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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-23

The recession is going to cause times for families who are already struggling to pay their bills. Options:

1) furious

2) agitated

3) turbulent

4) wild

Q. 77 – 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.

Mother said, “Lie down, Arjun.” Options:

1) Mother told lie down Arjun.

2) Mother told Arjun for lying down.

3) Mother asked Arjun to lie down.

4) Mother asked Arjun to be lied down.

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Q. 78 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

ethnic cleansing

Options:

1) a social revolution where negative aspects of a culture are removed

2) to perform mass religious conversions

3) the mass killing of members of one ethnic group

4) removal of all signs of culture from a society

Q. 79 – Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. I don’t want an award (for help to you).

Options:

1) to have helped you

2) for helping you

3) for helping to you

4) no improvement

Q. 80 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

Very rude or coarse; vulgar. Options:

1) gross

2) adipose

3) porcine

4) corpulent

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

To stop doing something; cease or abstain. Options:

1) to endure

2) to desist

3) to persevere

4) to dismay

Q. 82 – 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’.

I have sign over(A)/the cheque, you can(B)/collect it tomorrow.(C)/No error(D) Options:

1) A

2) B

3) C

4) D

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

every cloud has a silver lining

Options:

1) no bad situation is permanent

2) if one wants rain then one has to bear with dark clouds

3) every blessing comes with a hidden curse

4) every bad situation has some good aspects to it

Q. 84 – Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

It is a crisis which

P-unless policymakers

Q-exercise some intelligence

R-will get even worse

Options:

1) RPQ

2) RQP

3) PQR

4) QPR

Q. 85 – Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Shouts of the crowd cheering the home team now (stuff) the air.

Options:

1) fill

2) occupy

3) infest

4) no improvement 

Q. 86 – Select the word with the correct spelling.

Options:

1) dementia

2) quaterain

3) necrosys

4) frenetec

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

In Tamil nadu,

P-cows and bulls are worshipped and celebrated

Q-on Maattu Pongal,

R-and the finale is Jallikattu

Options:

1) QRP

2) QPR

3) PRQ

4) RPQ

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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.

The seawater eventually corroded the pillars of the bridge. Options:

1) Eventually the pillars of the bridge are being corroded by the seawater.

2) Eventually the pillars of the bridge have been corroded by the seawater.

3) The pillars of the bridge were eventually corroded by the seawater.

4) The pillars of the bridge have been eventually corroded by the seawater.

Q. 89 – In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

On the trip, we needed a guide to the foreign language for us. Options:

1) describe

2) illustrate

3) mimic

4) interpret

Q. 90 – Select the antonym of

to remand

Options:

1) to filibuster

2) to tarry

3) to expedite

4) to adjourn

Q. 91 – 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’.

He told me the same(A)/story which he told(B)/you yesterday.(C)/No error(D) Options:

1) A

2) B

3) C

4) D

Q. 92 – Select the synonym of

proximal

Options:

1) frontier

2) obscure

3) remote

4) adjacent

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Q. 93 – Select the antonym of

eternity

Options:

1) perpetuity

2) yonder

3) aeon

4) ephemeral

Q. 94 – Select the synonym of

to alight

Options:

1) to escalate

2) to clamber

3) to disembark

4) to astride

Q. 95 – Select the word with the correct spelling.

Options:

1) prophesey

2) nihilism

3) aesthet

4) avulusion

Direction 96 to 100: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the Answer: for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The answer to the third question is __________ answered; State leaders ___________ great willingness to play into the hands of the Central government, presumably for a price. _______ the process, representatives have forgotten the history of their own societies. But they fail to _________ that history cannot be disremembered, it constantly nudges us to recollect past struggles ____________ injustice in these States.

Q. 96 – The answer to the third question is ____________________ answered

Options:

1) easily

2) easy to

3) easy for

4) so easy

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Q. 97 – State leaders _______________ great willingness to play into the hands of the Central government

Options:

1) is showing

2) have shown

3) to show

4) have showed

Q. 98 – ____________ the process, representatives have forgotten the history of their own societies.

Options:

1) As

2) So

3) Into

4) In

Q. 99 – But they fail to ___________ that history cannot be disremembered,

Options:

1) forget

2) memorize

3) recall

4) by heart

Q. 100 – it constantly nudges us to recollect past struggles _________ injustice in these States.

Options:

1) against

2) for

3) to

4) from

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