SSC CHSL Pre. 2019, 19.03.2020 (Shift-2) with detailed Solutions
SSC CHSL Pre. 2019, 19.03.2020 (Shift-2)
Directions (1-2) In
the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
1. Cats cannot be blamed for its behavior to
their masters as they are tamed so.
(a) for its behavior (b) to their masters
(c) as they are tamed so (d) Cats cannot be blamed
2. Some of the issues discussed on the media
nowadays has no relevance to the nation-building process.
(a) to the nation-building process
(b) has no relevance
(c) on the media nowadays
(d) Some of the issues discussed
Directions (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. She is tender-hearted by nature and I have
found her eyes moist many a times
over the sad face of any children.
(a) so many a times (b) many time
(c) No improvement (d) many a time
4. The selection to the police department
raised him as high to a kite.
(a) as high as (b)
No improvement
(c) so high to (d)
so high so
Directions (5-6) Select
the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
5. Children need special care and
________________ from the side of their parents for making them emotionally
strong.
(a) suspicion (b)
attention
(c) reflection (d)
compromise
6. Unnecessary suspicion and lack of trust
against the others are caused by ______________.
(a) prejudice (b)
contentment
(c) impartiality (d) empathy
7. Nakul asked her, “How do you know that Rahul
has told it to him?”
(a) Nakul asked her how she knew that Rahul had told that to him.
(b) Nakul asked her that how she has known that Rahul has told
that to him.
(c) Nakul asked her how she knew that Rahul has told that to him.
(d) Nakul asked her that how she knows that Rahul had told that to
him.
8. Select the correct passive form of the given
sentence.
This android can perform all the programmes perfectly well.
(a) All the programmes can be performed perfectly well by this
android.
(b) All the programmes could have been performed perfectly well by
this android.
(c) All the programmes can have been performed perfectly well by
this android.
(d) All the programmes could be performed perfectly well by this
android.
9. Directions (9-10) Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Reinventing the wheel
(a) Disturbing the system which has already been in use
(b) Wasting one’s time for things that have already been
satisfactorily done
(c) Analysing various factors of happenings
(d) Examing circumstances that have already been understood.
10. Falling head over heels
(a) Falling deeply in love with someone
(b) Feeling deep sympathy to the needy
(c) Fixing models without proper analysis
(d) Finding fault with others
Directions (11-12)
Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
11. A person living in the same age with another
(a) Partner (b)
Collaborator
(c) Contemporary (d) Confidant
12. A situation requiring a choice between equally
undesirable alternatives or confusions.
(a) Sophistication (b) Instability
(c) Dilemma (d)
Complication
Directions (13-14)
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
13. TARNISH
(a) Damage (b)
Decorate
(c) Appease (d)
Heighten
14. PLEASANT
(a) Tiresome (b)
Tedious
(c) Refreshing (d) Exasperating
Directions (15-16)
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
15. TAME
(a) Upset (b)
Restrain
(c) Sanctify (d)
Control
16. DISPUTE
(a) Strengthen (b) Quarrel
(c) Impute (d)
Concede
Directions (17-18)
Select the wrongly spelt word.
17. (a) Scrutinize (b)
Sympathize
(c) Compromize (d) Colonize
18. (a) Tolerate (b)
Temperate
(c) Accomodate (d) Promulgate
Directions (19-20)
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one
that gives their correct order.
19. A. He was on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
B. The villagers were kind though doubtful.
C. They offered him some food to eat and a room to stay.
D. One night, he took rest in a village unfamiliar on the
way.
(a) DCAB (b) CDBA (c) ADBC (d) CADB
20. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of
the given option pick the one that gives their correct order.
A. The driver had a cloudy look and drove off without taking
him.
B. He asked a taxi driver to take him to the shopping mall.
C. He told the driver that he could pay the fare by card, not
in cash.
D. He arrived on the outskirts of a city.
(a) DBCA (b) ACDB (c) DCAB (d) CDBA
Direction (21-25) In
the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the
help of the alternative given. Select the most appropriate option for each
blank.
