ANSWERS (SHEET NO. 16/ SSC CHSL TIER-1 PAPER)

SSC CHSL (Tier - 1)
Online Exam Paper - 2016
"held on 07 January 2017" Evening Shift
(English Comprehension)

1Synonym- Proscriptive- 1) squalid 2) exiguous 3) excessive 4) thrifty ANSWER- 3

2Synonym- Proximity 1) futile 2) preposterous 3) absurd 4) imminent
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Idioms/ phrases/ One word substitution
3To be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death. 1) to divest 2) to bereave 3) to oust 4) to dispossess
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4To make someone feel completely baffled.  1) to perplex 2) to explicate 3) to construe  4) to elucidate
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5Graveyard shift 1) to work in a very scary place 2) a place where one is forced to work so hard that it almost kills you 3) to work with a team where everybody else is very lazy 4) a work shift that runs through the early morning hours
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6Good Samaritan 1) a very rich but humble person 2) a person who helps others but with a hidden cause 3) a charitable or helpful person 4) a person who accepts defeat sportingly
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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
7Everyday we (have usually) dinner at 8 o'clock.
1) usually have 2) have usual 3) have had usually 4) no improvement
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8(It is) a pleasant day, we went for a walk. 1) Having been 2) It being 3) It was 4) no improvement
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Spot the error
9The plane was too(A)/ far away that it was(B)/just a dot in the sky.(C)/No error(D)
ANSWER -A

10It was like(A)/reading a(B)/open book.(C)/No error(D)
ANSWER -B

11Antonym- Obligation-  1) bond 2) burden 3) commitment 4) irresponsibility
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12Antonym- To lament 1) to deplore 2) to bawl 3) to laud 4) to bemoan
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Fill in the blanks
13For three months, I have had a ______________headache.
1) inbred 2) settled 3) chronic 4) lifelong
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14When I broke my leg, it was the ____________ of a nightmare week. 1)top 2) maximum 3) summit 4) climax
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Active/ passive
15 We have finished the assignment.
1) The assignment has been finished by us.
2) The assignment were finished by us.
3) The assignment had been finished by us.
4) The assignment has had been finished by us.
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Find the correctly spelt word
16 1) thorogh 2) brazened 3)  umbling 4)  umbling
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171) quaffing 2) conveynor 3) fuselag 4) bumbbling
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Parajumbled
18 Only a country not yet rid
P-of its colonial hangover
Q-and controls, labels dissent as seditious
R-of a government that commands
1) PRQ 2) PQR 3) QPR 4) RPQ
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19  Developing countries
P-should question the rationale
Q-for such a registry ahead
R-of a negotiated outcome on this issue
1) QRP 2) PQR 3) RPQ 4) QPR
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Direct/ Indirect speech
20 Mother said to you, "When will you start from Pune?"
1) Mother asked you when you would start from Pune.
2) Mother asked you when you will start from Pune.
3) Mother asked you when you will be starting from Pune.
4) Mother asked you when you will have started from Pune. [Nishant Sir #7572044618]
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Cloze test
The second strategy proposed___21____ the committee was institutional reform of police processes, including investigation of crimes, professionalization and _____22_____ of court systems with induction of technology _____23_____ limiting appeal procedures to the _____24_______ required. It is here the committee _____25_____ to bring in a bigger and responsible role to victims of crime in the whole proceedings.
21 1) of 2) by 3) for 4) from ANSWER -2

22 1) rationalising 2) rationalisation 3) rationally 4) rational ANSWER -2

23 1) but 2) because 3) and 4) nor ANSWER -3

24 1) minimum 2) bottom 3) lower 4) negligible ANSWER -1

25 1) bought 2) brought 3) caught 4) sought
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