SSC English Sample Paper

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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)
   My English is equally
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  B)
   / as good as
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  C)
   / yours.
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  D)
   / No error
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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)
   Payal my cousin sister
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  B)
   / will contest the next
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  C)
   /Lok Sabha election.
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  D)
   /No error
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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 number of marks carried
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  B)
   / by each question are
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  C)
   / indicated at the end of the question.
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  D)
   / No error
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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.

  Will you please ___ me a book?
  A)
   have to lend                 
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  B)
   lend
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  C)
   own                            
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  D)
   borrow
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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.

  All of us are devoted ____ one another.
  A)
   for                              
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  B)
   of
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  C)
   at                               
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  D)
   to
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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.

  All orders must ____ the rules.
  A)
   conforms with   
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  B)
   conform to
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  C)
   conforms to                  
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  D)
   conforming with
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

  Jabber
  A)
   Eloquent                      
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  B)
   Chatter
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  C)
   Talk                            
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  D)
   Speak
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

  Fetter
  A)
   Rancid             
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  B)
   Praise
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  C)
   Hamper                       
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  D)
   Persist
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

  Inept
  A)
   Clumsy            
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  B)
   Infer
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  C)
   Competent                   
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  D)
   Foolish
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

  Pivotal
  A)
   Turning                        
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  B)
   Wary
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  C)
   Unimportant                 
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  D)
   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.

  To hold a brief for.
  A)
   To help someone          
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  B)
   To do someone a favor
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  C)
   To stay on for a brief period
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  D)
   To defend someone
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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.

  To hold somebody to ransom.
  A)
   To keep captive and demand concession
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  B)
   To humiliate somebody
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  C)
   To offer bride
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  D)
   To blackmail and extract money
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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.

  Let sleeping dogs lie.
  A)
   Dogs can raise tempers
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  B)
   Do not allow dogs to stand
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  C)
   Prevent dog mobility
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  D)
   Do not bring up an old controversial issue.
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  Directions: A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at [a], [b], [c] which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, your answer is [d].

  My father is working here from 2008.
  A)
   have been working here since
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  B)
   has been working here since
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  C)
   have been working here from
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  D)
   No improvement
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  Directions: A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at [a], [b], [c] which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, your answer is [d].

  Sourav is as tall if not, taller than Shivam.
  A)
   as tall, if not, taller than
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  B)
   as tall as, if not taller to
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  C)
   as tall as, if not taller than
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  D)
   No improvement
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  Directions: A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at [a], [b], [c] which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, your answer is [d].

  The full moon appearing in the sky and its silvery light spread across.
  A)
   The full moon appear
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  B)
   The full moon appeared
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  C)
   Does the full moon appear
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  D)
   No improvement
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

  An office with a salary but no work.
  A)
   Honorary                     
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  B)
   Sinecure
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  C)
   Insolvent                      
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  D)
   Sinuous
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

  A group of three powerful person.
  A)
   Trio                             
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  B)
   Tritium
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  C)
   Trivet              
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  D)
   Triumvirate
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  Directions: Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

  A political leader appealing to popular desires and prejudices.
  A)
   Dictator                       
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  B)
   Tyrant
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  C)
   Populist                       
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  D)
   Demagogue
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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)
   Tentaitive                    
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  B)
   Tentanve
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  C)
   Tentitive                      
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  D)
   Tantltive
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  Directions for question 21 to 25: You have a passage followed by questions based on it. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

  Why don't I have a telephone? Not because I pretend to be wise or pose as unusual. There are two chief reasons because I don't really like the telephone, and because I find I can still work and play, eat, breathe and sleep without it. Why don't I like the telephone? Because 1 think it is a pest and time waster. It may create unnecessary suspense and anxiety, as when you wait for an expected call, that doesn't come; or irritating deal, as when you keep ringing a number that is always engaged. As for speaking in a public telephone booth, it seems to me really horrible. You would not use it unless you were in a hurry, and because you are in a hurry, you will find other people waiting before you. When you do get into the booth, you are half suffocated by the stale, unventilated air, flavored with cheap face- powder and chain smoking; and by the time you have begun your conversation your back is chilled by the cold looks of somebody who is moving about restlessly to take your place.

