SSC CHSL Exam 2018: Practice Questions of English language - Set 40

SSC CHSL Exam 2018: Practice Questions of English language - Set 40

SSC CHSL Exam 2018: Practice Questions of English language - Set 40

Directions (1-5): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives choose the one that can be substituted for the given word/phrase:

Question1.

One who tries to save money as far as possible.

(a) Stubborn                        
(b) Stingy
(c) Ambivalent                     
(d) Cannibal
 

 

Question2.

Property hired from father or ancestors

(a) Ransom                         
(b) Parvenu
(c) Sanatorium                   
(d) Patrimony
 
 

Question3.

To store secretly more than what is required

(a) Hoard                            
(b) Bald
(c) Sacrilege                       
(d) Acquit
 
 

Question4.

A small village or group of houses

(a) Imposter                        
(b) Anarchy
(c) Hamlet                           
(d) Parole
 

Question5.

Use of many words where few words are necessary

(a) Idolatry                           
(b) Circumlocution
(c) Boulevard                      
(d) Concubinage
 

Questions (6-10): Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Question6.

Our basketball team is ____________ tall boys.

(a) Answering                      
(b) Recruiting
(c) Picking                          
(d) Operating
 
 
 

Question7.

My supervisor looked at the ____________ schedule and nodded his agreement.

(a) Revised                           
(b) Systematic
(c) Published                       
(d) Edited
 

Question8.

The ____________ gentleman left a further sum of `.10 lakh to be divided among the poor.

(a) Renowned                      
(b) Learned
(c) Benevolent                      
(d) Relative
 

Question9.

The ruler was a _____________ man who believed his people should be his equals and not his servants.

(a) Obedient                         
 (b) Oppose
(c) Fraud                             
 (d) Righteous
 

Question10.

Don’t believe him when he compliments you. He is _______________ enough to say something completely different a few days later.

(a) Capricious                        
(b) Just
(c) Courteous                       
(d) Benevolent 

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