SSC CHSL 2021 Tier-1 English Paper Mock Test-20 (1-6-2022 Shift-2)

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

Profess

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Q.2 Select the sentence which has no spelling error.

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Q.3 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Devastate

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

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA) aims at enhancing ________ security of households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

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Q.5 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

I remember vivid / the last road trip / we had / before the pandemic hit.

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Q.6 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word given in underline in the following sentence.

I broke away from their solicitous grip.

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Q.7 In the following questions a statement has been given with underlined text. Select the options that can replace the text with correct idiom or phrase

The coach felt extremely nervous on seeing the team performing poorly in the first quarter.

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

Vanity

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Q.9 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Hit the books

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Q.10 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

A piece of cake

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Q.11 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Squalid

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Q.12 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

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Q.13 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

The manager / did not / gone to / Bombay yesterday.

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Q.14 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

Zeal; burning enthusiasm; passion

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Q.15 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

This cat and mouse game are famous with all children in the future.

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Q.16 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

Vishnu and family are looking around into the possibility of moving to Canada.

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Q.17 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

We would have loved to stay __________ like children all our lives.

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Q.18 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.It is unquestionably evident that this virus brought misery and grief into the lives of the people of other professions too.

B.Covid-19 changed the form and face of every field in the world. It did not leave any field untouched.

C.One of the most affected areas is education. Millions of students all over the world could not get a proper education.

D.Millions of the teachers who are working, specifically in private educational institutes, were not paid full salary during the pandemic.

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Q.19 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

Diwali sweets were being prepared by our grandmother.

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Q.20 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

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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.

Claims have been made that vaccines are responsible for certain (1)__________ health conditions, particularly autism, speech disorders and inflammatory bowel disease. Some of those claims focused on thimerosal, a mercury-containing compound used as a preservative in vaccines. Some people believed that autism (2)__________ a form of mercury poisoning, caused specifically by thimerosal in childhood vaccines. Those claims have been discredited. Still, misinformation and fear generated by false claims about associations (3)__________ autism and vaccines had a significant impact on individuals’ perceptions about vaccine safety. (4)__________, most individuals in countries where vaccination is widespread have never personally experienced vaccine-preventable disease. Thus, the focus of concern for some people shifted from the negative effects of vaccine-preventable disease to the possible negative effects of the vaccines (5)__________.

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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.

Claims have been made that vaccines are responsible for certain (1)__________ health conditions, particularly autism, speech disorders and inflammatory bowel disease. Some of those claims focused on thimerosal, a mercury-containing compound used as a preservative in vaccines. Some people believed that autism (2)__________ a form of mercury poisoning, caused specifically by thimerosal in childhood vaccines. Those claims have been discredited. Still, misinformation and fear generated by false claims about associations (3)__________ autism and vaccines had a significant impact on individuals’ perceptions about vaccine safety. (4)__________, most individuals in countries where vaccination is widespread have never personally experienced vaccine-preventable disease. Thus, the focus of concern for some people shifted from the negative effects of vaccine-preventable disease to the possible negative effects of the vaccines (5)__________.

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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.

Claims have been made that vaccines are responsible for certain (1)__________ health conditions, particularly autism, speech disorders and inflammatory bowel disease. Some of those claims focused on thimerosal, a mercury-containing compound used as a preservative in vaccines. Some people believed that autism (2)__________ a form of mercury poisoning, caused specifically by thimerosal in childhood vaccines. Those claims have been discredited. Still, misinformation and fear generated by false claims about associations (3)__________ autism and vaccines had a significant impact on individuals’ perceptions about vaccine safety. (4)__________, most individuals in countries where vaccination is widespread have never personally experienced vaccine-preventable disease. Thus, the focus of concern for some people shifted from the negative effects of vaccine-preventable disease to the possible negative effects of the vaccines (5)__________.

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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.

Claims have been made that vaccines are responsible for certain (1)__________ health conditions, particularly autism, speech disorders and inflammatory bowel disease. Some of those claims focused on thimerosal, a mercury-containing compound used as a preservative in vaccines. Some people believed that autism (2)__________ a form of mercury poisoning, caused specifically by thimerosal in childhood vaccines. Those claims have been discredited. Still, misinformation and fear generated by false claims about associations (3)__________ autism and vaccines had a significant impact on individuals’ perceptions about vaccine safety. (4)__________, most individuals in countries where vaccination is widespread have never personally experienced vaccine-preventable disease. Thus, the focus of concern for some people shifted from the negative effects of vaccine-preventable disease to the possible negative effects of the vaccines (5)__________.

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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.

Claims have been made that vaccines are responsible for certain (1)__________ health conditions, particularly autism, speech disorders and inflammatory bowel disease. Some of those claims focused on thimerosal, a mercury-containing compound used as a preservative in vaccines. Some people believed that autism (2)__________ a form of mercury poisoning, caused specifically by thimerosal in childhood vaccines. Those claims have been discredited. Still, misinformation and fear generated by false claims about associations (3)__________ autism and vaccines had a significant impact on individuals’ perceptions about vaccine safety. (4)__________, most individuals in countries where vaccination is widespread have never personally experienced vaccine-preventable disease. Thus, the focus of concern for some people shifted from the negative effects of vaccine-preventable disease to the possible negative effects of the vaccines (5)__________.

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

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