SSC CHSL Pre. 2019, 21.10.2020 (Shift – 2) with detailed Solutions
SSC CHSL Pre. 2019, 21.10.2020 (Shift – 2)
Direction
(1-2) In the given sentence identify the segment which contains the
grammatical error.
1. You
must make a choice immediately because there is few time left.
(a)
a choice immediately (b) because there is
(c) few time left (d) You must make
2. Subhash
Gidwani is selling dolls, which are type of Madhya Pradesh’s village culture,
at the Annual Dastakar Bazaar, held in January every year in Delhi.
(a)
which are type of Madhya
Pradesh’s village culture
(b) held in January
every year in Delhi
(c) Subhash Gidwani
is selling dolls
(d) in the annual
Dastakar Bazaar
Direction
(3-4) Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined
segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No
improvement’.
3. For
the last two years Shweta has being diligently working with Rohingya
refugees to create colourful table mats using their local weaving techniques.
(a)
have been (b) have being
(c) No improvement (d) has been
4. The
Delhi Birla International School alumnus occupy leading positions in
different areas of profession and service.
(a)
alumni occupy (b) alumnus occupying
(c) alumnus occupies (d) No improvement
Direction
(5-6) Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
5. The
police used tear gas to ______ the crowd.
(a)
attack (b) disburse
(c) collect (d) disperse
6. Select
the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Ritu
is an ______ reader. I always find her with a book.
(a)
irritated (b) avid
(c) inattentive (d) erratic
7. Select
the correct indirect form of given sentence.
The
foreigner said to the farmer, “Can you tell me the way to the nearest hotel?”
(a)
The foreigner exclaimed
with the farmer if he could tell him the way to the nearest hotel.
(b) The foreigner
suggested the farmer if he could tell him the way to the nearest hotel.
(c) The foreigner
enquired of the farmer if he could tell him the way to the nearest hotel.
(d) The foreigner
told the farmer if he could tell him the way to the nearest hotel.
8. Select
the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Chhattisgarh
organised the first ever ‘All India Folk Dance Festival’ in January 2020.
(a)
The first ever ‘All
India Folk Dance Festival’ was organised by the Chhattisgarh State in January
2020.
(b) The first ever
‘All India Folk Dance Festival’ was being organised by the Chhattisgarh State
in January 2020.
(c) The first ever
‘All India Folk Dance Festival’ had been organised by the Chhattisgarh State in
January 2020.
(d) The first ever
‘All India Folk Dance Festival’ will be organised by the Chhattisgarh State in
January 2020.
Direction (9-10) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
9. Take
something with a pinch of salt
(a) To think of oneself as
always right
(b) To consider
everyone a liar
(c) To believe only
part of something
(d) To take long to
understand what is being said
10. Full
of sound and fury
(a)
An angry and unruly mob
(b) Someone who gets
angry very quickly
(c) Merely loud and
angry words but ineffective
(d) A fiery and
effective speaker
Direction
(11-12) Select the word that means the same as the given group of words.
11. A
person weak and disabled by illness
(a)
Athlete (b)
Invalid
(c) Activist (d)
Petitioner
12. Happening
every two years
(a)
Biannual (b) Biennial
(c) Centennial (d) Triennial
Direction
(13-14) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
13 PEDIGREE
(a) Forbidden (b) Illegitimate
(c) Lineage (d) Mongrel
14. CONGENIAL
(a) Compatible (b) Bombastic
(c) Aloof (d) Servile
Direction
(15-16) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
15. PROLIFIC
(a) Unproductive (b) Abundant
(c) Several (d) Rich
16. PACIFIST
(a) Orator (b) Peace-maker
(c) Warmonger (d) Nihilist
Direction
(17-18) Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
17. (a)
Pnemonia (b) Deviation
(c) Miscellaneous (d) Preamble
18.
(a) Expanse (b) Resultant
(c) Constraint (d) Conscentious
19. Direction
(19-20) Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives
their correct order.
A.
Finally, she takes the decision to go searching for livelihood in the nearby
town.
B.
They are: Lakua and his wife, Nathuni.
C.
The latter, burdened with a paralytic husband and two children, battles to
survive.
D.
The film ‘Wayfarers’ narrates the journey of a poor couple in Jharkhand.
(a) DBCA (b) DBAC (c)
CDAB (d) BACD
20. A.
The Emperor would view the comic acts from the jharokha, a special window of
his palace.
B.
On the festival of Holi, the Emperor was entertained with mimicry, impersonation
and play-acting.
