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SSC CGL - 08-AUG-2017 CGL- Shift 3 Page: 5
43345.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Procrastinate
Divert
Deceive
Debase
Delay
43346.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Raucous
Dulcet
Hoarse
Jarring
Torrent
43347.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Predilection
Inclination
Enduring
Enmity
Domicile
43348.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
A wild goose chase
Fruitful search
Timely search
Useless search
Wrong decision
43349.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
A moot point
Agreeable
Disputed
Unclear
Unknown
43350.Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The Chairman appointed her (as a secretary) as she is efficient.
a secretary
as secretary
secretary
No improvement
43351.Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
I wish I (was) a superman.
am
have been
were
No improvement
43352.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
One who is honourably discharged from service
Belligerent
Emeritus
Truant
Mercenary
43353.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
A perception without objective reality
Cynicism
Hallucination
Illusion
Optimism
43354.In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Anxiety
Believe
Height
Peity
43355.In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Admited
Benefited
Married
Offered
43356.The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- Granted, political defection is increasingly less an act of ideological defiance than one of pure opportunism.
Q- Yet, for all it flaws, the current law recognizes and respects one fundamental principle: The right to dissent.
R- A blanket ban on defection will weaken rather than strengthen democracy, in whose name it is being sought to be imposed.
S- Granted also that it is illogical to allow a third of the party to split but not in a lesser number.
RPSQ
PSRQ
RSPQ
PRSQ
43357.The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- As difficult as it may be to recognize what it is inside us that is making us respond with negativity, that is the path towards forgiveness.
Q- This will automatically change your relationship with the other person and you will feel much better.
R- We need to recognize our reaction to the other person as a mirror of something in ourselves.
S- Whatever, the issues might be, once you have discovered them, you can work on forgiving yourself.
SQRP
SRQP
RQPS
RPSQ
43358.In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
After driving Dr. Bose to the hospital he dropped him at his guest house.
After being driven to the hospital Dr. Bose was dropped at his guest house.
After he had driven Dr. Bose to the hospital he had dropped him at his guest house.
After he was driving Dr. Bose to the hospital he was dropping him at his guest house.
Dr. Bose was being driven to the hospital first and then he was being dropped at his guest house.
43359.In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
I said to my friends, "let us go to a picnic for a change".
I asked my friends if they would go to a picnic for a change.
I asked my friends to go to a picnic for a change.
I permitted my friends to go to a picnic for a change.
I suggested to my friends that we should go to a picnic for a change.
43360.In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Literature is a _____ through which a person conveys his ideas towards or protest _____ different norms of society. The words that deal with a _____ issue are of particular importance in literature. They are _____ with a particular purpose in _____.
Literature is a _____ through which a person
base
medium
source
subject
43361.In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Literature is a _____ through which a person conveys his ideas towards or protest _____ different norms of society. The words that deal with a _____ issue are of particular importance in literature. They are _____ with a particular purpose in _____.
conveys his ideas towards or protest _____ different norms
against
for
in
off
43362.In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Literature is a _____ through which a person conveys his ideas towards or protest _____ different norms of society. The words that deal with a _____ issue are of particular importance in literature. They are _____ with a particular purpose in _____.
of society. The words that deal with a _____ issue
broad
insensitive
moral
economical
43363.In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Literature is a _____ through which a person conveys his ideas towards or protest _____ different norms of society. The words that deal with a _____ issue are of particular importance in literature. They are _____ with a particular purpose in _____.
are of particular importance in literature. They are _____ with
brought
founded
represented
written
43364.In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Literature is a _____ through which a person conveys his ideas towards or protest _____ different norms of society. The words that deal with a _____ issue are of particular importance in literature. They are _____ with a particular purpose in _____.
a particular purpose in _____.
all
hand
mind
total
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