SSC English Sample Paper

done SSC Sample Test Paper English-15 Total Questions - 25    [Download]

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  Directions: In each of the following questions, one part of the sentence has an error and the other parts of the sentence are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part as your answer out of [a], [b] and [c]. If a sentence is free from error, then choose your answer as choice [d].

  A)
   The need for alternate
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  B)
   / sources of energy are
  done clear
  C)
   / essential to conserve the environment.
  done clear
  D)
   / No error
  done clear
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  Directions: In each of the following questions, one part of the sentence has an error and the other parts of the sentence are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part as your answer out of [a], [b] and [c]. If a sentence is free from error, then choose your answer as choice [d].

  A)
   The great actor was angry with
  done clear
  B)
   /the treatment during
  done clear
  C)
   / the party in Smart hall.
  done clear
  D)
   / No error
  done clear
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  Directions: In each of the following questions, one part of the sentence has an error and the other parts of the sentence are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part as your answer out of [a], [b] and [c]. If a sentence is free from error, then choose your answer as choice [d].

  A)
   He could make them accepted
  done clear
  B)
   / his proposal because he was
  done clear
  C)
   / quite familiar with their practice.
  done clear
  D)
  / No error
  done clear
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  Directions: Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

  Although there is ____ gunfire, there is no stiff resistance to the revolutionary army.
  A)
   bitter               
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  B)
   meagre       
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  C)
   continuous                   
  done clear
  D)
   sporadic
  done clear
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  Directions: Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

  Investors concerns are reflected in the movement of the dollar ____ other currencies.
  A)
   among             
  done clear
  B)
   along
  done clear
  C)
   against            
  done clear
  D)
   with
  done clear
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  Directions: Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

  Our monthly expenditure ____ five hundred rupees when we deck to buy milk.
  A)
   lifted                           
  done clear
  B)
   get up
  done clear
  C)
   grew up           
  done clear
  D)
   shoot up
  done clear
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

  Emancipate
  A)
   Enfranchise                  
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  B)
   Subjugate
  done clear
  C)
   Enslave           
  done clear
  D)
   Discourse
  done clear
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

  Meretricious
  A)
   Gaudy             
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  B)
   Chaste
  done clear
  C)
   Sincere            
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  D)
   Genuine
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

  Grotesque
  A)
   Absurd            
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  B)
   Bizarre
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  C)
   Graceful                      
  done clear
  D)
   Unnatural
  done clear
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

  Sagacity
  A)
   Stupidity                      
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  B)
   Sharpness
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  C)
   Insight             
  done clear
  D)
   Profoundness
  done clear
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  Directions: Four alternatives are given for the Idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/phrase.

  Thousands put on a daily fight to keep the wolf from the door.
  A)
   keep oneself healthy
  done clear
  B)
   avoid starvation
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  C)
   guard from pickpockets
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  D)
   ward off mosquitoes
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  Directions: Four alternatives are given for the Idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/phrase.

  In the last few years, India has advanced by leaps and bounds in industrial sector.
  A)
   very pathetically           
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  B)
   very slowly
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  C)
  done clear
  D)
   very competently
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  Directions: Four alternatives are given for the Idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/phrase.

  Kejriwal made a few statements, but all were wide off the mark.
  A)
   crucial             
  done clear
  B)
   unreasonable
  done clear
  C)
   important                     
  done clear
  D)
   irrelevant
  done clear
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  Direction: A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part [a], [b], [c] which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, your answer is [d].

  If I had followed your advice, I would not regret today.
  A)
   will not regret    
  done clear
  B)
   had not regretted
  done clear
  C)
   would not have regretted
  done clear
  D)
   No improvement
  done clear
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  Direction: A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part [a], [b], [c] which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, your answer is [d].

  She was weary of failure, didn't she?
  A)
   wasn't she?                   
  done clear
  B)
   doesn't she?
  done clear
  C)
   isn't she?                      
  done clear
  D)
   No improvement
  done clear
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  Direction: A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part [a], [b], [c] which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, your answer is [d].

  I had read Oliver Twist when I had been fourteen years old.
  A)
   had become                 
  done clear
  B)
   has become
  done clear
  C)
   have been                    
  done clear
  D)
   was
  done clear
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  Direction: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

  A person who complains a lot.
  A)
   Grouch            
  done clear
  B)
   Confectioner
  done clear
  C)
   Portege            
  done clear
  D)
   Blasphemer
  done clear
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  Direction: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

  Fear of depths.
  A)
   Bathophobia                
  done clear
  B)
   Peniaphobia
  done clear
  C)
   Kinesiophobia   
  done clear
  D)
   Homichlophobia
  done clear
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  Direction: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

  A person who is guilty of killing his/her own father mother or a close relative.
  A)
   Fratricide                     
  done clear
  B)
   Patricide
  done clear
  C)
   Parricide                      
  done clear
  D)
   Genocide
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  Direction: Four words are given in a question: out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.