C.
Bahadur Shah Jafar’s life and times are described in a book called ‘City of my
heart.’
D.
Finally, the most talented of the performers would be generously awarded by the
king.
(a)
ADBC (b) CBAD (c)
DACB (d) CDBA
Direction (21-25) : In the following passage
some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
All her life Ms. Foster had a great fear of missing a train, a plane, a boat or
(21)______ a theatre curtain. In other respects, she was not a (22)______
nervous woman. But the mere thought of
(23)______ on occasions like these would throw her (24)______ such a nervous
state that a tiny muscle in the corner of her left eye would (25)______ twitch
.This would disappear once she had boarded the plane etc.
21. (a)
hardly (b) even
(c) extremely (d) quite
22. (a)
particularly (b) usual
(c) general (d) particular
23. (a)
being late (b) be later
(c) be late (d) being later
24. (a)
away (b) into
(c) up (d) in
25. (a)begun over (b) begun to
(c) begin to (d) begin over
Solutions
1. (c) ‘a little’ in place of ‘few’
Noun ds :i esa ‘time’ vk;k gS tks
,d period
of time
ds reference esa use gqvk gS tks
fdlh dk;Z ds djus ds fy, cpk gS blfy, ;g ,d uncountable noun gSA uncountable
noun
ds lkFk little dk use fd;k tkrk
gSA
Time (N) : an amount of time; the
amount of time available to work, rest, etc. (le;)
Eg. A great deal of time has been spent on
developing this software.
A
little dk use uncountable
nouns
ls igys ^dqN ¼in positive sensen½* ds vFkZ esa fd;k tkrk gSA
Eg. I have little milk, I can’t make tea for
you.
‘few’ dk use
plural countable noun ls igys ^ux.; ¼uk ds cjkcj½* ds vFkZ esa fd;k tkrk
gSA
Eg.
I have few moments on my own.
I have few friends, I feel very lonely.
2. (a) ‘types’ in place of ‘type’
‘are’
plural verb gS blfy, blds lkFk plural noun vk,xkA
;gka ‘are’
‘dolls’
ds fy, vk;k gS ‘which’ (relative pronouns) dk antecedent gSA
Types
‘dolls’
dks represented dj jgk gSA
3. (d) Has been
Has/have/had ds ckn
ges’kk V3rd dk use fd;k tkrk
gSA
Eg. They
have been working a project for 4 years.
vr% option
(b) have being, (c) has being grammatically incorrect gSA
Underlined
part
ls igys subject
(Shweta) singular vk;k gSA vr% Verb Hkh Singular vk,xhA
Option
(a) have been Hkh grammatically incorrect gSA
vr% option
(d) has been correct answer gSA
4. (a) alumni occupy
Underlined
part
ds ckn ‘leading
positions’ vk;k gS ;kfu ;gka cgqr lkjs yksxksa dh ckr gks jgh gSA vr% option
(a) alumni occupy correct answer gSA
Alumnus (N) –
singular
gSA
Alumnus
– a former male student of a school, college or university ¼HkwriwoZ
Nk=½
Eg. My father is an alumnus of UCLA.
Alumni (N) -
plural
gSA
Alumni
– the former male and female students of a school, college or university.
Eg. Boston university has a very active alumni
community.
vr% 'ks"k lHkh options grammatically incorrect gSA
5. Tear
gas
dk use
police
rFkk armed
forces
}kjk crowed dks control djus ds fy,
fd;k tkrk gSA tear gas ls vk¡[kksa esa tyu gksrh gS rFkk vkWl vkrs gSA
vr% option
(d) disperse correct answer gSA
Disperse (V) – to
spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this. ¼fc[ksjuk]
fNrjuk½
Eg. When the rain came down the crowds
started to disperse.
Police dispersed the crowd that had
gathered.
Option
(a) attack rFkk (c) collect factually wrong gSA
Attack – izgkj djuk
Collect – bdV~Bk djuk
Option
(b) disburse irrelevant gSA
Disburse (V) – to pay
out money, usually from an amount that has been collected for a particular
purpose
¼pqdkuk½
Eg. The funds were to be disbursed in two
installments.
6. Forward
reading
ls] og ges’kk book ds lkFk gh ikbZ tkrh gSA ;kfu mls books i<+us dk
cgqr 'kkSd gksxkA
Avid-reader ,d collocation gSA
vr% option
(b) Avid correct answer gSA
Avid (adj.) – Very
enthusiastic about something (often a hobby) ¼mRlqd½
Eg. She has taken an avid interest in the
project.
ckdh lHkh options factually wrong gSA
Irritated (adj.)
