SSC CHSL Questions for Practice
Who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister of independent India ?
(A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) C. Rajagopalachari
(C) K. Kamaraj
(D) Morarji Desai
Correct Answer : A
The person responsible for milk revolution in India is:
(A) Dr. Kurian
(B) Dr. Pandyan
(C) Dr. Madhavan
(D) Dr. Pant
Correct Answer : A
Identify the segment in the sentence that contains a grammatical error.
I do not like vegetables, or do I like fruits.
(A) like vegetables
(B) I do not
(C) or do I
(D) like fruits
Correct Answer : C
Select the correctly spelt words.
(A) Milennium
(B) Millenium
(C) Millenniumm
(D) Millennium
Correct Answer : D
In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four-alternative suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
He was seen leaving the room by them.
(A) They see him to leave the room
(B) They saw him leaving the room.
(C) They did see him leaving the room
(D) They have seen his leaving the room
Correct Answer : B
Direction: In the question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
Mary said, “I am sorry.’
(A) Mary Said that she was sorry.
(B) Mary said that she is sorry.
(C) Mary said that she will be sorry.
(D) Mary says that she will be sorry.
Correct Answer : A
Select the option that means the same as the given idiom.
In a nutshell
(A) In discussion
(B) In writing
(C) In detail
(D) In brief
Correct Answer : D
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.
“What a fine piece of workmanship this is!” he exclaimed.
(A) these are
(B) it is this
(C) No substitution
(D) is there
Correct Answer : C
Given below are six sentences, out of which sentences A and F are in the correct position. Sentences B, C, D and E are in a jumbled order. Select the option that gives the correct order.
A. Folk tales offer lots of advice.
B. Most of them deliver the message clearly.
C. The reason was that he was not properly dressed.
D. There is a story of Birbal not being allowed to attend the king’s free lunch.
E. This happened despite his high intellectual abilities.
F. The advice thus conveyed is ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover.’
(A) ADEBCF
(B) ABCEDF
(C) ACEDBF
(D) ABDCEF
Correct Answer : D
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternative given.
Every day for a whole year, all kind of holy men, hermits, scholars and nobles came, and related to the priests their deeds of ___(1)___, and the priests in solemn council heard their calms. At last, they decided that the one who seemed to be the greatest lover of ____(2)_____was a rich man who had that very year given all his ___(3)___to the poor. So they gave him the plate of gold, but when he took it in his hand, it turned into ___(4)___lead; thought, when he dropped it on the floor, to his __(5)___, it become gold again.
Q :Select the most appropriate option that will fill in the blank (1).
(A) Charity
(B) kindness
(C) happiness
(D) sympathy
Correct Answer : A