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SSC CHSL 2023 Tier I — 10 August 2023, Shift 3

10 August 2023 · 2:30 PM–3:30 PM86 of the paper’s 100 questions+2 for a correct answer, −0.5 for a wrong one

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Left out of the original paper: 14 (any question that needs a figure, symbol or formatting we cannot show, or whose text or answer did not come through cleanly from the official document).

Questions from the Staff Selection Commission’s paper of 10 August 2023, 2:30 PM–3:30 PM. Each question’s answer is under it, hidden until you open it, and the full answer key is at the end. Take the paper as a timed practice test to be scored.

English Language

1. Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence. Despite the professor's best efforts to explain the complex theory, it took me a while to decipher the meaning of the text.
- (a) interpret
- (b) predict
- (c) conceal
- (d) foresee
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Answer: (a)
2. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. The doctor knew that Ravindra would recover from dengue soon and do the kind of work he was doing before.
- (a) would do
- (b) had been done
- (c) would have been doing
- (d) had been doing
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Answer: (d)
3. The following sentence has been divided into four parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. The English / often / fought / French.
- (a) French
- (b) often
- (c) fought
- (d) The English
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Answer: (a)
5. Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence. A. dictators may rise to power and inaugurate B. a new regime with dramatic suddenness C. and success under suitable conditions D. democracy is always a slow growth
- (a) DCAB
- (b) ACBD
- (c) DABC
- (d) ABCD
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Answer: (c)
6. Select the most appropriate synonym of the bracketed word in the following sentence to fill in the blank. Happiness is not something you ________ (adjourn) for the future. It is something you design for the present.
- (a) decimate
- (b) rejuvenate
- (c) constitute
- (d) postpone
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Answer: (d)
7. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. The fields are full of crops existing in large quantities.
- (a) that are sufficient
- (b) that are limited
- (c) that are customized
- (d) that are abundant
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Answer: (d)
8. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
- (a) Fulfilling
- (b) Fulfil
- (c) Fulfilled
- (d) Fullfil
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Answer: (d)
9. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Hesitate
- (a) Haste
- (b) Stumble
- (c) Dither
- (d) Hassle
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10. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. As it is a rainy season, it is raining cats and mice.
- (a) it is raining tigers and lions
- (b) it is raining cats and dogs
- (c) it is raining dogs and wolves
- (d) it is raining birds and beats
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11. Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word. The COVID-19 outbreak has caused a global education crisis.
- (a) legacy
- (b) catastrophe
- (c) inhibition
- (d) hoard
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12. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A royal ceremony in which a crown is placed on the head of a new King or a Queen.
- (a) Corroboration
- (b) Unseating
- (c) Ousting
- (d) Coronation
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Answer: (d)
13. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Unique
- (a) General
- (b) Ordinary
- (c) Exclusive
- (d) Usual
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Answer: (c)
14. Select the most appropriate idiom for the underlined segment in the following sentence. The proud people forget the fact that the world is tangible.
- (a) Hobson’s choice
- (b) Head and shoulders
- (c) High and mighty
- (d) Hard-nosed attitude
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15. Select the option that expresses the following sentence in positive degree of comparison. Istanbul is a beautiful city.
- (a) The city of Istanbul is as beautiful as other cities.
- (b) Istanbul is a very beautiful city.
- (c) Beautiful city is the Istanbul.
- (d) No other place I have seen is as beautiful as Istanbul.
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Answer: (d)
16. Select the meaningful and correctly spelt word from the given options to fill in the blank. The colourful procession was the last item to be performed in the ___________.
- (a) peasantry
- (b) pegentry
- (c) pageantry
- (d) pegeantri
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Answer: (c)
17. Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence. A. agenda for sustainable development B. as the world faces cascading and C. interlinked global crises and conflicts D. the aspirations set out in the 2030 E. are in jeopardy
- (a) ABEDC
- (b) CBADE
- (c) BCDAE
- (d) AEDCB
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Answer: (c)
18. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Profit
- (a) Earnings
- (b) Amount
- (c) Sale
- (d) Expense
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19. Select the option that expresses the following sentence in active voice. The meeting was called off.
- (a) The meeting had been called off.
- (b) They called off the meeting.
- (c) Someone called off the meeting.
- (d) They were calling off the meeting.
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Answer: (c)
20. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence. I have think tomorrow I will take my belongings to the new apartment.
- (a) I think
- (b) I will think
- (c) I had think
- (d) I am think
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PassageFor questions 21–25
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. On an unfortunate accident, first aid experts stress that (1)______what to do for an (2)_______ victim until a doctor or other trained person gets to the accident scene can (3)_______a life, especially in cases of stoppage of breathing, severe bleeding, and shock. People with special problems such as diabetes, epilepsy, or allergy are (4)_______ to wear some sort of emblem identifying the problem, as a safeguard against administration of medication that might be injurious or even (5)_______.
21. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
- (a) knowing
- (b) regarding
- (c) attempting
- (d) before
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Answer: (a)
22. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
- (a) injured
- (b) efficient
- (c) inquiring
- (d) accidental
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23. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
- (a) soothe
- (b) save
- (c) harm
- (d) take
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24. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
- (a) benefitted
- (b) urged
- (c) invited
- (d) allowed
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25. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
- (a) appropriate
- (b) beneficial
- (c) fatal
- (d) remedial
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Answer: (c)

General Intelligence

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