SSC CHSL Tier-I Previous Year Paper (25th May 2021) Shift-1 | SSC CHSL Mock Test Series 2025 PDF Download

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SSC CHSL 25th May 2022 Shift-1
English Language
1. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.
Ravi got the job easily because he speaks many languages.
A    Polyglot
B    Polynomial
C    Polycentric
D    Polysyllabic
A n s w e r : A
2. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Loathe
A    Entrench
B    Abhor
C    Abjure
D    Meddle
A n s w e r : B
3. From among the words given in bold, select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the following sentence.
The popular ridikule of Puritanism in burlesque and doggerel is best exemplified in Butler’s Hudibras.
A    exemplified
B    ridikule
C    burlesque
D    doggerel
A n s w e r : B
4. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A snake in the grass
A    A timid person
B    A deceitful person
C    A wealthy person
D    A talkative person
A n s w e r : B
    
  
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SSC CHSL 25th May 2022 Shift-1
English Language
1. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.
Ravi got the job easily because he speaks many languages.
A    Polyglot
B    Polynomial
C    Polycentric
D    Polysyllabic
A n s w e r : A
2. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Loathe
A    Entrench
B    Abhor
C    Abjure
D    Meddle
A n s w e r : B
3. From among the words given in bold, select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the following sentence.
The popular ridikule of Puritanism in burlesque and doggerel is best exemplified in Butler’s Hudibras.
A    exemplified
B    ridikule
C    burlesque
D    doggerel
A n s w e r : B
4. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A snake in the grass
A    A timid person
B    A deceitful person
C    A wealthy person
D    A talkative person
A n s w e r : B
    
  
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5. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word
A    Guide
B    Geilty
C    Guard
D    Global
A n s w e r : B
6. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline segment in the given sentence.
During the war, the comedian proved to be a man of music.
A    man of words
B    man of Mars
C    man of straw
D    man of grass
A n s w e r : C
7. Select the denotation of the highlighted word.
The archer doesn’t get perturbed easily.
A    Initiated
B    Agitated
C    Animated
D    Triumphed
A n s w e r : B
     
8. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence.
All his bones could be counted because his body was totally shrivelled and wrinkled with age.
A    wizened
B    shrunken
C    dried
D    bony
A n s w e r : A
9. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Asha was ___________ made a fool by her friend.
A    insistently
B    unknowingly
  
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SSC CHSL 25th May 2022 Shift-1
English Language
1. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.
Ravi got the job easily because he speaks many languages.
A    Polyglot
B    Polynomial
C    Polycentric
D    Polysyllabic
A n s w e r : A
2. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Loathe
A    Entrench
B    Abhor
C    Abjure
D    Meddle
A n s w e r : B
3. From among the words given in bold, select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the following sentence.
The popular ridikule of Puritanism in burlesque and doggerel is best exemplified in Butler’s Hudibras.
A    exemplified
B    ridikule
C    burlesque
D    doggerel
A n s w e r : B
4. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A snake in the grass
A    A timid person
B    A deceitful person
C    A wealthy person
D    A talkative person
A n s w e r : B
    
  
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5. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word
A    Guide
B    Geilty
C    Guard
D    Global
A n s w e r : B
6. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline segment in the given sentence.
During the war, the comedian proved to be a man of music.
A    man of words
B    man of Mars
C    man of straw
D    man of grass
A n s w e r : C
7. Select the denotation of the highlighted word.
The archer doesn’t get perturbed easily.
A    Initiated
B    Agitated
C    Animated
D    Triumphed
A n s w e r : B
     
8. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence.
All his bones could be counted because his body was totally shrivelled and wrinkled with age.
A    wizened
B    shrunken
C    dried
D    bony
A n s w e r : A
9. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Asha was ___________ made a fool by her friend.
A    insistently
B    unknowingly
  
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C    
innocently
D    
deliberately
A n s w e r : D
10. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. 
You never hear of a happy billionaire.
A    A happy billionaire is never heard of.
B    A happy billionaire never heard of.
C    A happy billionaire is never heard by you.
D    No one hears a happy billionaire.
A n s w e r : A
     
11. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The most recent studies on the human body are likely to alter the face of health sciences.
A    The most recent studies on the human body are likely to be altered by the face of health sciences.
B    The face of health sciences will be altering the most recent studies on the human body.
C    The face of health sciences is likely to be altered by the most recent studies on the human body.
D    The most face of health sciences is likely to alter the recent studies on the human body.
A n s w e r : C
12. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The river / flowed besides / the hillock / in our village.
A    in our village
B    the hillock
C    flowed besides
D    The river
A n s w e r : C
13. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Tit for tat
A    Prepare to leave
B    A wild guess
C    Counter attack
D    Go smoothly
A n s w e r : C
  
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SSC CHSL 25th May 2022 Shift-1
English Language
1. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.
Ravi got the job easily because he speaks many languages.
A    Polyglot
B    Polynomial
C    Polycentric
D    Polysyllabic
A n s w e r : A
2. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Loathe
A    Entrench
B    Abhor
C    Abjure
D    Meddle
A n s w e r : B
3. From among the words given in bold, select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the following sentence.
The popular ridikule of Puritanism in burlesque and doggerel is best exemplified in Butler’s Hudibras.
A    exemplified
B    ridikule
C    burlesque
D    doggerel
A n s w e r : B
4. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A snake in the grass
A    A timid person
B    A deceitful person
C    A wealthy person
D    A talkative person
A n s w e r : B
    
  
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5. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word
A    Guide
B    Geilty
C    Guard
D    Global
A n s w e r : B
6. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline segment in the given sentence.
During the war, the comedian proved to be a man of music.
A    man of words
B    man of Mars
C    man of straw
D    man of grass
A n s w e r : C
7. Select the denotation of the highlighted word.
The archer doesn’t get perturbed easily.
A    Initiated
B    Agitated
C    Animated
D    Triumphed
A n s w e r : B
     
8. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence.
All his bones could be counted because his body was totally shrivelled and wrinkled with age.
A    wizened
B    shrunken
C    dried
D    bony
A n s w e r : A
9. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Asha was ___________ made a fool by her friend.
A    insistently
B    unknowingly
  
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C    
innocently
D    
deliberately
A n s w e r : D
10. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. 
You never hear of a happy billionaire.
A    A happy billionaire is never heard of.
B    A happy billionaire never heard of.
C    A happy billionaire is never heard by you.
D    No one hears a happy billionaire.
A n s w e r : A
     
11. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The most recent studies on the human body are likely to alter the face of health sciences.
A    The most recent studies on the human body are likely to be altered by the face of health sciences.
B    The face of health sciences will be altering the most recent studies on the human body.
C    The face of health sciences is likely to be altered by the most recent studies on the human body.
D    The most face of health sciences is likely to alter the recent studies on the human body.
A n s w e r : C
12. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The river / flowed besides / the hillock / in our village.
A    in our village
B    the hillock
C    flowed besides
D    The river
A n s w e r : C
13. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Tit for tat
A    Prepare to leave
B    A wild guess
C    Counter attack
D    Go smoothly
A n s w e r : C
  
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14. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence.
Eventually the patient succumbed to her illness.
A    died
B    overcame
C    surrendered
D    advanced
A n s w e r : B
15. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 
Show me the better dress in the shop.
A    a better
B    a good
C    the best
D    the good
A n s w e r : C
16. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful
and coherent paragraph.
A. Their brother, John, is more blatantly hostile to Jane, reminding her that she is a poor dependent of his mother.
B. Orphaned as an infant, Jane Eyre lives at Gateshead with her aunt, Sarah Reed, as the novel opens. 
C. Her female cousins, Georgiana, and Eliza, tolerate, but don't love her. 
D. Jane is ten years old, an outsider in the Reed family.
A    DCAB
B    DBCA
C    BDCA
D    BACD
A n s w e r : C
       
17. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
A    Beautycian
B    Mathematician
C    Musician
D    Technician
A n s w e r : A
  
