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Q: 76 – Select the word with the correct spelling. SSC CHSL Previous Year Paper-17

Options:
1) isommetry
2) artfully
3) mudling
4) carkasses

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Q: 77 – Select the antonym of
privy

Options:
1) ulterior
2) obscure
3) covert
4) public

Q: 78 – Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
It is essential (thorough cleaning) the mixer after each batch.

Options:
1) to clean thoroughly
2) to through clean
3) to cleaning thoroughly
4) no improvement

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.

“You can do this job” said Nikki to Jyoti

Options:
1) Nikki told Jyoti she could do that job.
2) Nikki told Jyoti she could do this job.
3) Nikki told Jyoti that she could do that job.
4) Nikki told Jyoti that, that she could do this job.

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’.
The kitten sat up(A)/the glass roof, and yawned(B)/and blinked its round eyes.(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 best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
to bend over backwards

Options:
1) to accommodate every unreasonable request usually without getting anything back
2) stepping away from an unpleasant situation
3) to make every effort to achieve something, especially to be fair or helpful
4) submitting onerself completely to a higher authority

Q: 82 – 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.

The office boy vacuums and dusts the office every morning.

Options:
1) Every morning the office was vacuumed and dusted by the office boy.
2) Every morning the office had been vacuumed and dusted by the office boy.
3) Every morning the office is vacuumed and dusted by the office boy.
4) Every morning the office has been vacuumed and dusted by the office boy.

Q: 83 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
feeling or showing deep and solemn respect.

Options:
1) pious
2) reverent
3) humble
4) devout

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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.

I have been paying taxes for the past five years yet I do not have the __________ to vote as I am not a citizen.

Options:
1) authority
2) responsibility
3) right
4) claim

Q: 85 – Select the antonym of
to chuckle

Options:
1) to snicker
2) to guffaw
3) to lament
4) to chortle

Q: 86 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

To declare invalid an official agreement, decision, or result.

Options:
1) to annul
2) to negate
3) to efface
4) to undo

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

This may sound like
P-the actual problem
Q-at the scale of
R-a lot, until one looks

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

Q: 88 – 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’. Which part of the sentence has an error?

Ajay glanced up(A)/at her laughing(B)/and watched her intently.(C)No error(D)

Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D

Q: 89 – 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.

I didn’t know he had such an _____________ collection of books.

Options:
1) sweeping
2) major
3) elaborate
4) extensive

Q: 90 – Select the synonym of

caricature

Options:
1) adulation
2) eulogy
3) cartoon
4) hokum

Q: 91 – 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.

I didn’t know he had such an _____________ collection of books.

Options:
1) life is always choosing between two options
2) challenges are hidden opportunities
3) escaping one difficulty but falling into another
4) faced with two equally undesirable alternatives

Q: 92 – Select the word with the correct spelling.

Options:
1) gondolas
2) snubing
3) smalters
4) stradle

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Q: 93 – Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Ravi (hadn’t ought to) have done that to Shaina.

Options:
1) ought not
2) ought not to
3) have not ought to
4) no improvement

Q: 94 – Select the synonym of
to predispose

Options:
1) to assail
2) to thwart
3) to defy
4) to incline

Q: 95 – Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

He must actually announce
P-how he intends to bring
Q-the businessman to book
R-a plan of action detailing

Options:
1) RPQ
2) RQP
3) PQR
4) QPR

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.

There _______________ three components to the UGC’s package governing the faculty. Of these, mostly two have proved to be ______________ of contention between the two parties. These have to do with the ________________ workload for teachers and student evaluation of courses, including ________________ the lecturer herself. But it is the third component that needs to be ___________________ for its suitability.

Q: 96 – There _______________ three components to the UGC’s package governing the faculty.

Options:
1) is
2) have been
3) had been
4) are

Q: 97 – Of these, mostly two have proved to be ______________ of contention between the two parties.

Options:
1) bones
2) muscles
3) teeth
4) nails

Q: 98 – ______ of contention between the two parties. These have to do with the ________________ workload for teachers and student evaluation of courses

Options:
1) mandated
2) voluntary
3) charged
4) summoned

Q: 99 – including ________________ the lecturer herself.

Options:
1) for
2) of
3) with
4) about

Q: 100 – But it is the third component that needs to be ___________________ for its suitability.

Options:
1) pored over
2) scrutinised
3) scanned
4) perused

SSC CHSL Previous Year Paper-17

Q: 91 – 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.

I didn’t know he had such an _____________ collection of books.

Options:
1) life is always choosing between two options
2) challenges are hidden opportunities
3) escaping one difficulty but falling into another
4) faced with two equally undesirable alternatives

Q: 92 – Select the word with the correct spelling.

Options:
1) gondolas
2) snubing
3) smalters
4) stradle

Q: 93 – Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Ravi (hadn’t ought to) have done that to Shaina.

Options:
1) ought not
2) ought not to
3) have not ought to
4) no improvement

Q: 94 – Select the synonym of
to predispose

Options:
1) to assail
2) to thwart
3) to defy
4) to incline

Q: 95 – Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

He must actually announce
P-how he intends to bring
Q-the businessman to book
R-a plan of action detailing

Options:
1) RPQ
2) RQP
3) PQR
4) QPR

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.

There _______________ three components to the UGC’s package governing the faculty. Of these, mostly two have proved to be ______________ of contention between the two parties. These have to do with the ________________ workload for teachers and student evaluation of courses, including ________________ the lecturer herself. But it is the third component that needs to be ___________________ for its suitability.

Q: 96 – There _______________ three components to the UGC’s package governing the faculty.

Options:
1) is
2) have been
3) had been
4) are

Q: 97 – Of these, mostly two have proved to be ______________ of contention between the two parties.

Options:
1) bones
2) muscles
3) teeth
4) nails

Q: 98 – ______ of contention between the two parties. These have to do with the ________________ workload for teachers and student evaluation of courses

Options:
1) mandated
2) voluntary
3) charged
4) summoned

Q: 99 – including ________________ the lecturer herself.

Options:
1) for
2) of
3) with
4) about

Q: 100 – But it is the third component that needs to be ___________________ for its suitability.

Options:
1) pored over
2) scrutinised
3) scanned
4) perused

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