Forest fire always _____ (21)_____ by one of two reasons –
naturally caused or human-caused. Natural fire is generally _____ (22)_____ by
lightning, with a very small percentage _____ (23)_____ by spontaneous
combustion of dry fuel such as sawdust and leaves. _____ (24)_____,
human-caused fire can happen _____ (25)_____ any number of reasons.
21. (a) takes up (b) happens
(c) causes (d)
creates
22. (a) caused (b) reasoned
(c) begun (d)
troubled
23. (a) achieved (b) gathered
(c) contributed (d) attained
24. (a) Consequently (b)
At the outset
(c) Unless (d)
On the other hand
25. (a) due to (b) since
(c) hence forth (d) because
Solutions
1. (a)
‘their’ in
place of ‘its’
Subject ‘cats’ plural gS vr% buds
behaviour ds fy, Hkh plural
adjective ‘their’ dk gh use gksxkA
2. (b)
‘have’ in
place of ‘has’
Subject verb agreement ls
;fn subject singular gS rks verb singular use gksrh gS ,oa ;fn subject plural gS rks verb plural use gksrh gSA
Eg. The boys walk to school every day.
3. (c)
No improvement
4. (a)
as high as
Option (b) as high to, (c) so
high to
rFkk (d)
so high so. rhuksa grammatically incorrect gSaA
D;ksafd ,sls dksbZ structure gh ugha gksrs gSaA
vr% option (a) as high as
correct answer gSA
D;ksafd
;gka mldh Å¡[email protected] dks ‘kite’ dh Å¡pkbZ ds leku crk;k gSaA
Grammar Point:
as + adj./adv. + as/so + adj./adv. + as dk structure gksrk gS
tks similarity crkus ds
fy, fd;k tkrk gSA
So +
adj./adv. + as dk use dsoy negative sentence esa gksrk
gSA tcfd as + adj./adv. + as dk use Negative rFkk affirmative nksuksa
izdkj ds sentences esa gksrk gSA
Eg. She is not as/so intelligent as her
father.
She is as powerful as a warrior.
Note: ;gka adj./adverb dh ges’kk positive
degree
vkrh gSA
5. (b)
attention
;gka care rFkk Blank
space
dks ‘and’
conjunction ls tksM+k x;k gSA
‘And’ ,d co-ordinating
conjunction gS ftlls nks same things ¼grammar rFkk importance ds
n`f"Vdks.k ls½ dks connect fd;k tkrk gSA vr% ;gka care ls closely-linked
word
vk,xkA
Eg.
Do it slowly and
carefully.
Care and attention dk collocation gksxkA
vr%
option
(b) Attention correct answer gSA
Attention
(N) : the act of listening to, looking at or thinking about
something/somebody carefully, interest that people show in somebody/something. ¼/;ku] [kkl
ns[kjs[k½
Eg. Please pay close attention (= listen
carefully) to what I am saying.
Collocations:
Full/rapt/undivided attention:
Devote/direct/give/pay/attention
Attract/draw/catch/bring to/call/come to attention.
Attention to detail
Turn your attention
Media attention
The centre of attention
Attention spam
Care and attention
Option (a) suspicion factually wrong gSA
Suspicion
(N) : A feeling that somebody has done something wrong, illegal or
dishonest, even though you have no proof. ¼lnsg½
Eg. The drove away slowly to avoid arousing
suspicion.
Structure
On
suspicion of something-
Eg. He was arrested on
suspicion of murder.
Suspicion that-
Eg. I have a sneaking suspicion that she’s not
telling the truth.
Collocations:
Strong/considerable/deep suspicion
Degree/level of suspicion
Suspicion + arise/exist/liner
The finger of suspicion (Phrases)
Grounds for suspicion (Phrases)
An object of suspicion (Phrases)
Option (c) reflection red-herring rFkk (d)
compromise irrelevant gSA
Reflection
(N) : careful thought about something, sometimes over a long
period of time. ¼/;ku] lksp] fopkj½
Eg. A week off would give him time for
reflection.
