SSC CHSL Pre. 2019, 17.03.2020 (Shift-3) with detailed Solutions

SSC CHSL Pre. 2019, 17.03.2020 (Shift-3)

Direction (1-2) Select the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.

1. We were busy at the work and went for lunch only at 2.30 pm.

(a) only at 2.30 pm (b) at the work

2. No matter what that the mother did the baby didn’t stop crying.
(a) the mother did (b) what that

Direction (3-4) Select the alternative that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case there is no improvement select ‘No improvement’.

3. There was no sign of recognition on his face when they met after ten years.

(a) no sign to recognize (b) no any sign of recognition

4. Carrots and sweet potatoes were airdrop for animals starving during the tragic bushfires in Australia.

(a) are airdropped for animals starved

(b) were airdropped for animals starving

(d) will be airdropping for animals starving

Direction (5-6) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

5. By accelerating digitisation and leveraging next generation technologies, the life insurance sector can double its ______ to Rupees 70 lakh crores, a study said.

(a) funding (b) reports (c) policies (d) assets

6. Madhuri is bringing ______ her sister’s daughter after the death of the child’s parents.

(a) in (b) out (c) up (d) over

7. Select the option that is the direct form of the sentence.

Experts said that several steps were being taken to promote foreign trade as it constituted 45% of the country’s economy.

(a) Experts are saying, “Several steps were taken to promote foreign trade as it constituted 45% of the country’s economy”.

(b) Experts said, “Several steps should be taken to promote foreign trade as they constitute 45% of the country’s economy”.
(c) Experts said, “Several steps are being taken to promote foreign trade as it constitutes 45% of the country’s economy”.
(d) Experts said, “Several steps had been taken for promoting foreign trade as it constitute 45% of the country’s economy”.

8. Select the option that is the passive form of the sentence.

Jiya wrote the research paper with the help of her tutor.

(a) The research paper was wrote by Jiya with the help of the tutor.
(b) The research paper is being written by Jiya with the help of her tutor.

(d) The research paper was written by Jiya with the help of her tutor.

Direction (9-10) Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

9. Back in saddle

(a) Resume duty (b) Put a new saddle

10. When they read about the proposed strike of buses they said, “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.”

(a) Call them for talks (b) Cancel our plans

Direction (11-12) Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

11. A place where wild animals live

(a) Cage (b) Kennel (c) Hutch (d) Lair

12. A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases

(a) Medicine (b) Treatment

Direction (13-14) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

13. RESILIENT
(a) Supple (b) Furious (c) Lazy (d) Baseless

14. OCCUR
(a) Hasten (b) Happen (c) Hinder (d) Hamper

Direction (15-16) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

15. PRIM

(a) Principle (b) Intellectual

16. EXHALE

(a) Expel (b) Inspire (c) Inhale (d) Respite

Direction (17-18) Select the word with the incorrect spelling

17. (a) Denounce (b) Ascertain

18. (a) Avalaunche (b) Capricious

Direction (19-20) Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

19. A. Just before the sacrifice, however, he noticed that one of the king’s fingers was missing.

B. Once when travelling across a forest, the king was captured by a powerful tribe.

C. Since it was not acceptable to sacrifice an incomplete person to God, the king was released.

D. The tribal priest decided to sacrifice the king to their God.

(a) BDAC (b) CDBA (c) ADBC (d) DACB

20. A. Problems in absorption of vitamins is the main cause of vitamin deficiency.

B. This is the reason why people with metabolic disorders such as obesity, often suffer from vitamin deficiency.

C. Hence, digestion and the absorption mechanism in the body is very important.

D. Vitamin deficiency is not just caused by lack of vitamins in the diet.

(a) BCAD (b) CBDA (c) DABC (d) ACBD

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.

Valley of Flowers National Park, an Indian national park located in North Chamoli in the state of Uttarakhand, is known for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and variety of flora.
(21)______ richly diverse area is also home (22)______ rare and endangered animals, including the Asiatic black bear, snow leopard, musk deer, brown bear, red fox, and blue sheep. Birds
(23)______ in the park include the Himalayan monal pheasant and other (24)______ altitude birds. At 3352 to 3658 meters above sea level, the gentle (25)______ of the Valley of Flowers National
Park complements the rugged mountain wilderness of Nanda Devi National Park to the east.