– annoyed or angry ¼[khtk gqvk] dqfir½
Eg. She was getting more and more irritated
at his comments.
Inattentive (adj.) – not
paying attention to something /somebody.
¼vlko/kku, ykijokg)
Eg. He was wholly inattentive to the needs of his children.
Erratic (adj.) – not happening at
regular times; not following any plan or regular pattern; that you cannot rely
on.
¼vfu;fer] vfLFkj½
Eg. The electricity supply here is quite
erratic.
7. (c)
(a) The
foreigner exclaimed with the farmer if he could tell him the way to the nearest
hotel. (Wrong use of Reporting verb)
(b) The foreigner
suggested the farmer if he could tell him the way to the nearest hotel. (Wrong
use of Reporting verb)
(c) The foreigner
enquired of the farmer if he could tell him the way to the nearest hotel.
(d) The foreigner
told the farmer if he could tell him the way to the nearest hotel. (Wrong use
of Reporting verb)
8. (a) fn;k x;k sentence simple past tense esa gSA
Bls active/passive
esa
change djus dk Rule—
Active – Subject + V2nd
+ Object
Passive – Object + was/were + V3rd
+ by + Subject
vr% option
(a) correct answer gSA
9. (c) To believe only part of
something
Take something with a pinch of salt – not
true or accurate
Some
arguments ¼lansg ds lkFk½
Eg. You have to take everything she says with a
pinch of salt, because she tends to exaggerate.
vr% option
(c) “To believe only part of something” most suitable answer gSA
10. (c) Someone who gets angry very quickly
Full of sound and fury - loud and angry words that attract.
A
lot of attention but do nothing useful. (jks"k ls Hkjk gqvk ysfdu
vizHkkfor)
Eg. The town meeting created lots of sound
and fury, but no resolution.
vr: option (c) Merely loud and angry words but ineffective correct
answer gksxkA
11. (b) Invalid (N)– a person who has been very ill for a long
time and needs to be looked after (jksxh)
Eg. His invalid father is becoming a burden.
Athlete (N) – any person takes part in
sports activity. ¼dksbZ Hkh O;fDr tks [ksydwn xfrfof/k;ksa esa Hkkx
ysrk gksA½
Eg. Athletes from around the world will be
competing at the Olympics.
Activist (N) – a person who takes
action to cause political or social change, usually as a member of a group. (lfØ; izfrHkkxh)
Eg. he has been a trade union activist for
many years.
Petitioner (N) –
a person who present a petition to an authority in respect of a particular
cause.
¼;kfpdk nk;j drkZ@vthZ yxkus okyk½
Eg. The claim by the petitioner for social
support is dismissed.
vr: option (b)
correct answer gksxkA
12. (b) Biennial
Biennial
(adj.) – happening
once every two year ¼fnokf"kZd] gj nks o"kZ esa gksus okyk½
Biannual (adj.) – happening twice a
year. (,d
lky esa nks ckj)
Centennial (adj.) – hundredth
anniversary ¼100 lky esa ,d ckj½
Triennial (adj.) – recurring every
three year.¼rhu lky esa ,d ckj½
vr: option (b)
correct answer gksxkA
13. (c) Lineage
Lineage
(N) – the series of
families that somebody comes from originally ¼oa’k] oa’kkoyh] oa’kkuqØe½
Eg. We belong to the same lineage.
Pedigree (N) – a person’s family
history
¼oa’kkoyh½
Eg. They are looking for animals with pedigrees.
Forbidden (adj.) –
banned, useless ¼oftZr] vuqi;ksxh½
Eg. The sale of cigarettes/alcohol is
forbidden.
Illegitimate (adj.) – not allowed by
law, not standards rules ¼xSj dkuwuh fu;e] fcuk ekud fu;e½
Eg. They were fired from their jobs for illegitimate
reasons.
Mongrel (N) – Mixed breed ¼ladj tkfr)
Eg.
The dog an ungainly
mongrel pup, was loping about the road.
vr: option (c)
correct answer gksxkA
14. Compatible
Compatible
(adj.) – suitable to
be used together ¼lksgnziw.kZ@vuqdqy½
Eg. The new system will be compatible with
existing equipment.
Congenial (adj.) -
pleasant
¼lksgnz;Ziw.kZ½
Eg.
I find this aspect of my job particularly congenial.