Structure:
On reflection -
Eg. She decided on reflection to accept his
offer after all.
Compromise (N) : An
agreement made between two people or groups in which each side gives up some of
the things they want so that both sides are happy at the end.
¼le>kSrk½
Eg. After lengthy talks the two sides finally
reached a compromise.
Collocations:
Reach/make/agree on/arrive at/come to compromise.
A compromise solution/agreement/candidate compromise
deal/formula.
6. (a)
prejudice
;gka sentence esa unnecessary
suspicion rFkk lack of trust dk dkj.k crk;k tk jgk gSA
vr% option (a) prejudice
correct answer gSA
Prejudice
(N) : An unreasonable dislike of or preference for a person,
group, custom, etc., especially when it is based on their race, religion, sex,
etc.
¼i{kikr] iwoZ/kkj.kk½
Eg. Their decision was based on ignorance and
prejudice.
Structure:
Prejudice against somebody/something-
Eg.
There is little
prejudice against workers from other EU states.
Prejudice in favour of somebody/something-
Eg. I must admit to a prejudice in favour of
British universities.
Collocations:
Deep/deep-rooted/deep-seated prejudice
have/hold/air prejudice racial prejudice.
Contentment (N): a
feeling of being happy or satisfied. (larqf"V)
Eg. He has found contentment
at last.
Impartiality (N) : the
fact of not supporting one person or group more than another. (fu"i{krk)
Eg. political/judicial impartiality
Empathy (N) : the
ability to understand another person’s feelings, experience, etc. (lgkuqHkwfr)
Eg. empathy (with
somebody/something) the writer’s
imaginative empathy with his subject
empathy (for somebody/something) empathy for other people’s situations
empathy (between A and B) The
empathy between the two women was obvious.
7. (a)
(a) Nakul asked her how she knew that Rahul had told that to him.
(b) Nakul asked her that how she has known that Rahul has
told that to him. (wrong use of tense)
(c) Nakul asked her how she knew that Rahul has told that to him. (tense hasn’t been changed)
(d) Nakul asked her that how she knows that Rahul had told
that to him. (wrong use of tense)
vr% option (a) correct answer gSaA
8. (a) All the programmes
can be performed perfectly well by this android.
fn;k
x;k sentence
modal tense es gSA ftls active/passive es change djus ds rule fuEu gS&
Active
– Subject + can + V1st + Object
Passive – Object + can + be + V3rd + by + subject
9. (b) Wasting one’s time for
thing that have already been satisfactorily done.
Reinventing
the wheel : to waste time trying to create something that
someone else has already created. (ml dke ij le; cckZn djuk tks igys ls
fd;k tk pqdk gSA)
Eg.
The first bit of advice
is don’t reinvent the wheel.
10. (a) Falling deeply in love with someone
Falling hard over
heels : to be completely enamored of someone typically
or new romantic partner. ¼I;kj esa iwjh rjg fxjuk½
Eg. Oh I know he’s fallen head over heels in
love with cristina-he won’t stop gushing about her.
11. (c) Contemporary
Contemporary (Adj.) : living or occurring at the same time
¼ledkfyd½
Eg. The event was recorded by a contemporary historian.
Partner (N) : a person that you are doing an activity with, such as dancing or
playing a game .¼fookfgr&thou dk laxh ;k lkFkh½
Eg. The teacher asked the students to choose a partner for the next
activity.
Collaborator (N) : A person who works jointly on an activity or project; an associate. ¼lg;ksxh½
Eg. His collaborator on the book.
Confidant (N) : A person who you
trust and with whom you talk about private or secret things. ¼Hkjksls
ean ;k fo’olr vkneh½
Eg. A close confident of the princess.
12. (c) Dilemma
Dilemma (N) : A situation in which you have to make a difficult choice between
two or more things.¼nqfo/kk] vlaetl½
Eg. The dilemma of choice between chaos and
injustice is perhaps very real.
