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Q: 76 – In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option. SSC CHSL Previous Year Paper-04
_____________ around the bush.

Options:
1) To hit
2) To beat
3) To circle
4) To hide

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Q: 77 – Select the antonym of

adulterate

Options:
1) attenuated
2) purify
3) vitiated
4) dilute

Q: 78 – Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

In punishment for the uprising,

P-called tributes, to participate
Q-each of the twelve districts must provide
R-one girl and one boy,

Options:
1) PRQ
2) PQR
3) RQP
4) QRP

Q: 79 – Select the antonym of 
conjoined

Options:
1) sever
2) adjoin
3) meld
4) affix

Q: 80 – In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.
It was obviously for everyone (A)/that grandfather was (B)/hiding something from all of us.(C)/ No error(D)

Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D

Q: 81 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase. 

an event or a group of events occurring as part of a sequence

Options:
1) stanza
2) episode
3) series
4) lesson

Q: 82 – Select the synonym of 
consolidate

Options:
1) centralize
2) variate
3) declare
4) announce

Q: 83 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase. 
A dime a dozen

Options:
1) Strength is in numbers
2) People who say bad things have no value
3) Very common and of no particular value
4) You save more if you buy in large numbers

Q: 84 – Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The public vent their anger on social media to protest (toward) police brutality.

Options:
1) for
2) against
3) regards
4) no improvement

Q: 85 – Select the word with the correct spelling.

Options:
1) missible
2) saosages
3) emullator
4) abdicate

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Q: 86 – In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’. 
Recently I visited Kerala(A)/and found the sceneries(B)/to be breathtaking.(C)/No error(D)

Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D

Q: 87 – Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. 

The twenty-four tributes 
P-that could hold anything from a 
Q-will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena 
R-burning desert to a frozen wastelan

Options:
1) PQR
2) PRQ
3) QPR
4) RQP

Q: 88 – In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
Have the car stolen!

Options:
1) Steal the car.
2) You should have the stolen car.
3) Get someone to steal the car.
4) They have stolen the car.

Q: 89 – Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Look at this video clip in which (I, my friend and you) are enjoying a boat ride.

Options:
1) you, my friend and I
2) I, you and my friend
3) my friend, you and I
4) no improvement

Q: 90 – In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. 

The teacher said to the students, “Don’t make noise.”

Options:
1) The teacher asked the students not to make noise.
2) The teacher scolded the students, they should not make noise.
3) The teacher warned the students not to make noise.
4) The teacher told the students that don’t make noise.

Q: 91 – Select the word with the correct spelling.

Options:
1) eraseable
2) probabble
3) secretes
4) esteemeed

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Q: 92 – Select the synonym of 
inscription

Options:
1) scrubbed
2) rivet
3) jaded
4) engrave

Q: 93 – In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option. 
Every evening a ____________ of wolves descends into the valley to hunt.

Options:
1) pack
2) gang
3) company
4) herd

Q: 94 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
A drop in the bucket

Options:
1) So much silence that even a drop can be heard
2) A very small amount compared with what is needed
3) The final act before the task is done
4) A small favour is worth a lot to a person in trouble

Q: 95 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
Represent something as being less important than it really is.

Options:
1) discriminant
2) stride
3) underplay
4) imperious

Directions 96 to 100: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. 
Instead of finding the root cause of_________ of Indians, the British government took to more ____________ measures. Under the Defense of India Act, it gave more power to the police to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions. The Act brought in the Central Legislative Assembly was defeated by one vote. Even then it was to be passed in the form of an ordinance in the “interest of the public.” Bhagat Singh who was in hiding all this while, volunteered to throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly where the meeting to pass the ordinance was being held. It was a carefully laid out _________, not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government, that the modes of its suppression could no more be tolerated. It was decided that Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt would court arrest after throwing the bomb.
Q: 96 – Instead of finding the root cause of_________ of Indians

Options:
1) discontent
2) problem
3) sadness
4) protest

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Q: 97 – the British government took to more ____________ measures.

Options:
1) drastic
2) angrier
3) repressive
4) damaging

Q: 98 – to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions.

Options:
1) out of the ordinary
2) suspicious
3) cautious
4) skeptical

Q: 99 – It was a carefully laid out _________

Options:
1) scam
2) trick
3) trap
4) plot

Q: 100 – not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government

Options:
1) draw
2) bring
3) get
4) notice

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