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SSC Selection Post 2024 (Graduate Level) Official Paper (Held On: 21 Jun, 2024 Shift 3) (Previous Year Paper)·English Language
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Question 1181

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Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error.

The Prime Minister and a President are visiting the town today to see the preparations of International Seminar.

  1. AOption (a)

    The Prime Minister and

  2. BOption (b)

    the town today to see the

  3. COption (c)

    a President are visiting

  4. DOption (d)

    preparations of International Seminar.

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Answer: (a)A.

The Prime Minister and

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Question 1182

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

Mr. Deshmukh will be met by them at the site office.

  1. AOption (a)

    They have met Mr. Deshmukh at the site office.

  2. BOption (b)

    They will be meeting Mr. Deshmukh at the site office.

  3. COption (c)

    They have been meeting Mr. Deshmukh at the site office.

  4. DOption (d)

    They will meet Mr. Deshmukh at the site office.

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Answer: (a)A.

They have met Mr. Deshmukh at the site office.

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Question 1183

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Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

Sheena was an intelligent girl living in a small town of north India. She wanted to become a doctor, but her family’s financial condition was not good. To pursue her dreams, she had to find out a way. She decided to work after school. She joined a restaurant where she would work till midnight. She started saving money for her education. But the salary was not enough to bear the expenses of medical studies. When her father came to know about her aspirations, he decided to sell his ancestral property without letting Sheena know about it. After completing her 12th, Sheena appeared for the joint medical entrance test and secured a 3rd all India ranking. She got admission in a government medical college.

Select a suitable title for the given passage.

  1. AOption (a)

    Pursuing Dreams Against Odds

  2. BOption (b)

    Unexpected Opportunities

  3. COption (c)

    Financial Struggles

  4. DOption (d)

    Small Town Struggles

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Answer: (a)A.

Pursuing Dreams Against Odds

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Question 1184

SSC Selection Post 2024• English Language• English Language

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

Sheena was an intelligent girl living in a small town of north India. She wanted to become a doctor, but her family’s financial condition was not good. To pursue her dreams, she had to find out a way. She decided to work after school. She joined a restaurant where she would work till midnight. She started saving money for her education. But the salary was not enough to bear the expenses of medical studies. When her father came to know about her aspirations, he decided to sell his ancestral property without letting Sheena know about it. After completing her 12th, Sheena appeared for the joint medical entrance test and secured a 3rd all India ranking. She got admission in a government medical college.

What is the most appropriate connection to real-life situations?

  1. AOption (a)

    Hard work pays off

  2. BOption (b)

    Importance of winning a lottery to fulfil dreams

  3. COption (c)

    The negative impact of following one’s passion

  4. DOption (d)

    Sell your belongings to fulfil your dreams

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Answer: (a)A.

Hard work pays off

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Question 1185

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Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

Sheena was an intelligent girl living in a small town of north India. She wanted to become a doctor, but her family’s financial condition was not good. To pursue her dreams, she had to find out a way. She decided to work after school. She joined a restaurant where she would work till midnight. She started saving money for her education. But the salary was not enough to bear the expenses of medical studies. When her father came to know about her aspirations, he decided to sell his ancestral property without letting Sheena know about it. After completing her 12th, Sheena appeared for the joint medical entrance test and secured a 3rd all India ranking. She got admission in a government medical college.

Which rank did Sheena secure in the joint medical entrance test?

  1. AOption (a)

    3rd all India ranking

  2. BOption (b)

    4th all India ranking

  3. COption (c)

    1st all India ranking

  4. DOption (d)

    2nd all India ranking

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Answer: (a)A.

3rd all India ranking

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Question 1186

SSC Selection Post 2024• English Language• English Language

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

Sheena was an intelligent girl living in a small town of north India. She wanted to become a doctor, but her family’s financial condition was not good. To pursue her dreams, she had to find out a way. She decided to work after school. She joined a restaurant where she would work till midnight. She started saving money for her education. But the salary was not enough to bear the expenses of medical studies. When her father came to know about her aspirations, he decided to sell his ancestral property without letting Sheena know about it. After completing her 12th, Sheena appeared for the joint medical entrance test and secured a 3rd all India ranking. She got admission in a government medical college.

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the bracketed word segment.

Sheena’s father decided to support her aspirations by selling his (ancestral property).

