Previous Year English Quiz For SSC CHSL Exam

Directions (1-7): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

1. A large number of bullets fired at the same time

(a) Fusillade

(b) Rattle

(c) Shoot

(d) Archery

2. A tall, strong woman

(a) Siren 

(b) Amazon

(c) Harridan

(d) Shrew

3. A difficult problem

(a) Labyrinth

(b) Maze

(c) Conundrum

(d) Puzzle

4. The policy of extending a country’s empire and influence

(a) Imperialism

(b) Internationalism

(c) Capitalism

(d) Communism

5. A person who studies the origin and history of words

(a) Ethnologist

(b) Polyglot

(c) Grammarian

(d) Etymologist

6. A book which holds several works of one author

(a) Anthology

(b) Biography

(c) Omnibus

(d) Bibliotheque

7. One who deliberately damages other people’s property

(a) Arsonist

(b) Destructor

(c) Vandal 

(d) Vampire

Directions (8-10): In the following questions, there are four different words out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and indicate it by blackening the appropriate rectangle in the Answer Sheet.

8. 

(a) Irrisistable

(b) Irresistible

(c) Irresesteble

(d) Irresistable

9. 

(a) Baroaque

(b) Baroque

(c) Baruque

(d) Barokue

10. 

(a) Pseudopodia

(2) Seudopodia

(3) Pseuedopodia

(4) Pseuadopodia

ANSWERS KEY:
1- (a)
2- (b)
3- (c)
4- (a)
5- (d)
6- (c)
7- (c)
8- (b)
9- (b)
10- (a)