Sophistication
(N) : The quality of being sophisticated ¼fo’ks"kKrk½
Eg. Her air of sophistication and confidence.
Complication (N)
: A
circumstance that complicates something. ¼my>u½
Eg. There is complication concerning ownership
of the site.
Instability (N)
: the
state of being unstable look of stability
¼vfLFkjrk½
Eg. Political and economic instability.
13. (a) Damage
Tarnish (V) : to
become or to make something lass bright and shiny ¼ped ?kV tkuk½
Eg. Silver tarnishes too easily.
Damage (N) : harm or
injury caused when something is broken or spoiled ¼fdlh pht ds VwVus ls gksus
okyh {kfr½
Eg. The accident caused no permanent damage.
Decorate (V) : to add
something ignored to make a thing a more attractive to look at ¼ltkuk½
Eg. Decorate to cake with cherries and nut.
Appease (V) : pacify
or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands ¼larq"V djuk½
Eg. Amendment have been added to appease local
pressure groups.
Heighten (Adj.) : to
became or to make something greater or stronger. ¼vf/kd cM+k l’kDr gksuk½
Eg. Concern over CFCs has heightened.
14. (c)
refreshing
Pleasant
(Adj.) : nice enjoyable or friendly ¼vuqdqy½
Eg. A very pleasant evening.
Refreshing (Adj.) : serving
to refresh or reinvigorate someone
¼rktk djuk½ ¼izQqfyr vuqHko djuk½
Eg. It’s refreshing to meet
someone who is so dedicated to their work.
Tiresome (Adj.) : that
makes you angry or bored. ¼fj>kÅ ;k ÅckŽ
Eg. Wedding is a tiresome but essential job.
Tedious (Adj.) : boring
and lasting for a long time. ¼ÅckÅ vkSj le; ds vuqlkj yEck½
Eg. A tedious journey.
Exasperating (Adj.) : intensely
irritating and frustrating. ¼Øks/k tud] vkos’kdj½
Eg. They suffered a number of exasperating
setbacks.
15. (a) upset
Tame (V) : to make
an animal, bird, etc. not afraid of people and used to living with them ¼ikyuk½
Eg. The fish are so tame you have to push them
away.
Upset (V) : to make
somebody/yourself feel unhappy, anxious or annoyed ¼nq[kh djuk]
nq[kh gksuk½
Eg. The accusation upset her.
Restrain (V) : to keep
somebody something under control. ¼O;[email protected] dks fu;a=.k djuk½
Eg. The need to restrain public expenditure.
Sanctify (V) : to
make something pure or holy. ¼fdlh pht dks 'kq) vkSj ifo= cukuk½
Eg. Sanctified by tradition.
Control (N) : The
power to make decision about how a country, an area, an organisation, etc. ¼fdlh oLrq
;k oLrq ij fu;a=.k½
Eg. the situation was slipping out her
control.
16. (d) Concede
Concede (V) : to admit that something is truth although you do not want to ¼fdlh lpkbZ
dks u pkgrs gq, Hkh eku ysuk½
Eg. I
had to concede that I’d overreacted.
Dispute (V) : A disagreement
or argument ¼rdZ djuk½
Eg.
a territorial dispute
between the two countries.
Strengthen (V) : to
become stronger or to make something stronger ¼l’kDr ;k rkdroj cukuk½
Eg. Exercises to strengthen your muscles.
Quarrel (V) : an
angry argument or disagreement. ¼>[email protected]½
Eg. She made the mistake of picking a quarrel
with John.
Impute (V) :
denounce
¼vkjksi yxkuk½
Eg. Recovering the initial outlay plus imputed
interest.
17. (c) Compromize
Correct
spelling - Compromise
Compromise (N) : An agreement in an argument in which the people involved reduce
their demands or people involved reduce their demands or charge their opinion
in order to agree.
¼le>kSrk½
Eg. It is hoped that a compromise will be
reached in today’s talks.