  1. AOption (a)

    neighbour’s property

  2. BOption (b)

    rented property

  3. COption (c)

    property inherited from family

  4. DOption (d)

    property taken on loan

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Answer: (a)A.

neighbour’s property

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Question 1187

SSC Selection Post 2024• English Language• English Language

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

Sheena was an intelligent girl living in a small town of north India. She wanted to become a doctor, but her family’s financial condition was not good. To pursue her dreams, she had to find out a way. She decided to work after school. She joined a restaurant where she would work till midnight. She started saving money for her education. But the salary was not enough to bear the expenses of medical studies. When her father came to know about her aspirations, he decided to sell his ancestral property without letting Sheena know about it. After completing her 12th, Sheena appeared for the joint medical entrance test and secured a 3rd all India ranking. She got admission in a government medical college.

What is the message one gets from this story?

  1. AOption (a)

    If you work hard and follow your dream, you will get success.

  2. BOption (b)

    It is okay not to follow your dreams.

  3. COption (c)

    Follow you passion but don’t work hard.

  4. DOption (d)

    One should not work hard.

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Answer: (a)A.

If you work hard and follow your dream, you will get success.

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Question 1188

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

Should he be examined by the doctor?

  1. AOption (a)

    He has been examined by the doctor?

  2. BOption (b)

    Has the doctor examined him?

  3. COption (c)

    The doctor examined him.

  4. DOption (d)

    Should the doctor examine him?

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Answer: (a)A.

He has been examined by the doctor?

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Question 1189

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

His son thought, “If my father keeps grieving like this, the crops will die.”

  1. AOption (a)

    His son thought that if his father kept grieving like that, the crops would die.

  2. BOption (b)

    His son thought if his father kept grieving like this, the crops will die.

  3. COption (c)

    His son thought that his father kept grieving like that, then crops will die.

  4. DOption (d)

    His son thought that if his father kept grieving like this, the crops would have died.

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Answer: (a)A.

His son thought that if his father kept grieving like that, the crops would die.

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Question 1190

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Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

The manager finally acceded to his request.

  1. AOption (a)

    Agreed

  2. BOption (b)

    Succumbed

  3. COption (c)

    Refused

  4. DOption (d)

    Applied

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Answer: (a)A.

Agreed

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Question 1191

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Select the option that correctly rectifies the underlined spelling error.

She was desperate to find her lost cat and searched the neverhood for hours.

  1. AOption (a)

    neighborhood

  2. BOption (b)

    neiverhood

  3. COption (c)

    neighbourhood

  4. DOption (d)

    naighburhood

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Answer: (a)A.

neighborhood

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Question 1192

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Select the option that correctly describes the use of the word ‘walking’ in the following sentence.

Walking is good for health.

  1. AOption (a)

    Walking is the present participle form of the verb functioning as a gerund.

  2. BOption (b)

    Walking is the past participle form of the verb.

  3. COption (c)

    Walking is the present tense form of the verb.

  4. DOption (d)

    Walking is the base form of the verb.

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Answer: (a)A.

Walking is the present participle form of the verb functioning as a gerund.

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Question 1193

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.

Everybody was surprised to see that he fell flat even after arduous efforts.

  1. AOption (a)

    Win a difficult race

  2. BOption (b)

    Succeed without hassles

  3. COption (c)

    Fall from a height

  4. DOption (d)

    Fail to win applause

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Answer: (a)A.

Win a difficult race

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Question 1194

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Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Generosity

  1. AOption (a)

    Strength

  2. BOption (b)

    Selflessness

  3. COption (c)

    Selfishness

  4. DOption (d)

    Activeness

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Answer: (a)A.

Strength

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Question 1195

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Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A speech in a play that the character speaks to himself or herself or to the people watching rather than to the other characters

  1. AOption (a)

    Soliloquy

  2. BOption (b)

    Scream

  3. COption (c)

    Eloquence

  4. DOption (d)

    Dogmatic

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Answer: (a)A.

Soliloquy

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Question 1196

SSC Selection Post 2024• English Language• English Language

Read the given passage and answer the question that follows.

Indian rivers play an integral part in enriching the value and heavenly beauty of India. They are our greatest natural assets. There are hundreds of them watering our land and making it green and fertile; they even flow as natural highways linking the towns with the villages. The most eye-catching variety of these rivers is that there are navigable rivers, especially in Bengal and Kerala. Even raging torrents which leap from the mountains down to the deep gorges.