Bombastic (adj.) – high sounding but
with little meaning ¼<+ksaxh] vkMacj iw.kZ½
Eg. Bombastic music that drowned out what
anyone was saying.
Aloof (adj.) – not friendly ¼fcuk
esyfeyki ds½
Eg. The new kid in our school is aloof and does not talk to anyone.
Servile (adj.) – wanting too much to
please somebody ¼[kq’kkEnh] pkiywlh½
Eg. He bowed his head in a servile manner.
vr: option
(a) correct
answer gksxkA
15. (a) Unproductive
Unproductive (adj.) – not achieving much not very useful ¼fcuk dke dh@vuqoZj½
Eg. I have had a very unproductive day.
Prolific (adj.) – highly productive ¼moZjrk@cgqltZd½
Eg. Linguist was a prolific writer in many
fields
Abundant (adj.) – existing in very
large quantities ¼Hkjiwj½
Eg. The river banks were abundant in
beautiful wild plants.
Several
(adj.) – more than two but not very many; a few (,dkf/kd)
Eg. It took her several days to recover from
the shock.
Rich (N) – not poor, people with a lot
money or property ¼/kuhyksx]½
Eg. Rich countries can afford to spend money
on the environment.
vr: option (a) correct
answer gksxkA
16. (c) Warmonger
Warmonger (N) – A
person who encourages or advocates aggression towards countries. ¼taxckt
O;fDr ;k lewg½
Eg. When the bombing started they quickly
lined up behind the warmongers.
Pacifist (N) – antiwar ¼;q)
fojks/kh½
Eg. There are three main schools of pacifist
thought.
Orator (N) –
speaker
¼O;k[;rk] izoDrk½
Eg. It is true his oratorial skills are only
matched by this prowess as an actor.
Peace-maker (N) – A person who brings
about peace especially by reconciling adversaries. ¼,d O;fDr
tks fd lqyg djrk gSA½
Eg. The us sees itself as a peacemaker in the
region.
Nihilist (N) – A person who believes
that life is meaning and rejects all religious and moral principle. ¼’kqU;oknh
O;fDr½
Eg. It is impossible to argue against
nihilist.
vr: option (c)
correct answer gksxkA
17. (a) Pnemonia
Correct
spelling – Pneumonia
Pneumonia (N) – a serious lung
infection (fueksfu;k)
Eg. kennel cough can progress into pneumonia
if left untreated.
Deviation (N) - the act of moving away from what is normal or acceptable (fopyu)
Eg. Having juice instead of coffee was a
deviation from his usual routine.
Miscellaneous (adj.) – A collection or
group of members or elements of different kinds. ¼fofo/k½
Eg. She gave me some money to cover any
miscellaneous expenses.
Preamble (N) – An introduction
to something you say. (izLrkouk)
Eg. The preamble of the novel briefly
introduces the contents of the book.
vr: option (a) correct
answer gksxkA
18. (d) Consentions
Correct
spelling – Conscientious
Conscientious (adj.) – In a thorough and
responsible way. ¼bZekunkj ;k ftEesnkj O;fDr½
Eg. He applied himself conscientiously to his profession.
Expanse
(N) – a wide and open area of
something, especially land or water.¼QSyko]
izlkj.k½
Eg. She gazed at the immense expanse of the sea.
Resultant
(adj.) – Produced as
a result of something ¼ifj.kke Lo:i½
Eg. If you push something , the resultant force will be for that
thing to move forward in the same direction.
Constraint
(V) – something that
limits.
¼izfrcf/kar½
Eg. He feel constraint in her presence.
vr: option (d)
correct answer gksxkA
19. (a) ‘D’ esa ,d film ‘Wayfarers’ ds ckjs esa
crk;k x;k gS ftl ij ckfd lHkh arguments based gSA vr% sequence
‘D’
ls Start gksxhA
Option
(a) DBCA
o (b)
DBAC
nksuksa ‘D’ ls start gSA
‘A’ esa Finally vk;k gS tks
fd concluding
part
dks n’kkZrk gSA vr% sequence ‘A’ ls ‘End’ gksxhA
vr% option
(a) DBCA correct answer gSA
20. (b) ‘C’ esa Bahadur Shah Jafar dh life dks introduce fd;k x;k gS
ftl ij ckfd lHkh arguments based gSA
vr% sequence
‘C’
ls start gksxhA
option
(b) CBAD
rFkk (d)
CDBA
nksuksa ‘C’ ls 'kq:
gksrs gSA
‘D’ esa finally… vk;k gS tks
concluding
part
dks n’kkZrk gS vr% ‘D’ ls sequence ‘end’ gksxhA
vr% option
(b) CBAD correct answer gSA
21. ;gka Ms. Foster ds fear of
missing
ds ckjs esa crk;k tk jgk gSA
Option
(a) hardly factually wrong gS D;ksafd fear igys ls gh negative
Hkko
ns jgk gSA
Hardly (Adv.) – almost
no; almost not; almost none ¼eqf’dy ls½
Eg. I hardly ever go to concerts.