21. (a) That (b) These (c) This (d) Which

22. (a) Of (b) to (c) with (d) in

23. (a) Finding (b) are found

24. (a) High (b) flight (c) far (d) soaring

25. (a) Shore (b) Scene

Solutions

1. (b) ‘with’ in place of ‘at’

‘busy with something/somebody’ dk structure gksrk gSA

Busy (adj.) – giving all your attention and effort to a particular activity. ¼O;Lr½

Structure:

Busy with something/somebody—

Eg. Kate’s busy with her homework.

Let’s get busy the cleaning up.

Busy doing something—

Eg. Tames is busy practicing for the school concert.

2. (b) Remove ‘that’

nks conjunction dk ,d lkFk use superfluous gSA

Only ‘what’ dk use gksxk D;ksafd what dk antecedent ugha gksrk gSA

Eg. What matters the most is hard work.

‘that’ dk use person/living/non-living thing lHkh ds fy, fd;k tk ldrk gSA

Eg. I like that girl in red.

This is the car that I bought yesterday.

3. (c) No improvement

4. be form (is/am/are/was/were) ds ckn active voice ¼tc subject }kjk fØ;k dh xbZ gks½ esa V^ing form rFkk Passive voice ¼tc subject ij fØ;k dh xbZ gks½ esa V^3rd form vkrh gSA

pwafd carrots rFkk sweet potatoes active door ugha gS blfy, sentence passive esa vk,xk rFkk ;gka V^3rd vk,xhA

vr% option (b) were airdropped for animal starving correct answer gSA

Option (a) esa participial adjective ds :i esa V^3rd (starved) vk;k gSA tks fd wrong use gSA

Grammar point:

Participle V^ing/V^3rd tgka fØ;k dk Hkko j[krs gSa ogha ;s vius lkFk tqM+s Noun/Pronoun dks quality Hkh djrs gSa tSlk fd dksbZ Hkh adjective djrk gSA

vxj buls tqM+k Noun/Pronoun ml fØ;k dks djrk gS rks V^ing dk use gksxk vkSj vxj og Noun/Pronoun ml fØ;k dk izHkko >syrk gS ;k fØ;k mlh ij dh tkrh gS rc V^3rd dk use gksxkA

Note: pwafd okLro esa ;s verb dk force j[krs gS blfy, bu 'kCnksa ds lkFk object/complement ;k nksuksa dk use feyrk gSA

Eg. Like humans, animals also need dentists filling their teeth.

Due to virus we lost all data stored on the hard disk.

pwafd animals ^tks Hkw[ks ej jgs Fks* dh ckr gks jgh gSa uk fd fØ;k mu ij dh tk jgh gSA

vr% ‘starving’ vk,xkA

Option (c) rFkk (d) Hkh grammatically incorrect gSA

5. Blank space ds ckn Rupees 70 lakh crores vk;k gSA

vr% option (d) assets most suitable answer gSA

Asset (N) – Something valuable belonging to a person or organization that can be used for the payment of debts. ¼lEifÙk½

Eg. A company’s assets can consists of cash, investments, specialist knowledge, or copy right material.

Option (a) funding red-herring gSA

Funding (N) – Money for a particular purpose; the act of providing money for such a purpose. ¼fu/kh;u½

Eg. Half of the research posts depend on outside funding.

Structure :

• Funding for something —

Eg. There have been large cuts in government funding for scientific research.

Collocations :

Government / federal / state funding

Receive / get / obtain funding

give award / provide / allocate funding

withdraw / cut funding

Adequate/proper / sufficient funding

Funding shortfall / crisis cut

Option (b) reports ¼izfrosnu] lwpuk½ o (c) policies ¼;qfDr] uhfr½ irrelevant gSA

6. Forward reading ls] Madhuri viuh sister dh death ds ckn mlds cPps dh ns[kHkky@ikyu iks"k.k dj jgh gSA

vr% option (c) up

Bring up (phrasal verb)—

Bring somebody - up – to care for a child,

Teaching him or her how to behave, etc. ¼ikyu iks"k.k djuk½

Eg. She brought up five children.

A well/badly brought up child.

ckfd lHkh options irrelevant gSA

Bring somebody - in – to ask somebody to do a particular job or to be involved in something ¼’kkfey djuk½

Eg. Local residents were angry at not being brought in on the new housing proposal.