  If you have a telephone in your house, you will admit that it tends to ring when you least want it to ring; when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation or when you are just going our, or when you are in your bath. Are you strong minded enough to ignore it, to say to yourself. "Ah well, it will be all the same in hundred years time". You are not. You think there may be some important news or message for you. Have you never rushed dripping from the bath, of chewing from the table, or dazed from bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number? You were told the truth. In my opinion all telephone numbers are wrong numbers. If, of course, your telephone numbers are wrong numbers. If, of course, your telephone rings and you decide not to answer it, then you will have to listen to an idiotic bell ringing and ringing in what is supposed to be the privacy of your own home. You might as well buy a bicycle bell and ring it yourself.

  The author does not have a telephone because-
  A)
   he poses as unusual.
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  B)
   he would prefer to do something else.
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  C)
   he thinks that it can create unnecessary suspense and anxiety.
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  D)
   he pretends to be wise.
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  Directions for question 21 to 25: You have a passage followed by questions based on it. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

  Why don't I have a telephone? Not because I pretend to be wise or pose as unusual. There are two chief reasons because I don't really like the telephone, and because I find I can still work and play, eat, breathe and sleep without it. Why don't I like the telephone? Because 1 think it is a pest and time waster. It may create unnecessary suspense and anxiety, as when you wait for an expected call, that doesn't come; or irritating deal, as when you keep ringing a number that is always engaged. As for speaking in a public telephone booth, it seems to me really horrible. You would not use it unless you were in a hurry, and because you are in a hurry, you will find other people waiting before you. When you do get into the booth, you are half suffocated by the stale, unventilated air, flavored with cheap face- powder and chain smoking; and by the time you have begun your conversation your back is chilled by the cold looks of somebody who is moving about restlessly to take your place.

  If you have a telephone in your house, you will admit that it tends to ring when you least want it to ring; when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation or when you are just going our, or when you are in your bath. Are you strong minded enough to ignore it, to say to yourself. "Ah well, it will be all the same in hundred years time". You are not. You think there may be some important news or message for you. Have you never rushed dripping from the bath, of chewing from the table, or dazed from bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number? You were told the truth. In my opinion all telephone numbers are wrong numbers. If, of course, your telephone numbers are wrong numbers. If, of course, your telephone rings and you decide not to answer it, then you will have to listen to an idiotic bell ringing and ringing in what is supposed to be the privacy of your own home. You might as well buy a bicycle bell and ring it yourself.

  ?____ your back is chilled by the cold looks of somebody' means.
  A)
   You feel cold at the back
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  B)
   You feel uneasy because the person next in the queue looks at you restlessly.
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  C)
   People are very cold.
  done clear
  D)
   Other looks at you angrily.
  done clear
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  Directions for question 21 to 25: You have a passage followed by questions based on it. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

  Why don't I have a telephone? Not because I pretend to be wise or pose as unusual. There are two chief reasons because I don't really like the telephone, and because I find I can still work and play, eat, breathe and sleep without it. Why don't I like the telephone? Because 1 think it is a pest and time waster. It may create unnecessary suspense and anxiety, as when you wait for an expected call, that doesn't come; or irritating deal, as when you keep ringing a number that is always engaged. As for speaking in a public telephone booth, it seems to me really horrible. You would not use it unless you were in a hurry, and because you are in a hurry, you will find other people waiting before you. When you do get into the booth, you are half suffocated by the stale, unventilated air, flavored with cheap face- powder and chain smoking; and by the time you have begun your conversation your back is chilled by the cold looks of somebody who is moving about restlessly to take your place.

  If you have a telephone in your house, you will admit that it tends to ring when you least want it to ring; when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation or when you are just going our, or when you are in your bath. Are you strong minded enough to ignore it, to say to yourself. "Ah well, it will be all the same in hundred years time". You are not. You think there may be some important news or message for you. Have you never rushed dripping from the bath, of chewing from the table, or dazed from bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number? You were told the truth. In my opinion all telephone numbers are wrong numbers. If, of course, your telephone numbers are wrong numbers. If, of course, your telephone rings and you decide not to answer it, then you will have to listen to an idiotic bell ringing and ringing in what is supposed to be the privacy of your own home. You might as well buy a bicycle bell and ring it yourself.

