SSC CHSL English Mock Test Paper 006

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Through the (1) _______ , lonely years of my childhood, when my father’s palace (2) ______
to tighten its grip (3) _______ me until I couldn’t (4) _______, I would go to my nurse and ask
for a story. And though she knew many wondrous and edifying tales, the one I made her tell
me over and over was the (5) _______ of my birth.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 5.

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Through the (1) _______ , lonely years of my childhood, when my father’s palace (2) ______
to tighten its grip (3) _______ me until I couldn’t (4) _______, I would go to my nurse and ask
for a story. And though she knew many wondrous and edifying tales, the one I made her tell
me over and over was the (5) _______ of my birth.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 4.

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Through the (1) _______ , lonely years of my childhood, when my father’s palace (2) ______
to tighten its grip (3) _______ me until I couldn’t (4) _______, I would go to my nurse and ask
for a story. And though she knew many wondrous and edifying tales, the one I made her tell
me over and over was the (5) _______ of my birth.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 3.

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Through the (1) _______ , lonely years of my childhood, when my father’s palace (2) ______
to tighten its grip (3) _______ me until I couldn’t (4) _______, I would go to my nurse and ask
for a story. And though she knew many wondrous and edifying tales, the one I made her tell
me over and over was the (5) _______ of my birth.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 2.

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Through the (1) _______ , lonely years of my childhood, when my father’s palace (2) ______
to tighten its grip (3) _______ me until I couldn’t (4) _______, I would go to my nurse and ask
for a story. And though she knew many wondrous and edifying tales, the one I made her tell
me over and over was the (5) _______ of my birth.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 1.

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
When we cook garlic, the sulphide molecules raise into the air and fill the room with their pleasing aroma.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
The researchers
P. performed experiments and developed a model
Q. which explains how the worm's taste sensors
R. to direct its foraging behaviour
S. process information from the environment

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’.
Africa has glaciers on the Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and on the Mount Kenya.

Select the word that is similar in meaning (SYNONYM) to the word given below
Glib

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
Pig in a poke

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Meghna has taken all the cash.

Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
This heap of rubbish has not been remove for 6 months.

Select the word segment that substitutes (replaces) the bracketed word segment correctly and completes the sentence meaningfully. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’.
(Hardly had the news leak out that) my telephone started ringing.

Select the word that is opposite in meaning (ANTONYM) to the word given below.
Fiend

Choose the word that means the same as the given word.
Gallivant

Some parts of a few sentences have been jumbled up, and labelled A, B, C and D.
Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
There were two final
A. the story was the tale of Kunti
B. a story and a parchment.
C. gifts the sorceress gave me
D. mother of Arjun. The parchment was a map of Bharat’s many kingdoms

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Slack off

Choose the option that is the correct indirect form of the sentence.
My mother said, “I am meeting your father today.”

Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
He was a handsome man in his ______ thirties.

Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the part that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
This was no strange sight / to the boy by that time, / for he had neither gun or spear.

Choose the correctly spelt word.

Choose the incorrectly spelt word.

Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
Recovering from an illness or medical treatment.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
If a product placement
P. we are either less likely to notice the placement
Q. our attention is fixated on what will happen next,
R. or more likely to be annoyed by it if we do notice it
S. appears at the climax, the moment when

Select the word that is closest in meaning (SYNONYM) to the word given below.
ANXIOUS