7. (d)

(a) Experts are saying, “Several steps were taken to promote foreign trade as it constituted 45% of the country’s economy”. (wrong use of reporting verb)

(b) Experts said, “Several steps should be taken to promote foreign trade as they constitute 45% of the country’s economy”. (wrong use of helping verb in reported speech)
(c) Experts said, “Several steps are being taken to promote foreign trade as it constitutes 45% of the country’s economy”. (wrong use of tense)
(d) Experts said, “Several steps had been taken for promoting foreign trade as it constitute 45% of the country’s economy”.

8. fn;k x;k sentence past simple esa gSA

bldk Active/Passive formation—

Active – Subject + V^2nd + Object

Passive – Object + was/were + V^3rd + by + subject

vr% option (d) correct answer gSA

9. (a) Resume duty

Back in saddle – doing something that you stopped doing for a period of time. ¼dqN le; i'pkr~ dke is yxuk½

Eg. I needed to take a break for a bit but now, I’m back in the saddle.

10. (d) Solve the problem

Cross that bridge – to worry about a problem when it actually happens and not before ¼eqlhcrksa vkus ij gy <wa<uk½

Eg. Cross that bridge when one comes to it.

11. (d) Lair

Lair (N) – A place where wild animals lives often underground and hidden or a place where a person hidden – ,d txg tks tkuojksa dks fNius esa dke vkrh gSA ¼xqQk½

Eg. He saw that his dogs had roused a wild boar from its lair.

Cage (N) – A structure of bars or wires in which birds or other animals are confined. ¼fiatjk½

Eg. She put the rabbit back in the cage.

Hutch (N) – A boar or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for keeping rabbits or other small domesticates animals.

tks fd ,d izdkj dk ydM+h dk cDlk ftls NksVs tkuoj tSls dog, ;k [kjxks’k dks j[kk tkrk gSA

Eg. The hutch should be kept clean.

Kennel (N) – A small house shelter for a dog ¼NksVk dqÙkk?kj½

Eg. They keep their dog in an outdoor kennel.

12. (d) Panacea

Panacea (N) – A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases. ¼jkeok.k vkS"kf/k½

Eg. Technology is not a panacea for all our problems.

Treatment (N) – Something that is done to make somebody feel and look good. ¼fdlh ?kk;y O;fDr dk bykt djuk½

Eg. The patient required immediate medical treatment.

Therapy (N) – Treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder. ¼’kkjhfjd ,oa ekufld jksxksa dh fpfdRlk½

Eg. He is having therapy to conquer his phobia.

Medicine (N) – A drug or other preparation for the treatment or prevention of disease ¼nok½

Eg. In don’t feel well. Please give me some medicine.

13. (a) Supple

Supple (adj.) – that bend or moves easily bending or able to be bent easily. ¼yphyk½

Eg. The gloves were made of very supple leather.

Resilient (adj.) – able to quickly return to its usual shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed. ¼eqM+k gqvk] QSyk ;k yphyk½

Eg. Babies are generally for more resilient then new parents realized.

Baseless (adj.) – not based on facts.

¼rdZ ;k rF;ksa ij vk/kkfjr ugha½

Eg. This is false and baseless accusation.

Lazy (adj.) – not willing to work or any effort ¼vkylh½

Eg. He was too lazy to cook.

Furious (adj.) – very angry ¼cgqr xqLls okyk½

Eg. He was furious when he learned about it.

14. (b) Happen

Happen (V) – take place; occur

¼?kfVr gks tkuk@fcuk fdlh ;kstuk ds½

Eg. Two hours had passed and still nothing had happened.

OCCUR (V) – to take place; happen ¼?kfVr gks tkuk½

Eg. The accident occurred about 3:30 pm.

Hinder (V) – to make it more difficult for someone to do something or for to happen ¼fdlh ds dke esas ck/kk Mkyuk½

Eg. Higher interest rates could hinder economic growth.

Hamper (V) – to prevent someone being something easily

¼ck/kk Mkyuk½

Eg. Our efforts were severely hampered by a lack of money.

Hasten (V) – be quick to do something ¼tYnh djuk½

Eg. I hastened to meet him.

15. (c) Dishevelled

Dishevelled (adj.) – (of people or their appearance) Very untidy ¼vLr O;Lr½

Eg. A man with long dishevelled hair.

PRIM (adj.) – feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper – stiffly correct. ¼f’k"V fiz; O;fDr½

Eg. A very prim and proper lady.

