SSC CHSL 2023-17.08.2023-1 SSC Question Paper

SSC CHSL 2023-17.08.2023-1 SSC Questions

1.
Section : General English
Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the given sentence.
When he made fun of the sage, who was already infuriated, it made a bad situation worse.
A.
Made them at the loggerheads
B.
Pulled someone’s legs
C.
Added fuel to the fire
D.
Budged up
ANSWER :
C. Added fuel to the fire
2.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Quell
A.
Invite
B.
Beseech
C.
Encourage
D.
Suppress
ANSWER :
D. Suppress
3.
Select the most appropriate idiom for the following sentence.
The recent strike of the employees left the factory and its machinery in disorder.
A.
Need of the hour
B.
Out of gear
C.
Pin-money
D.
Lock and key
ANSWER :
B. Out of gear
4.
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.
β€˜A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns is a poem that tells a story and has a regular rhythm and rhyme scheme.
A.
epic
B.
haiku
C.
ballad
D.
sonnet
ANSWER :
C. ballad
5.
Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank.
Should we go shopping for a ____ fan for our new house?
A.
ceiling
B.
sealink
C.
sealing
D.
selling
ANSWER :
A. ceiling
6.
The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark β€˜No error’ as your answer.
A crocodile / was swimming / in a river.
A.
A crocodile
B.
was swimming
C.
No error
D.
in a river
ANSWER :
C. No error
7.
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
The performance of the musicians was rather worst than expected by the audience.
A.
worst than expectation
B.
worse was expected
C.
worse than expected
D.
bad as expected
ANSWER :
C. worse than expected
8.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word from the following sentence.
Damage
Every war in the history originates because of the greed of the rulers which was satisfied after mass destruction.
A.
Satisfied
B.
Destruction
C.
Greed
D.
Originates
ANSWER :
B. Destruction
9.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Repercussion
A.
Duplication
B.
Consequence
C.
Recusation
D.
Apprehension
ANSWER :
B. Consequence
10.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
It will be done by me.
A.
I will do it.
B.
I do it.
C.
I did it.
D.
I have done it.
ANSWER :
A. I will do it.