  A)
   Revarberation   
  done clear
  B)
   Riverberation
  done clear
  C)
   Revirberation                
  done clear
  D)
   Reverberation
  done clear
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  Directions for questions 21 to 25: You have a passage followed by questions based on it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

  Placebo literally means "I shall please". Placebos are inert substances given to some volunteers in a given study while other volunteers are treated with, experimental drugs whose effect is tested by measuring the difference in response to the powerless placebo and to the drug. Some of a group of volunteers who had just had their wisdom teeth extracted were given morphine to alleviate their pain; the others swallowed a placebo they believed to be morphine. Many of the placebo recipients said they experienced dramatic relief from their plan. However, when a drug that blocks the effects of end or phine was given them, the pain returned almost immediately. The test confirmed something very important; when a patient believes he or she has been given a pain reliever, the brain releases chemicals to substantiate the belief. In short, the placebo effect is an act of faith. Very recent studies have determined that the placebo effect is much more powerful than previously imagined. So be careful what you believe and pretend it may come to pass.

  What is peculiar about the volunteers' response to drugs given following the consumption of placebo?
  A)
   They experienced relief after taking the medicine.
  done clear
  B)
   They felt pain after taking them.
  done clear
  C)
   Their pain returned after taking these medicines.
  done clear
  D)
     They had faith in. both the placebos and the medicines.
  done clear
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  Directions for questions 21 to 25: You have a passage followed by questions based on it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

  Placebo literally means "I shall please". Placebos are inert substances given to some volunteers in a given study while other volunteers are treated with, experimental drugs whose effect is tested by measuring the difference in response to the powerless placebo and to the drug. Some of a group of volunteers who had just had their wisdom teeth extracted were given morphine to alleviate their pain; the others swallowed a placebo they believed to be morphine. Many of the placebo recipients said they experienced dramatic relief from their plan. However, when a drug that blocks the effects of end or phine was given them, the pain returned almost immediately. The test confirmed something very important; when a patient believes he or she has been given a pain reliever, the brain releases chemicals to substantiate the belief. In short, the placebo effect is an act of faith. Very recent studies have determined that the placebo effect is much more powerful than previously imagined. So be careful what you believe and pretend it may come to pass.

  What does the writer prove?
  A)
   The mind realises what it believes.
  done clear
  B)
   The mind secretes chemicals.
  done clear
  C)
   The mind cannot control the body.
  done clear
  D)
   The body deceives the mind.
  done clear
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  Directions for questions 21 to 25: You have a passage followed by questions based on it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

  Placebo literally means "I shall please". Placebos are inert substances given to some volunteers in a given study while other volunteers are treated with, experimental drugs whose effect is tested by measuring the difference in response to the powerless placebo and to the drug. Some of a group of volunteers who had just had their wisdom teeth extracted were given morphine to alleviate their pain; the others swallowed a placebo they believed to be morphine. Many of the placebo recipients said they experienced dramatic relief from their plan. However, when a drug that blocks the effects of end or phine was given them, the pain returned almost immediately. The test confirmed something very important; when a patient believes he or she has been given a pain reliever, the brain releases chemicals to substantiate the belief. In short, the placebo effect is an act of faith. Very recent studies have determined that the placebo effect is much more powerful than previously imagined. So be careful what you believe and pretend it may come to pass.

  What has the experiment confirmed?
  A)
   Effectiveness of placebos.
  done clear
  B)
   Use of endorphine.
  done clear
  C)
   Harmful chemical secretion.
  done clear
  D)
   The power of faith.
  done clear
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  Directions for questions 21 to 25: You have a passage followed by questions based on it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

  Placebo literally means "I shall please". Placebos are inert substances given to some volunteers in a given study while other volunteers are treated with, experimental drugs whose effect is tested by measuring the difference in response to the powerless placebo and to the drug. Some of a group of volunteers who had just had their wisdom teeth extracted were given morphine to alleviate their pain; the others swallowed a placebo they believed to be morphine. Many of the placebo recipients said they experienced dramatic relief from their plan. However, when a drug that blocks the effects of end or phine was given them, the pain returned almost immediately. The test confirmed something very important; when a patient believes he or she has been given a pain reliever, the brain releases chemicals to substantiate the belief. In short, the placebo effect is an act of faith. Very recent studies have determined that the placebo effect is much more powerful than previously imagined. So be careful what you believe and pretend it may come to pass.

  To whom are placebos administered?
  A)
   To all patients in pain.
  done clear
  B)
   To some volunteers in pain.
  done clear
  C)
   To volunteers in good health.
  done clear
  D)
   To all volunteers in pain.  
  done clear
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  Directions for questions 21 to 25: You have a passage followed by questions based on it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

  Placebo literally means "I shall please". Placebos are inert substances given to some volunteers in a given study while other volunteers are treated with, experimental drugs whose effect is tested by measuring the difference in response to the powerless placebo and to the drug. Some of a group of volunteers who had just had their wisdom teeth extracted were given morphine to alleviate their pain; the others swallowed a placebo they believed to be morphine. Many of the placebo recipients said they experienced dramatic relief from their plan. However, when a drug that blocks the effects of end or phine was given them, the pain returned almost immediately. The test confirmed something very important; when a patient believes he or she has been given a pain reliever, the brain releases chemicals to substantiate the belief. In short, the placebo effect is an act of faith. Very recent studies have determined that the placebo effect is much more powerful than previously imagined. So be careful what you believe and pretend it may come to pass.

  Why are placebos administered?
  A)
   To measure patient's response experimental drugs.
  done clear
  B)
   To measure patient's response to placebos.
  done clear
  C)
   To measure patient's response endorphine.
  done clear
  D)
   To measure patient's response to prayers.
  done clear
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