Principle (N) – A morel rule or a strong belief that influences your action (fl)kUr)

Eg. Stick to your principles and tell him you won’t do it.

Intellectual (adj.) – connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things. (cqf)tho O;fDr)

Eg. He was an intellectual, scholarly man.

Mature (adj.) – fully grown or fully developed physically in health ¼iw.kZr;k fodflr½

Eg. His parents didn’t think he was mature enough to live on his own.

16. (c) Inhale

Inhale (V) – to breath in (air, gas etc.) ¼lkWl ysuk½

Eg. She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply.

Exhale (V) – Breathe out ¼lkal ckgj fudkyuk½

Eg. She sat back and exhaled deeply.

Inspire (V) – to make someone feel that day want to something and can do it ¼izsfjr djuk½

Eg. His confident leadership inspired his followers.

Respite (N) – a short period of rest from something difficult or unpleasant. ¼FkksM+s le; dk foJke½

Eg. A brief respite from the fighting.

Expel (V) – (to send something out by) to force air, liquid how of something ¼cyiwoZd ckgj fudkyuk½

Eg. To expel air from the lungs.

17. (c) Systemetic

Correct spelling – Systematic

Systematic (adj.) – done according a fixed plan or method

¼;kstukuqlkj½

Eg. A systematic search of the whole city.

Combination (N) – A number of people or things mixed or joined together, a mixture. ¼cgqla[;d oLrqvksa ;k O;fDr;ksa ;k feJ.k&esy ;ksx½

Eg. A magnificent combination of drama dance and music.

Ascertain (V) – to find same thing out for creation ¼dqN irk yxkuk½

Eg. An attempt to ascertain the cause of the accident.

Denounce (V)- to strongly criticize somebody/something that you think is wrong, illegal, etc. (fuank djuk)

Eg. The assembly denounced the use of violence.

18. (b) Capricious

Capricious (Adj.) – changing behaviour suddenly and unexpectedly ¼ludh½

Eg. I try to use a careful choice of words with people that have shown capricious behavior.

Complasant

Correct spelling – complacent

Complacent (Adj.) – satisfy person ¼larq"V O;fDr½

Eg. You can’t afford to be complacent about security.

Avalaonche

Correct spelling – Avalanche

Avalanche (N) – A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down mountainside. ¼ioZrksa ls fxjrh cQZ ;k pêkus&fgeL[kyu½

Eg. He was swept to his death by an avalanche in 1988.

Ecstacy

Correct spelling – Ecstasy

Ecstasy (N) – An over whelming feeding of great happiness or joyful excitement. ¼cgqr vkuan dh Hkkouk½

Eg. When I saw my favorite singer in concert, I was in ecstasy.

19. (a) Events ds occurrence ds according—

B – king was captured by a tribe

D – Tribal priest us decide fd;k to sacrifice the king

A – Sacrifice ls igys noticed king dh finger missing gSA

C – being incomplete person, he (king) was released.

vr% option (a) BDAC correct answer gSA

20. (c) ‘D’ esa Vitamine deficiency dks introduce fd;k x;k gS ftl ij ckfd lHkh arguments based gSA

vr% sequence ‘D’ ls start gksxhA

Only option (c) DABC esa gSA

‘D’ o ‘A’ esa ‘Vitamine deficiency’ common factor gSA

‘D’ esa crk;k x;k gS fd Vitamine deficiency dsoy diet esa Vitamine dh deh ls ugha gksrkA

‘A’ esa bldks further explain fd;k gS fd Vitamine dk absorption main cause gSA

D-A esa Neon link gSA

vr% option (c) DABC correct answer gSA

Note: C esa Hence, vk;k gS tks concluding part dks show djrk gSA vr% ‘C’ ls sequence end gksxhA

Conclude: Sequence dk last part gksrk gS ftlesa generally conclusion fn;k tkrk gSA Conclusion ds fy, lkekU;r% fuEu word iz;qDr gksrs gSa&

• Hence, thus, therefore

• In the end, finally, at last

• So, So that

21. Blank space ds ckn singular noun (area) vk;k gSA vr% ;gka ‘This’ dk use gksxkA

Option (c) this correct answer gSA

‘This’ (demonstrative pronoun) dk use singular noun ds lkFk gksrk gSA

tks fd close gks ;k tks already mentioned gksA

Eg. Is this your bag?