Scrutinize (V) : to
examine something very carefully in order to discover information ¼tkapuk]
ifj{k.k djuk½
Eg. He scrutinized the men’s faces
carefully/closely, trying to work out who was lying.
Sympathize (V) : to
understand and care about someone’s problems. ¼lgkuqHkwfr½
Eg. I know what it’s like to have migraines,
so really symathize (with you).
Colonize (V) : to send
people to live in and govern another country. ¼mifuos’k cukuk½
Eg.
Peru was colonized by
the Spanish in the 16th century.
18. (c) Accomodate
Correct
spelling – Accommodate
Accommodate (V) : to have enough space for somebody/ something, especially for a
certain number of people.
¼,d fo’ks"k la[;k esa yksxksa
ds cSBus ;k Bgjus dh O;oLFkk½
Eg. The cottages accommodate up to six people.
Tolerate (V)
:
To allow or accept something that you do not like ior agree with ¼lgu djuk½
Eg. A regime unwilling to tolerate dissent.
Temperate (Adj.) : how hot or cold something is ¼rkieku½
Eg. At a temperature of 2°C.
Promulgate (v)
:
to announce a new law or system officially or publicly
¼?kks"k.kk djuk½
Eg. The new constitution was promulgated in
2006 .
19. (c) ADBC
‘B’ esa ‘The
villagers’ vk;k gS rFkk ‘C’ esa muds (Villagers) fy, ‘They’
pronoun
vk;k gSA vr% BC esa Neon link gSaA Only
option (c) ADBC esa gSA
Logic-2
‘A’ esa subject (He) dh Jerusalem dh pilgrimage dks introduce fd;k x;k
gSA ftl ij ckfd lHkh arguments based gSaA vr% sequence
‘A’
ls start gksxhA Only
option (c) ADBC gh A ls start gSA
20. (a)
DBCA
‘B’ esa og ,d taxi driver ls shopping mall rd ys tkus ds
fy, dgrk gSA ‘C’ esa taxi driver ds fy, ‘the driver’ vk;k gSA vr% B and C es driver
common factor gSA vr% BC Neon-link gSaA Only option (a)
DBCA
esa gSA
21. ;gka forest fire dh ckr gks jgh gS rFkk vkxs blds
nks reason fn, gSA vr%
option
(b) happens most suitable answer gSA
Happen
(V) : to take place, especially without being planned.
¼?kfVr gksuk½
Eg. Accidents like this happen all the time.
Collocations:
Actually/really/just happen
Be going to/be likely to/be bound to happen
Accidents/incidences/events/things happen
No matter what happens
Whatever happens
Option (a) takes up irrelevant gSA
Take-up
(Phrasal Verb) : to continue, especially starting after
somebody/something else has finished ¼’kq: djuk] gkFk esa ysuk½
Eg. The band’s new album takes up where their
last one left off.
Option (c) causes o (d) creates factually
wrong + red-herring gSA
Cause
(V) : to make something happen, especially something bad or
unpleasant; to make somebody do something. ¼dkj.k gksuk½
Structure:
Cause something-
Eg. Doctors say her condition is causing some
concern.
Cause something for
somebody/something-
Eg. The drought is causing problems for many
farmers.
Cause something to
something/somebody-
Eg. The earthquake caused widespread damage to
property.
Cause somebody something-
Eg. The project is still causing him a lot of
problems.
Cause something/somebody to do
something-
Eg. The poor harvest caused prices to rise
sharply.
The bad weather is likely to cause
people to story away.
Collocations:
Cause problems/damage
Create (V) : to make
something happens or exist.¼cukuk] mRiUu djuk½
Eg. Scientists disagree about how the
universe was created.
