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Q: 76 – Select the word with the correct spelling. SSC CHSL Previous Year Paper-08

Options:
1) splintted
2) goudiest
3) gibbered
4) gleening

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Q: 77 – Select the word with the correct spelling.

Options:
1) toxicety
2) mamalia
3) collumned
4) notation

Q: 78 – Select the antonym of

abominable

Options:
1) attractive
2) gross
3) grim
4) lousy

Q: 79 – 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.

I said to her, “I will do it now or never.”

Options:
1) I informed her that I would do it that moment or never.
2) I told her I would do it then or never.
3) I told her that I would not do it then or ever.
4) I told her that I would do it then or never.

Q: 80 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Smell a rat

Options:
1) To sense that events will not be in one’s favour
2) To begin to suspect trickery or deception
3) To be forewarned of danger to oneself
4) To prevent calamity by chance

Q: 81 – Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

An engineer building a bridge

P-find easy to comprehend
Q-picks the best plan
R-and not the one that motorists

Options:
1) RQP
2) RPQ
3) PRQ
4) QRP

Q: 82 – 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.

You may try but she is too ______________ to fall for your trick.

Options:
1) brilliant
2) intelligent
3) genius
4) witty

Q: 83 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

The tendency to recur at intervals.

Options:
1) rotation
2) wheel
3) sequence
4) periodicity

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Q: 84 – 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.

As the improvement in his situation was ______________, the doctor did not discharge him.

Options:
1) marginal
2) tiny
3) microscopic
4) negated

Q: 85 – Select the synonym of

aground

Options:
1) stranded
2) higher
3) afloat
4) buoyant

Q: 86 – Select the antonym of

flog

Options:
1) whop
2) compliment
3) flay
4) flax

Q: 87 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase

A dramatic entertainment, in which performers express through gestures

Options:
1) mimicry
2) ham
3) pantomime
4) depiction

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.

My father is going to build a six bedroom bungalow.

Options:
1) A six bedroom bungalow was going to be built by my father.
2) My father will have built a bungalow which will have six bedrooms.
3) A bungalow of six bedrooms will have been built by my father.
4) A six bedroom bungalow is going to be built by my father.

Q: 89 – Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

To begin with,

P-is not that they are ‘unsmart’
Q-the problem with Indian cities
R-but that they are dysfunctional

Options:
1) RPQ
2) QRP
3) QPR
4) PRQ

Q: 90 – Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

My patients (were waited) for me since morning.

Options:
1) wait
2) had been waited
3) have been waiting
4) no improvement

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Q: 91 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Sixth sense

Options:
1) An intuitive power of perception
2) A strong power of sense
3) An ability to perceive when something will go wrong
4) The false feeling that you know the truth

Q: 92 – 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’.

There is no question(A)/of me failing(B)/ in the examination.(C)/No error(D)

Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D

Q: 93 – Select the synonym of

decree

Options:
1) certificate
2) Law
3) title
4) award

Q: 94 – 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’.

One should respect(A)/religious beliefs of others,(B)/as much as his owns.(C)/No error(D)

Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D

Q: 95 – Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

He is an atheist (yet) he goes to the church every Sunday.

Options:
1) because
2) and
3) however
4) no improvement

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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.

_____________ nearly eight decades, the women’s movement __________ and debated the desirability and feasibility of a Uniform Civil Code, and has ended up ___________ a simple question — what is the value of uniformity? Is it for the “integrity of the nation” that uniformity in laws is required, as some judicial pronouncements ___________? If so, who exactly is the beneficiary? Which sections of people benefit from “integrity of the nation”, that abstract entity which is not exactly _______ the top of your mind as your husband throws you out on the street?

Q: 96 – _____________ nearly eight decades

Options:
1) About
2) Of
3) With
4) For

Q: 97 – the women’s movement __________ and debated the desirability

Options:
1) discussed
2) has discussed
3) had discussed
4) had been discussing

Q: 98 – and has ended up ___________ a simple question — what is the value of uniformity?

Options:
1) holding
2) positioning
3) posturing
4) posing

Q: 99 – as some judicial pronouncements ___________?

Options:
1) have suggested
2) had been suggesting
3) suggests
4) suggested

Q: 100 – that abstract entity which is not exactly _______ the top of your mind

Options:
1) in
2) for
3) at
4) of

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