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Q.1 Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the given sentence.
When he made fun of the sage, who was already infuriated, it made a bad situation
worse.
Ans 1. Made them at the loggerheads
2. Pulled someone’s legs
3. Added fuel to the fire
4. Budged up
Question ID : 264330144363
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.2 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Quell
Ans 1. Invite
2. Beseech
3. Encourage
4. Suppress
Question ID : 264330143170
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.3 Select the most appropriate idiom for the following sentence.
The recent strike of the employees left the factory and its machinery in disorder.
Ans 1. Need of the hour
2. Out of gear
3. Pin-money
4. Lock and key
Question ID : 264330141306
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
SSC CHSL 2023 Tier 1 August 17 Shift 1 Question Paper with Answers
Roll Number
Candidate Name
Exam Date 17/08/2023
Exam Time 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Subject CHSL Exam 2023 Tier I
Section : English Language
 
 
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Q.1 Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the given sentence.
When he made fun of the sage, who was already infuriated, it made a bad situation
worse.
Ans 1. Made them at the loggerheads
2. Pulled someone’s legs
3. Added fuel to the fire
4. Budged up
Question ID : 264330144363
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.2 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Quell
Ans 1. Invite
2. Beseech
3. Encourage
4. Suppress
Question ID : 264330143170
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.3 Select the most appropriate idiom for the following sentence.
The recent strike of the employees left the factory and its machinery in disorder.
Ans 1. Need of the hour
2. Out of gear
3. Pin-money
4. Lock and key
Question ID : 264330141306
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
SSC CHSL 2023 Tier 1 August 17 Shift 1 Question Paper with Answers
Roll Number
Candidate Name
Exam Date 17/08/2023
Exam Time 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Subject CHSL Exam 2023 Tier I
Section : English Language
 
 
Q.4 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group
of words.
‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns is a poem that tells a story and has a regular
rhythm and rhyme scheme.
Ans 1. epic
2. haiku
3. ballad
4. sonnet
Question ID : 264330144149
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.5 Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank.
Should we go shopping for a ____ fan for our new house?
Ans 1. ceiling
2. sealink
3. sealing 
4. selling
Question ID : 264330149757
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.6 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.
Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any
error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
A crocodile / was swimming / in a river.
Ans 1. A crocodile
2. was swimming
3. No error
4. in a river
Question ID : 264330149606
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.7 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the
given sentence.
The performance of the musicians was rather worst than expected by the audience.
Ans 1. worst than expectation
2. worse was expected
3. worse than expected
4. bad as expected
Question ID : 264330144097
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
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Q.1 Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the given sentence.
When he made fun of the sage, who was already infuriated, it made a bad situation
worse.
Ans 1. Made them at the loggerheads
2. Pulled someone’s legs
3. Added fuel to the fire
4. Budged up
Question ID : 264330144363
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.2 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Quell
Ans 1. Invite
2. Beseech
3. Encourage
4. Suppress
Question ID : 264330143170
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.3 Select the most appropriate idiom for the following sentence.
The recent strike of the employees left the factory and its machinery in disorder.
Ans 1. Need of the hour
2. Out of gear
3. Pin-money
4. Lock and key
Question ID : 264330141306
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
SSC CHSL 2023 Tier 1 August 17 Shift 1 Question Paper with Answers
Roll Number
Candidate Name
Exam Date 17/08/2023
Exam Time 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Subject CHSL Exam 2023 Tier I
Section : English Language
 