Note: D;ksafd forest
fire
dk dkj.k crk;k tk jgk gS uk fd forest fire ds dkj.k D;k gksrk gS\
22. backward reading ls] Naturally
caused
vk;k gSA
rFkk ;gka Subject
Natural fire gS blfy, option (a) caused correct answer gSA
Cause : dkj.k cuuk] dkj.k gksuk
Option
(b) Reasoned irrelevant gSA
Reason
(V) : to try to understand and to make judgement based on
practically facts. ¼lksp&fopkj djuk] ifj.kke fudkyuk½
Eg. I spent hours reasoning out the solution to
the puzzle.
Option (c) begun red-herring gS rFkk option
(d) troubled factually wrong gSA
Begin
(V) : to start to happen or exist ¼'kq: gksuk½
Eg. The meeting began promisingly, but then
things started to go wrong.
Trouble (V) : to
make somebody worried or upset; to interrupt somebody because you want to ask
them something. ¼d"V nsu] ijs’kku djuk½
Eg. This latest news troubled him deeply.
Sorry to trouble you, but could you tell
me the time?
23. ;gka Natural fire dh ckr gks
jgh gS rFkk vkxs spontaneous combustion of dry fuel vk;k gSA
vr% option (c) contributed
correct answer gSA
Contribute
(V) : to be one of the causes of something.
Eg. Human error may have been a contributing
factor.
Structure:
Contribute to something-
Eg. Investment in transport contributes to
overall economic growth.
Option (a) Achieved o option (d)
attained red-herring gSA
Achieve
(V) : to succeed in doing something or causing something to
happen.
¼izkIr djuk] lQy gksuk½
Eg. All you’ve achieved is to upset my
parents.
Attain (V) : to
reach a particular age, level or condition. ¼izkIr djuk] fl) djuk½
Eg. The cheetah can attain speeds of up to 97
kph.
Option (b) gathered irrelevant gSaA
Gather
(V) : to come together, or bring people together, in one place to
form a group. ¼bdV~Bk [email protected]½
Eg.
A
crowed soon gathered.
Structure:
Gather + adv./prep.-
Eg. His supporters gathered in the main
square.
be gathered + adv./prep.-
Eg. They were all gathered round the TV.
24. Backward reading ls] nks reason
- naturally caused rFkk human caused dk ftØ gqvk
gSA tks fd ,d&nwljs ds opposite gSA
igys
Natural
fire
dh ckr gqbZ Fkh rFkk vc human caused fire dh ckr gks jgh gSA vr% option
(d) On the other hand correct answer gSA
‘On the
other hand’ ,d phrase gS tks nks contrasting
points
esa ls second dks introduce djus ds fy,
use gksrh gSA
Eg. My husband likes classical music – I, on
the other hand, like all kinds.
Consequently (Adv.) : as a
result
¼ifj.kkeLo:i½
Eg. All the shops were closed, and
consequently we couldn’t buy any food.
At/from the outset (of something)-
At/from the beginning of something ¼vkjEHk
essa½
Eg. I made it clear right from the outset that
I disapproved.
You should have made that clear right at
the outset.
Unless fdlh thing ds fy, ‘condition’ crkus ds
fy, fd;k tkrk gSA
Eg. You won’t get pair for time off unless you
have a doctor’s note.
25. ;gka passage crkuk pkg
jgk gS fd Human caused fire dbZ dkj.kksa ls gks ldrh gSA ;gka group
of words
dks tksM+k x;k gS ftlds fy, preposition dk use gksrk gSA vr%
option
(a) due to correct answer gSA
Due
to : because of ¼ds dkj.k½
Eg. A lot of her unhappiness is due to
boredom.
Option (b) since rFkk option (d) because
conjunction gSA
vr%
grammatically
incorrect gSaA
Conjunction dk use nks clauses dks connect djus ds fy,
fd;k tkrk gSaA
Eg. I haven’t seen him since he left college.
I am very hungry because I have not
eaten anything since morning.
Option (c) hence forth irrelevant gSA
Hence
forth (Adj.) : starting from a particular ¼bl le; ls]
blds ckn ls½
Eg. Friday 31 July, 1925 hence forth became
known as ‘Red-Friday’.
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