Some huge rivers sometimes burst their banks and flood the countryside. And in tribute to their strength and beauty, we have always held them sacred. To love India is to love her rivers, big and small.

What are the two words highlighted in the passage that describe the vital role of rivers in the development of the agriculture sector?

  1. AOption (a)

    Burst and flood

  2. BOption (b)

    Watering and fertile

  3. COption (c)

    Leaping torrents and navigable rivers

  4. DOption (d)

    Countryside and villages

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Answer: (a)A.

Burst and flood

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Question 1197

SSC Selection Post 2024• English Language• English Language

Read the given passage and answer the question that follows.

Indian rivers play an integral part in enriching the value and heavenly beauty of India. They are our greatest natural assets. There are hundreds of them watering our land and making it green and fertile; they even flow as natural highways linking the towns with the villages. The most eye-catching variety of these rivers is that there are navigable rivers, especially in Bengal and Kerala. Even raging torrents which leap from the mountains down to the deep gorges.

Some huge rivers sometimes burst their banks and flood the countryside. And in tribute to their strength and beauty, we have always held them sacred. To love India is to love her rivers, big and small.

Why are the rivers called natural highways?

  1. AOption (a)

    Because they link the towns and villages

  2. BOption (b)

    Because they avoid overflow and flood

  3. COption (c)

    Because national highways are built alongside their banks

  4. DOption (d)

    Because they enrich the beauty of Bengal and Kerala

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Because they link the towns and villages

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Question 1198

SSC Selection Post 2024• English Language• English Language

Read the given passage and answer the question that follows.

Indian rivers play an integral part in enriching the value and heavenly beauty of India. They are our greatest natural assets. There are hundreds of them watering our land and making it green and fertile; they even flow as natural highways linking the towns with the villages. The most eye-catching variety of these rivers is that there are navigable rivers, especially in Bengal and Kerala. Even raging torrents which leap from the mountains down to the deep gorges.

Some huge rivers sometimes burst their banks and flood the countryside. And in tribute to their strength and beauty, we have always held them sacred. To love India is to love her rivers, big and small.

What are the characteristics of rivers in India?

  1. AOption (a)

    Watering, navigable, sacred, huge, and small

  2. BOption (b)

    Destroyable, tiny, pond-sized

  3. COption (c)

    Storable, impure, negligible

  4. DOption (d)

    Reverse flowing, unflawed, useless

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Watering, navigable, sacred, huge, and small

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Question 1199

SSC Selection Post 2024• English Language• English Language

Read the given passage and answer the question that follows.

Indian rivers play an integral part in enriching the value and heavenly beauty of India. They are our greatest natural assets. There are hundreds of them watering our land and making it green and fertile; they even flow as natural highways linking the towns with the villages. The most eye-catching variety of these rivers is that there are navigable rivers, especially in Bengal and Kerala. Even raging torrents which leap from the mountains down to the deep gorges.

Some huge rivers sometimes burst their banks and flood the countryside. And in tribute to their strength and beauty, we have always held them sacred. To love India is to love her rivers, big and small.

Select the most appropriate word from the passage to fill in the blank.

Why do Indians hold their rivers ________?

  1. AOption (a)

    tribute

  2. BOption (b)

    sacred

  3. COption (c)

    navigable

  4. DOption (d)

    variety

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Answer: (a)A.

tribute

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Question 1200

SSC Selection Post 2024• English Language• English Language

Read the given passage and answer the question that follows.

Indian rivers play an integral part in enriching the value and heavenly beauty of India. They are our greatest natural assets. There are hundreds of them watering our land and making it green and fertile; they even flow as natural highways linking the towns with the villages. The most eye-catching variety of these rivers is that there are navigable rivers, especially in Bengal and Kerala. Even raging torrents which leap from the mountains down to the deep gorges.

Some huge rivers sometimes burst their banks and flood the countryside. And in tribute to their strength and beauty, we have always held them sacred. To love India is to love her rivers, big and small.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I found it __________ that some people hate rivers.

  1. AOption (a)

    peculiar

  2. BOption (b)

    sacred

  3. COption (c)

    gorgeous

  4. DOption (d)

    tribute

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

peculiar

Explanation not yet available.

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