SSC CHSL 2021 Tier-1 English Paper Mock Test-25 (3-6-2022 Shift-1)

Q.1 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

After he had / ate that lobster,/ he began to / feel sick.

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Q.2 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Attract

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Q.3 Select the sentence which has no spelling error.

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Q.4 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’.

Is he remembering our help?

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Q.5 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Get away

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Q.6 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 provides a high-quality learning opportunity, improves student outcomes and skills, and expands educational choice options

B. Therefore, location, time, and quality are no longer considered factors in seeking degree courses or higher education because of online education.

C. Online education is an amenable instructional delivery process that includes any learning that takes place via the internet.

D. Its potential advantages involve increased educational access.

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Q.7 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined word in the given sentence.

His strategy is to protract negotiations until the enemy are exhausted while assembling the forces necessary to crush them.

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Q.8 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

I was not hired by her.

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Q.9 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

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Q.10 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

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Q.11 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

The disabled should not be oppressed.

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Q.12 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

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

Be at a loose end

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Q.14 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

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Q.15 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

We love to swing from the branches _______ the pond.

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Q.16 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’.

She shall complete her graduation by 2023.

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Q.17 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Between Scylla and Charybdis

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Q.18 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’.

In 1920’s, new technology has allowed filmmakers to attach to each film a soundtrack of speech.

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Q.19 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

Lasting for a very short period of time

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Q.20 Select the most appropriate synonym of the word given in the brackets to fill in the blank.

It will be _______________ (illogical) to accept the demands of the protesters this time.

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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.

Readers have been (1) _________ conditioned that they feel embarrassed to admit that they find it hard (2) _________ stomach the work of a literary giant for fear it would betray their plebian taste. The (3) __________ is that a few read, and fewer enjoy, the novels of those who sit on the literary pedestal. We have (4) _________ ourselves to be persuaded that a book with a story can't be quite in the same class as a book that leaves us to (5) __________ what is unsaid.

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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.

Readers have been (1) _________ conditioned that they feel embarrassed to admit that they find it hard (2) _________ stomach the work of a literary giant for fear it would betray their plebian taste. The (3) __________ is that a few read, and fewer enjoy, the novels of those who sit on the literary pedestal. We have (4) _________ ourselves to be persuaded that a book with a story can't be quite in the same class as a book that leaves us to (5) __________ what is unsaid.

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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.

Readers have been (1) _________ conditioned that they feel embarrassed to admit that they find it hard (2) _________ stomach the work of a literary giant for fear it would betray their plebian taste. The (3) __________ is that a few read, and fewer enjoy, the novels of those who sit on the literary pedestal. We have (4) _________ ourselves to be persuaded that a book with a story can't be quite in the same class as a book that leaves us to (5) __________ what is unsaid.

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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.

Readers have been (1) _________ conditioned that they feel embarrassed to admit that they find it hard (2) _________ stomach the work of a literary giant for fear it would betray their plebian taste. The (3) __________ is that a few read, and fewer enjoy, the novels of those who sit on the literary pedestal. We have (4) _________ ourselves to be persuaded that a book with a story can't be quite in the same class as a book that leaves us to (5) __________ what is unsaid.

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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.

Readers have been (1) _________ conditioned that they feel embarrassed to admit that they find it hard (2) _________ stomach the work of a literary giant for fear it would betray their plebian taste. The (3) __________ is that a few read, and fewer enjoy, the novels of those who sit on the literary pedestal. We have (4) _________ ourselves to be persuaded that a book with a story can't be quite in the same class as a book that leaves us to (5) __________ what is unsaid.

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

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