There was a court case resulting from this incident.

Option (b) these grammatically incorrect gSA

D;ksafd ;g plural nouns ds lkFk use gksrk gSA

Eg. These sweets are made by me.

that Hkh demonstrative pronoun gS tks singular noun ds lkFk use gksrk gS tks speaker ls nwj gksA

Eg. Look at that man over there.

Option (d) which Hkh irrelevant gSA

D;ksafd uk rks ;g sentence interrogative gS vkSj uk gh ;gka nks sentence (clause) dks connect fd;k x;k gSA

22. home ls igys is vk;k gS rFkk ckn esa rare and endangered animals.

‘be home to somebody’ structure gksrk gSA

Home – the town, district, country, etc. that you come from, or where you are living and that you feel you belong to. ¼vkokl½

Eg. Jane left England and made Greece her home.

Structure:

• Be home to somebody—

Eg. Jamaica is home to over two million people.

vr% option (b) to correct answer gSA

ckfd lHkh options irrelevant gSA

23. Birds ds fy, main verb ‘include’ vk;k gSA

rFkk Blank ds ckn ‘in the park’ vk;k gSA ;kfu Birds tks park esa ikbZ tkrh gSA vr% participial adjective vk,xkA

Grammar point :

Participle V^ing/V^3rd tgka fØ;k dk Hkko j[krs gS ogha ;s vius lkFk tqM+s Noun/Pronoun dks qualify Hkh djrs gSa tSlk fd dksbZ Hkh adjective djrk gSA

vxj buls tqM+k noun/pronoun ml fØ;k dks djrk gS rks V^ing dk use gksxk vkSj vxj og noun/pronoun ml fØ;k dk izHkko >syrk gS ;k fØ;k mlh ij dh tkrh gS rc V^3rd dk use gksxkA

Note: pwafd okLro esa ;s verb dk force j[krs gSa blfy, bu 'kCnksa ds lkFk object/complement ;k nksLrksa dk use feyrk gSA

Eg. Like humans, animals also need dentists filling their teeth.

Due to virus we lost all data stored on the hard disk.

vr% (c) found correct answer gSA D;ksafd bird ogka ikbZ tkrh gS uk fd birds [kkstrh gSA

ckfd lHkh options grammatically incorrect gSA

24. Blank space ds ckn altitude (N) vk;k gSA

High – altitude dk collocation gksrk gSA

vr% option (a) high correct answer gSA

Altitude (N) – a place that is high above sea level ¼Å¡pkbZ½

Eg. Snow leopards live at high altitudes.

Structure :

• At altitude—

Eg. The athletes trained at altitude in Mexico.

ckfd lHkh options irrelevant gSA

Flight (N) – a group of birds, or aircraft flying together. ¼i{kh o`an] foeku ;krk;kr½

Eg. A flight of geese.

An air craft of the Queen’s flight.

Soaring (Present participle of soar)

Soar (V) - if the value, amount or level of something soars, it rises very quickly (mM+ku)

Eg. Air pollution will soon soar above safety levels.

25. Blank space ds ckn the valley of flower vk;k gSA

Forward reading ls] Nanda Devi National Park ds rugged Mountain Wilderness dks Valley of flowers complement djrk gSA

Landscape (N) – Everything you can see when you look across a large area of land, especially in the country. (Hkw-n`’;)

Eg. The woods and field that are typical features of the English landscape.

Collocations :

Urban landscape

The bleak/barren/rugged landscape of the area.

desolate landscape.

Conserve/preserve/protect landscape

Landscape architect/gardener/architecture.

Option (a) shore o Option (c) Movement irrelevant gSA

Shore (N) – the land along the edge of the sea, the ocean, or a lake. ¼fdukjk½

Eg. To swim from the boat to the shore.

Structure :

• On the shore—

Eg. Rubbish of all sorts is washed up on the shore.

• On the shores of something—

Eg. A house on the shores of the lake.

• Off share—

Eg. The ship was anchored off shore.

Collocations:

a rocky/sandy shore

golden/lake shore

Approach/reach/leave shore

Shore bird/crab/leave.

Movement (N) – An act of moving from one place to another or of moving something from one place to another. ¼xfrfof/k½

Eg. She observed the gentle movement of his chest as he breathed.

Option (b) scene red-herring gSA

Scene (N) – a view that you see. ¼n`’;½

Eg. A delightful rural view.

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