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Q. 76 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase. SSC CHSL Previous Year Paper-26

to get over it

Options:

1) to accept something that happened in the past and move on

2) to complete a project  or task

3) to control one’s anger

4) to achieve  something seemingly easy, but with a lot of difficulty

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Q. 77 – Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. I wish I (knew what was) wrong with my daughter.

Options:

1) had known what is

2) knew what is

3) had knew what was

4) no improvement

Q. 78 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Options:

1) pique

2) vexation

3) chagrin

4) distress

Q. 79 – Rearrange the parts  of the sentence in correct order.

Accepting  that one form

P-of price discrimination is okay opens

Q-the door to all other forms

R-of discrimination as well

Options:

1) QRP

2) RPQ

3) PRQ

4) PQR

Q. 80 – Select the synonym of

dare

Options:

1) cohort

2) taunt

3) patronize

4) chum

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

Seven decades ago,

P-Orwell wrote a clutch

Q-for the post-World War II British journal Polemic

R-of essays

Options:

1) RPQ

2) QRP

3) PRQ

4) QPR

Q. 82 – In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise. Options:

1) pustule

2) knurl

3) contusion

4) tumour

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

to get up on the wrong side of the bed

Options:

1) to find oneself in a strange place  when one wakes  up especially after drinking a lot previous  night

2) to start the day in a bad mood  which continues all day long

3) to argue with your spouse

4) to roll a lot in bed while sleeping

Q. 84 – Select the antonym of

snag

Options:

1) hurdle

2) boon

3) bug

4) glitch

Q. 85 – Select the synonym of

to delude

Options:

1) hoodwink

2) conscientious

3) scrupulous

4) bona fide

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Q. 86 – 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 candidates are writing an essay.  

Options:

1) An essay was wrote by the candidates.

2) An essay is being written by the candidates.

3) An essay has had been written by the candidates.

4) An essay had been written by the candidates.

Q. 87 – 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.

Bunty said, “I have done my class work”.

Options:

1) Bunty said, he had done his class work.

2) Bunty said that he had done his class work.

3) Bunty was saying, he has done his class work.

4) Bunty said that he did his class work.

Q. 88 – Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. If I (just had) the money I would have bought the car.

Options:

1) have had

2) was having

3) had

4) no improvement

Q. 89 – Select the antonym of

diligence

Options:

1) lethargy

2) exertion

3) vigour

4) assiduity

Q. 90 – 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.

The relocation of the car factory to our struggling town is an economic —————-.

Options:

1) boon

2) good

3) donation

4) present

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

Options:

1) thrashere

2) fiefedoms

3) snifing

4) squashed

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’.

Her heart was(A)/pounding  as he(B)/stopped front of her.(C)/No error(D)

Options:

1) A

2) B

3) C

4) D

Q. 93 – 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 only plays a subsidiary(A)/ role in the management(B)/of this organization.(C)/No  error(D) Options:

1) A

2) B

3) C

4) D

Q. 94 – 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.

My grandmother’s exercise regime is to walk the mall at a______________ pace.

Options:

1) potent

2) brisk

3) strong

4) vital

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

Options:

1) insolente

2) saphire

3) immersed

4) peperony

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.

__________reader can add to the list and to the possibilities of a new ethical and moral politics ___________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics. What I wish to add is a ___________ The rituals of apology and the question of justice, reconciliation and ethical repair are not easy. They require a rigour and an inventiveness____________ethical thinking which_________new experiments with the idea of truth and healing in India.

Q. 96 – __________ reader can add to the list

Options:

1) One

2) Some

3) Each

4) Anyone

Q. 97 – moral politics ____________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics.

Options:

1) which

2) why

3) where

4) what

Q. 98 – What I wish to add is a   ______________

Options:

1) fear

2) panic

3) warn

4) caveat

Q. 99 – They require a rigour and an inventiveness___________ethical  thinking

Options:

1) with

2) of

3) to

4) against

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Q. 100 – which______________ new experiments with the idea of truth and healing in India.

Options:

1) necessitate

2) ask

3) take

4) oblige

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