing characters and creating the (3) ___________ paradise of the individual, from whence no one can be expelled (4) ____________, in a novel, no one owns the truth and everyone has the right to be (5) _____________ and understood.

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Q.22 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

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Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The contract (1) __________ the author and the reader is a game. And the game is one of the greatest inventions (2) __________ Western civilisation: the game of telling stories, inventing characters and creating the (3) ___________ paradise of the individual, from whence no one can be expelled (4) ____________, in a novel, no one owns the truth and everyone has the right to be (5) _____________ and understood.

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Q.23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

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Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The contract (1) __________ the author and the reader is a game. And the game is one of the greatest inventions (2) __________ Western civilisation: the game of telling stories, inventing characters and creating the (3) ___________ paradise of the individual, from whence no one can be expelled (4) ____________, in a novel, no one owns the truth and everyone has the right to be (5) _____________ and understood.

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Q.24 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

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Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The contract (1) __________ the author and the reader is a game. And the game is one of the greatest inventions (2) __________ Western civilisation: the game of telling stories, inventing characters and creating the (3) ___________ paradise of the individual, from whence no one can be expelled (4) ____________, in a novel, no one owns the truth and everyone has the right to be (5) _____________ and understood.

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Q.25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

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