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SSC CHSL 25th May 2022 Shift-1
English Language
1. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.
Ravi got the job easily because he speaks many languages.
A    Polyglot
B    Polynomial
C    Polycentric
D    Polysyllabic
A n s w e r : A
2. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Loathe
A    Entrench
B    Abhor
C    Abjure
D    Meddle
A n s w e r : B
3. From among the words given in bold, select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the following sentence.
The popular ridikule of Puritanism in burlesque and doggerel is best exemplified in Butler’s Hudibras.
A    exemplified
B    ridikule
C    burlesque
D    doggerel
A n s w e r : B
4. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A snake in the grass
A    A timid person
B    A deceitful person
C    A wealthy person
D    A talkative person
A n s w e r : B
    
  
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5. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word
A    Guide
B    Geilty
C    Guard
D    Global
A n s w e r : B
6. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline segment in the given sentence.
During the war, the comedian proved to be a man of music.
A    man of words
B    man of Mars
C    man of straw
D    man of grass
A n s w e r : C
7. Select the denotation of the highlighted word.
The archer doesn’t get perturbed easily.
A    Initiated
B    Agitated
C    Animated
D    Triumphed
A n s w e r : B
     
8. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence.
All his bones could be counted because his body was totally shrivelled and wrinkled with age.
A    wizened
B    shrunken
C    dried
D    bony
A n s w e r : A
9. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Asha was ___________ made a fool by her friend.
A    insistently
B    unknowingly
  
.
C    
innocently
D    
deliberately
A n s w e r : D
10. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. 
You never hear of a happy billionaire.
A    A happy billionaire is never heard of.
B    A happy billionaire never heard of.
C    A happy billionaire is never heard by you.
D    No one hears a happy billionaire.
A n s w e r : A
     
11. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The most recent studies on the human body are likely to alter the face of health sciences.
A    The most recent studies on the human body are likely to be altered by the face of health sciences.
B    The face of health sciences will be altering the most recent studies on the human body.
C    The face of health sciences is likely to be altered by the most recent studies on the human body.
D    The most face of health sciences is likely to alter the recent studies on the human body.
A n s w e r : C
12. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The river / flowed besides / the hillock / in our village.
A    in our village
B    the hillock
C    flowed besides
D    The river
A n s w e r : C
13. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Tit for tat
A    Prepare to leave
B    A wild guess
C    Counter attack
D    Go smoothly
A n s w e r : C
  
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14. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence.
Eventually the patient succumbed to her illness.
A    died
B    overcame
C    surrendered
D    advanced
A n s w e r : B
15. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 
Show me the better dress in the shop.
A    a better
B    a good
C    the best
D    the good
A n s w e r : C
16. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful
and coherent paragraph.
A. Their brother, John, is more blatantly hostile to Jane, reminding her that she is a poor dependent of his mother.
B. Orphaned as an infant, Jane Eyre lives at Gateshead with her aunt, Sarah Reed, as the novel opens. 
C. Her female cousins, Georgiana, and Eliza, tolerate, but don't love her. 
D. Jane is ten years old, an outsider in the Reed family.
A    DCAB
B    DBCA
C    BDCA
D    BACD
A n s w e r : C
       
17. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
A    Beautycian
B    Mathematician
C    Musician
D    Technician
A n s w e r : A
  
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18. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to
substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’. 
At the end of our first two weeks on the island, we were informed that our lawyers, Bram Fischer and Joel Joffe, were going to
be visiting the following day.
A    we are informed
B    we get inform
C    No substitution required
D    we were inform
A n s w e r : C
19. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Perilous
A    Dangerous
B    Stimulus
C    Secure
D    Impetus
A n s w e r : A
   
20. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Serendipity
A    Sibilance
B    Godsend
C    Catastrophe
D    Surreptitious
A n s w e r : B
Instructions [21 - 25 ]
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
Psychologists discovered that there are two routes (1) ___________ achievement: conformity and originality. Conformity means
following the crowd (2) __________ conventional paths and (3) ___________ the status quo. Originality is taking the road (4) __________
travelled, championing a set of novel ideas that go against the grain but (5) __________ making things better.
21. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
A    against
B    on
C    off
D    
to
  
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