Option
(c) Extremely o (d) quite irrelevant gSA
Extremely (adv.) – to a
very high degree. ¼vR;ar] fugk;r½
Eg. It is extremely important to follow the
directions exactly.
Quite (adv.) – to some degree. ¼dkQh gn
rd½
Eg. The rules of the game are quite simple.
;gka passage ;g convey dj jgk fd Ms.
faster
dks ;gka rd fd theatre curtain, miss djus dk Hkh
fear
gSA
vr% options
(b) even correct answer gSA
Even (adv.) – used
to emphasize something unexpected or surprising. ¼;gkW rd fd½
Eg. Even a child can understand it.
22. Blank
space
ds ckn ‘nervous’
adjective vk;k gS vr% ;gka adjective dks qualify djus okyh adverb vk,xhA
Only
option (a) particularly adverb gS vr% ;g correct answer gSA
Particularly (adv.) – especially; more
than others. ¼fo’ks"k :i ls½
Eg. I particularly like the colour of the walls.
The
task was not particularly difficult.
Ckkfd rhuksa
options
adjective gS vr% rhuksa gh grammatically incorrect gSA
Usual (adj.) – that
happens or is done most of the time or in most cases. ¼lkekU;½
Eg. I went to bed at my usual time.
General (adj.) – affecting all or most
people, places or things. ¼lkekU;] O;kid½
Eg. There is general agreement on that point.
Particular (adj.) – used to emphasize
that you are referring to one individual person, thing or type of thing and not
others.
¼fo’ks"k½
Eg Are you here today for any particular
reason?
23. Blank
space
ls igys preposition
‘of’
vk;k gSA
Preposition
(to
dks NksM+dj) ds ckn ;fn verb vkrh gS rks
og gerund(ing
form)
esa vk,xhA
vr% option
(b) be later rFkk (c) be late grammatically incorrect gS D;ksafd ‘be’ V1st
form
gSA
Vocabulary
Point:
Late/later
Late (adj.) – arriving, happening or
done after the expected, arranged or usual time. ¼nsj½
Eg. He was robbed when coming home late at
night.
Later (adj.) – coming after something
also or at a time in the future. ¼ckn dk½
Eg. This is discussed in more detail in a
later chapter.
Later (adv.) – at a
time in the future; after the time you are talking about. ¼ckn esa½
Eg. The weather got very bad later in the
morning.
Backward
reading
ls] Ms.
foster
dks things/events
miss
gksus dk Mj yxrk gSA
vr% option
(a) being late correct answer gSA
option
(d) red-herring gSA
24. Blank
space
ds ckn such
a nervous state… vk;k gSA rFkk igys throw, verb vkbZ gSA
Throw –
to make somebody/something be in a particular state. ¼fdlh
ifjfLFkfr ;k voLFkk esa igaqpkuk½
Structure:
be thrown out of something—
Eg. Hundreds were thrown out of work.
be
thrown into something—
Eg. The future of the project has been
thrown into doubt.
vr% option
(b) into most suitable gSA
Option
(a) away
o (c)
up irrelevant rFkk (d) in red-herring gSA
25. Blank ls igys Modal
(would)
vk;k gSA Modals (will, would, shall, should, can, could, may, might,
etc.)
ds ckn ges’kk V1st form vkrh gSA
Eg. I
would like to talk to you.
vr% option
(a) begun over rFkk (b) begun to grammatically incorrect gSA
Blank
space
ds ckn V1st
form (twitch) vkbZ gSA
vr% option
(c) begin to correct answer gSA
to + V1st’ dk structure gksrk gSA
Eg. I
want to go.
Option
(d) begin over grammatically incorrect gSA
blesa last esa ‘over’
preposition vk;k gS prepositions (‘to’ dks NksM+dj) ds ckn ;fn verb vkrh gS rks
og ges’kk gerund (ing form) esa jgsxhA vr:
option (d) Hkh grammatically wrong gSA
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