SSC CHSL 2021 Tier-1 English Paper Mock Test-26 (3-6-2022 Shift-2)

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

Startle

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Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline segment in the given sentence.

The delegates talked of the matter for an hour but without any result.

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Q.3 Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.

I was forbidden to take any drink.

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Q.4 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

One who loves the company of others

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Q.5 Select the denotation of the underlined word.

The divisive politics of this nation has led to its downfall.

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Q.6 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

Please bring me a glass of water.

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Q.7 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error

You and I / am going / to make / a great team.

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Q.8 Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.

Sahukaars provide loan in 2% interest rate for a month, which is higher than the bank charges.

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

The moral values in this nation were at their nadir during the autocrat’s rule.

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Q.10 Which word in the given sentence is the ANTONYM of – nibble?

They sprinted across the floor and leaped up to the elevated platforms, poking their soft muzzles into the stanchions to gobble the grain.

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Q.11 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Under the weather

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Q.12 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains an INCORRECTLY spelt word

Subsequent to the delegation’s visit to the villages, / a new working commitee and a task force / have been formed to carry out / all the developmental works as promised to the people.

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

By leaps and bounds

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Q.14 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. The sharp increase in our consumption of fossil fuels has led to their depletion at an alarming rate.

B. Unchecked burning of fossil fuel is like an unchecked dripping tap which will eventually run dry.

C. The toxic pollutants released from burning these fuels are also a cause for concern.

D. This has led to the tapping of various non-conventional sources of energy that are cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels.

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Q.15 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. 

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Q.16 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

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Q.17 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Pure

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Q.18 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

As was customary, the young prince was brought to the podium in a diamond studded carriage for the coronation ceremony.

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Q.19 Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.

Reena got embarrassed and started crying.

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Q.20 Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.

We should all stays united.

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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.

Relate comic things (1)__________ pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic (2)__________ beauty. Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. The blend (3)__________ the grotesque and the tragic are attractive to the mind, as is discord to blasé ears. Imagine a canvas for a lyrical, magical farce, for a pantomime, and translate it (4) __________ a serious novel. Drown the whole thing in an abnormal, (5) ___________ atmosphere, in the atmosphere of great days – the region of pure poetry.

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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.

Relate comic things (1)__________ pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic (2)__________ beauty. Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. The blend (3)__________ the grotesque and the tragic are attractive to the mind, as is discord to blasé ears. Imagine a canvas for a lyrical, magical farce, for a pantomime, and translate it (4) __________ a serious novel. Drown the whole thing in an abnormal, (5) ___________ atmosphere, in the atmosphere of great days – the region of pure poetry.

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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.

Relate comic things (1)__________ pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic (2)__________ beauty. Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. The blend (3)__________ the grotesque and the tragic are attractive to the mind, as is discord to blasé ears. Imagine a canvas for a lyrical, magical farce, for a pantomime, and translate it (4) __________ a serious novel. Drown the whole thing in an abnormal, (5) ___________ atmosphere, in the atmosphere of great days – the region of pure poetry.

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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.

Relate comic things (1)__________ pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic (2)__________ beauty. Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. The blend (3)__________ the grotesque and the tragic are attractive to the mind, as is discord to blasé ears. Imagine a canvas for a lyrical, magical farce, for a pantomime, and translate it (4) __________ a serious novel. Drown the whole thing in an abnormal, (5) ___________ atmosphere, in the atmosphere of great days – the region of pure poetry.

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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.

Relate comic things (1)__________ pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic (2)__________ beauty. Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. The blend (3)__________ the grotesque and the tragic are attractive to the mind, as is discord to blasé ears. Imagine a canvas for a lyrical, magical farce, for a pantomime, and translate it (4) __________ a serious novel. Drown the whole thing in an abnormal, (5) ___________ atmosphere, in the atmosphere of great days – the region of pure poetry.

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

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