 
Q.4 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group
of words.
‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns is a poem that tells a story and has a regular
rhythm and rhyme scheme.
Ans 1. epic
2. haiku
3. ballad
4. sonnet
Question ID : 264330144149
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.5 Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank.
Should we go shopping for a ____ fan for our new house?
Ans 1. ceiling
2. sealink
3. sealing 
4. selling
Question ID : 264330149757
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.6 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.
Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any
error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
A crocodile / was swimming / in a river.
Ans 1. A crocodile
2. was swimming
3. No error
4. in a river
Question ID : 264330149606
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.7 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the
given sentence.
The performance of the musicians was rather worst than expected by the audience.
Ans 1. worst than expectation
2. worse was expected
3. worse than expected
4. bad as expected
Question ID : 264330144097
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.8 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word from the following sentence.
Damage
Every war in the history originates because of the greed of the rulers which was
satisfied after mass destruction.
Ans 1. Satisfied
2. Destruction
3. Greed
4. Originates
Question ID : 264330149542
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.9 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Repercussion
Ans 1. Duplication
2. Consequence
3. Recusation
4. Apprehension
Question ID : 264330143977
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.10 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
It will be done by me.
Ans 1. I will do it.
2. I do it.
3. I did it.
4. I have done it.
Question ID : 264330150434
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.11 Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence.
Let us adjourn the meeting here, as it is lunchtime now.
Ans 1. Postpone
2. Prohibit
3. Stimulate
4. Expedite
Question ID : 264330143212
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
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Q.1 Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the given sentence.
When he made fun of the sage, who was already infuriated, it made a bad situation
worse.
Ans 1. Made them at the loggerheads
2. Pulled someone’s legs
3. Added fuel to the fire
4. Budged up
Question ID : 264330144363
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.2 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Quell
Ans 1. Invite
2. Beseech
3. Encourage
4. Suppress
Question ID : 264330143170
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.3 Select the most appropriate idiom for the following sentence.
The recent strike of the employees left the factory and its machinery in disorder.
Ans 1. Need of the hour
2. Out of gear
3. Pin-money
4. Lock and key
Question ID : 264330141306
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
SSC CHSL 2023 Tier 1 August 17 Shift 1 Question Paper with Answers
Roll Number
Candidate Name
Exam Date 17/08/2023
Exam Time 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Subject CHSL Exam 2023 Tier I
Section : English Language
 
 
Q.4 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group
of words.
‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns is a poem that tells a story and has a regular
rhythm and rhyme scheme.
Ans 1. epic
2. haiku
3. ballad
4. sonnet
Question ID : 264330144149
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.5 Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank.
Should we go shopping for a ____ fan for our new house?
Ans 1. ceiling
2. sealink
3. sealing 
4. selling
Question ID : 264330149757
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.6 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.
Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any
error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
A crocodile / was swimming / in a river.
Ans 1. A crocodile
2. was swimming
3. No error
4. in a river
Question ID : 264330149606
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.7 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the
given sentence.
The performance of the musicians was rather worst than expected by the audience.
Ans 1. worst than expectation
2. worse was expected
3. worse than expected
4. bad as expected
Question ID : 264330144097
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.8 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word from the following sentence.
Damage
Every war in the history originates because of the greed of the rulers which was
satisfied after mass destruction.
Ans 1. Satisfied
2. Destruction
3. Greed
4. Originates
Question ID : 264330149542
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.9 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Repercussion
Ans 1. Duplication
2. Consequence
3. Recusation
4. Apprehension
Question ID : 264330143977
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.10 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
It will be done by me.
Ans 1. I will do it.
2. I do it.
3. I did it.
4. I have done it.
Question ID : 264330150434
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.11 Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence.
Let us adjourn the meeting here, as it is lunchtime now.
Ans 1. Postpone
2. Prohibit
3. Stimulate
4. Expedite
Question ID : 264330143212
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.12 Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order, except the first part. Arrange the
parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.
As for the first historical fallacy,…
A. only some specialists can unravel its inscrutable mysteries
B. that the past was so different
C. from the present that
D. many people wrongly believe
Ans 1. BCDA
2. DCBA
3. DBCA
4. ABCD
Question ID : 264330149910
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.13 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Hideous
Ans 1. Repulsive
2. Pretty
3. Attractive
4. Plain
Question ID : 264330149869
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.14 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that
contains a grammatical error.
An old man whom / we met while coming back / from our college lives / at my uncle’s
place.
Ans 1. An old man whom
2. at my uncle’s place
3. we met while coming back
4. from our college lives
Question ID : 264330147604
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.15 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word from the given sentence.
The crowd jerred and laughed, but the young prince sprang to the gate with his face
flushed.
Ans 1. Prince
2. Laughed
3. Sprang
4. Jerred
Question ID : 264330149876
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
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Q.1 Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the given sentence.
When he made fun of the sage, who was already infuriated, it made a bad situation
worse.
Ans 1. Made them at the loggerheads
2. Pulled someone’s legs
3. Added fuel to the fire
4. Budged up
Question ID : 264330144363
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.2 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Quell
Ans 1. Invite
2. Beseech
3. Encourage
4. Suppress
Question ID : 264330143170
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.3 Select the most appropriate idiom for the following sentence.
The recent strike of the employees left the factory and its machinery in disorder.
Ans 1. Need of the hour
2. Out of gear
3. Pin-money
4. Lock and key
Question ID : 264330141306
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
SSC CHSL 2023 Tier 1 August 17 Shift 1 Question Paper with Answers
Roll Number
Candidate Name
Exam Date 17/08/2023
Exam Time 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Subject CHSL Exam 2023 Tier I
Section : English Language
 
