SSC CHSL English Mock Test Paper 011

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 blank. Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous 1. ______ that can be distinguished from legless lizards by 2. ______ lack of eyelids and external ears. 3. ______ species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, 4. ______ them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side 5. ______ side, and most have only one functional lung.

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 blank. Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous 1. ______ that can be distinguished from legless lizards by 2. ______ lack of eyelids and external ears. 3. ______ species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, 4. ______ them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side 5. ______ side, and most have only one functional lung.

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 blank. Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous 1. ______ that can be distinguished from legless lizards by 2. ______ lack of eyelids and external ears. 3. ______ species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, 4. ______ them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side 5. ______ side, and most have only one functional lung.

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 blank. Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous 1. ______ that can be distinguished from legless lizards by 2. ______ lack of eyelids and external ears. 3. ______ species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, 4. ______ them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side 5. ______ side, and most have only one functional lung.

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 blank. Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous 1. ______ that can be distinguished from legless lizards by 2. ______ lack of eyelids and external ears. 3. ______ species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, 4. ______ them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side 5. ______ side, and most have only one functional lung.

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

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
Mount Everest is a peak in the Himalaya mountain range.
P. It is located between Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China.
Q. At 8,849 meters (29,032 feet), it is considered the tallest point on Earth.
R. In the nineteenth century, the mountain was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.
S. The Tibetan name is Chomolungma, which means “Mother Goddess of the World.”
The Nepali name is Sagarmatha, which has various meanings.

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
As per the study, mosquito-borne dengue fever infects little 400 million people annually.

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

Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
A hallucination is an error in perception that is why it is often ______ mental health issues.

Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if
the sentence is grammatically correct.
The dog will whine at the door when he wants to go out.

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’.
The businessman also insisted (that the police had issued him several summons).

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, then select the option "No error".
It's 4 p.m. local time and quite a/ large crowd has gathered from yesterday/ evening around the giant stage.

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Partial

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
P. Many years ago, Paul Bunyan was born in the north-eastern American state of Maine.
Q. His mother and father were shocked when they first saw the boy.
R. Paul was so large at birth that five large birds had to carry him to his parents.
S. When the boy was only a few weeks old, he weighed more than forty-five kilograms.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Give cold shoulder

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
To twiddle one’s thumbs

Select the correctly spelt word.

Choose the option that is the correct direct form of the sentence.
She said that she would not be coming to the school that day.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
I don’t know if such thoughts have ever ______ to Liz Truss, who is still, at the time of writing, Britain’s prime minister.

Select the option that will improve the (bracketed) part of the sentence. In case of no improvement select the option 'No improvement'.
The detention (arised two distinct) but closely linked questions.

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Khushi wiped down the tables.

Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
He released the brake, and the tractor slow moved forward.

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