  'All telephone numbers are wrong numbers', because-
  A)
   the author always gets wrong calls.
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  B)
   whenever he tries it always goes wrong.
  done clear
  C)
   he doesn't give much importance to telephone and telephone numbers.
  done clear
  D)
   none of the statements given above.
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  Directions for question 21 to 25: You have a passage followed by questions based on it. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

  Why don't I have a telephone? Not because I pretend to be wise or pose as unusual. There are two chief reasons because I don't really like the telephone, and because I find I can still work and play, eat, breathe and sleep without it. Why don't I like the telephone? Because 1 think it is a pest and time waster. It may create unnecessary suspense and anxiety, as when you wait for an expected call, that doesn't come; or irritating deal, as when you keep ringing a number that is always engaged. As for speaking in a public telephone booth, it seems to me really horrible. You would not use it unless you were in a hurry, and because you are in a hurry, you will find other people waiting before you. When you do get into the booth, you are half suffocated by the stale, unventilated air, flavored with cheap face- powder and chain smoking; and by the time you have begun your conversation your back is chilled by the cold looks of somebody who is moving about restlessly to take your place.

  If you have a telephone in your house, you will admit that it tends to ring when you least want it to ring; when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation or when you are just going our, or when you are in your bath. Are you strong minded enough to ignore it, to say to yourself. "Ah well, it will be all the same in hundred years time". You are not. You think there may be some important news or message for you. Have you never rushed dripping from the bath, of chewing from the table, or dazed from bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number? You were told the truth. In my opinion all telephone numbers are wrong numbers. If, of course, your telephone numbers are wrong numbers. If, of course, your telephone rings and you decide not to answer it, then you will have to listen to an idiotic bell ringing and ringing in what is supposed to be the privacy of your own home. You might as well buy a bicycle bell and ring it yourself.

  Ah well, it will be all the same in hundred year?s time?. What does author want to convey through this statement?
  A)
   Things have not changed for the past 25 years.
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  B)
   Things will remain the same for 25 years to come.
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  C)
   One should be strong minded.
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  D)
   Nothing is going to change even if you don't answer the telephone bell.
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  Directions for question 21 to 25: You have a passage followed by questions based on it. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

  Why don't I have a telephone? Not because I pretend to be wise or pose as unusual. There are two chief reasons because I don't really like the telephone, and because I find I can still work and play, eat, breathe and sleep without it. Why don't I like the telephone? Because 1 think it is a pest and time waster. It may create unnecessary suspense and anxiety, as when you wait for an expected call, that doesn't come; or irritating deal, as when you keep ringing a number that is always engaged. As for speaking in a public telephone booth, it seems to me really horrible. You would not use it unless you were in a hurry, and because you are in a hurry, you will find other people waiting before you. When you do get into the booth, you are half suffocated by the stale, unventilated air, flavored with cheap face- powder and chain smoking; and by the time you have begun your conversation your back is chilled by the cold looks of somebody who is moving about restlessly to take your place.

  If you have a telephone in your house, you will admit that it tends to ring when you least want it to ring; when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation or when you are just going our, or when you are in your bath. Are you strong minded enough to ignore it, to say to yourself. "Ah well, it will be all the same in hundred years time". You are not. You think there may be some important news or message for you. Have you never rushed dripping from the bath, of chewing from the table, or dazed from bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number? You were told the truth. In my opinion all telephone numbers are wrong numbers. If, of course, your telephone numbers are wrong numbers. If, of course, your telephone rings and you decide not to answer it, then you will have to listen to an idiotic bell ringing and ringing in what is supposed to be the privacy of your own home. You might as well buy a bicycle bell and ring it yourself.

  He hates speaking in a public telephone booth because-
  A)
   he is suffocated by the stale, unventilated air, flavoured with cheap face powder and chain smoking.
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  B)
   other looks at him angrily.
  done clear
  C)
   the other side may not know your number.
  done clear
  D)
   It is costlier.
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