 
Q.4 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group
of words.
‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns is a poem that tells a story and has a regular
rhythm and rhyme scheme.
Ans 1. epic
2. haiku
3. ballad
4. sonnet
Question ID : 264330144149
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.5 Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank.
Should we go shopping for a ____ fan for our new house?
Ans 1. ceiling
2. sealink
3. sealing 
4. selling
Question ID : 264330149757
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.6 The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.
Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any
error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
A crocodile / was swimming / in a river.
Ans 1. A crocodile
2. was swimming
3. No error
4. in a river
Question ID : 264330149606
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.7 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the
given sentence.
The performance of the musicians was rather worst than expected by the audience.
Ans 1. worst than expectation
2. worse was expected
3. worse than expected
4. bad as expected
Question ID : 264330144097
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.8 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word from the following sentence.
Damage
Every war in the history originates because of the greed of the rulers which was
satisfied after mass destruction.
Ans 1. Satisfied
2. Destruction
3. Greed
4. Originates
Question ID : 264330149542
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.9 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Repercussion
Ans 1. Duplication
2. Consequence
3. Recusation
4. Apprehension
Question ID : 264330143977
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.10 Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
It will be done by me.
Ans 1. I will do it.
2. I do it.
3. I did it.
4. I have done it.
Question ID : 264330150434
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.11 Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence.
Let us adjourn the meeting here, as it is lunchtime now.
Ans 1. Postpone
2. Prohibit
3. Stimulate
4. Expedite
Question ID : 264330143212
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.12 Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order, except the first part. Arrange the
parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.
As for the first historical fallacy,…
A. only some specialists can unravel its inscrutable mysteries
B. that the past was so different
C. from the present that
D. many people wrongly believe
Ans 1. BCDA
2. DCBA
3. DBCA
4. ABCD
Question ID : 264330149910
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.13 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Hideous
Ans 1. Repulsive
2. Pretty
3. Attractive
4. Plain
Question ID : 264330149869
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.14 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that
contains a grammatical error.
An old man whom / we met while coming back / from our college lives / at my uncle’s
place.
Ans 1. An old man whom
2. at my uncle’s place
3. we met while coming back
4. from our college lives
Question ID : 264330147604
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.15 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word from the given sentence.
The crowd jerred and laughed, but the young prince sprang to the gate with his face
flushed.
Ans 1. Prince
2. Laughed
3. Sprang
4. Jerred
Question ID : 264330149876
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.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.Despite numerous setbacks and rejections, he refused to give up on his dream of
making it big.
B.John had always been a talented musician, but he struggled to find his place in the
competitive and cutthroat music industry.
C.With the help of a supportive community of fellow musicians and fans, John
continued to hone his craft and develop his own unique sound.
D.Eventually, his hard work paid off and he landed a record deal with a major label.
Ans 1. BACD 
2. DCAB 
3. BDAC 
4. CBAD 
Question ID : 264330150163
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.17 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of
words.
One who eats human flesh
Ans 1. Mammal
2. Vegetarian
3. Carnivore
4. Cannibal
Question ID : 264330144102
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.18 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Ans 1. Acknowledgment
2. Accomodate
3. Address
4. Acquire
Question ID : 264330143153
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.19 Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word in the given sentence.
My friend works as a florist at the shop down the street.
Ans 1. A person who sells and arranges cut flowers 
2. A person who sells sweets 
3. Someone who grows flowers
4. Someone who works in a bank
Question ID : 264330149740
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
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