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SSC Selection Post Graduation Level Official Paper (Held On: 30 June, 2023 Shift 1) (Previous Year Paper)·English Language
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Question 1461

SSC Selection Post 2023• English Language• English Language

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. 

People often become helpless while dealing with anxiety. Anxiety can be caused by several factors, some of which can emerge from hypertension, the inability to share one's thoughts, sudden contextual differences, broken relationships, work stress, and so on. The fear of missing out, also known as FOMO, leading to anxiety issues is mostly prevalent among youngsters nowadays. Meditation, physical exercises, and proper sleep cycles, among other such productive habits, can help cure anxiety. Most importantly, one must respect and love oneself, which in turn will help in boosting self-confidence and positive energy. A person can be one's own therapist if he/she sits back for a while contemplating and meditating. A deep breath, a calm mind, and a healthy body helps to inculcate positivity, which otherwise gets cancelled out due to several blocks of negativity created by limited mindsets.

Which of the following is NOT a productive habit, according to the passage? 

  1. AOption (a)

    Brushing teeth 

  2. BOption (b)

    Proper sleep cycles 

  3. COption (c)

    Physical exercise 

  4. DOption (d)

    Meditation

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Answer: (a)A.

Brushing teeth 

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Question 1462

SSC Selection Post 2023• English Language• English Language

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. 

People often become helpless while dealing with anxiety. Anxiety can be caused by several factors, some of which can emerge from hypertension, the inability to share one's thoughts, sudden contextual differences, broken relationships, work stress, and so on. The fear of missing out, also known as FOMO, leading to anxiety issues is mostly prevalent among youngsters nowadays. Meditation, physical exercises, and proper sleep cycles, among other such productive habits, can help cure anxiety. Most importantly, one must respect and love oneself, which in turn will help in boosting self-confidence and positive energy. A person can be one's own therapist if he/she sits back for a while contemplating and meditating. A deep breath, a calm mind, and a healthy body helps to inculcate positivity, which otherwise gets cancelled out due to several blocks of negativity created by limited mindsets.

The given passage is mainly based _________.

  1. AOption (a)

    On Positivity

  2. BOption (b)

    On Anxiety

  3. COption (c)

    On FOMO 

  4. DOption (d)

    On Negativity 

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Answer: (a)A.

On Positivity

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Question 1463

SSC Selection Post 2023• English Language• English Language

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. 

People often become helpless while dealing with anxiety. Anxiety can be caused by several factors, some of which can emerge from hypertension, the inability to share one's thoughts, sudden contextual differences, broken relationships, work stress, and so on. The fear of missing out, also known as FOMO, leading to anxiety issues is mostly prevalent among youngsters nowadays. Meditation, physical exercises, and proper sleep cycles, among other such productive habits, can help cure anxiety. Most importantly, one must respect and love oneself, which in turn will help in boosting self-confidence and positive energy. A person can be one's own therapist if he/she sits back for a while contemplating and meditating. A deep breath, a calm mind, and a healthy body helps to inculcate positivity, which otherwise gets cancelled out due to several blocks of negativity created by limited mindsets.

What is the primary inference that can be made by reading this passage?

  1. AOption (a)

    Anxiety can be defeated by a positive attitude and productive practices.

  2. BOption (b)

    There is no clinical cure to anxiety and one must always live with it. 

  3. COption (c)

    FOMO is the main reason why people experience anxiety. 

  4. DOption (d)

    Anxiety is very harmful for our emotional as well as physical health and cannot be dealt with individually.

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Anxiety can be defeated by a positive attitude and productive practices.

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Question 1464

SSC Selection Post 2023• English Language• English Language

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. 

People often become helpless while dealing with anxiety. Anxiety can be caused by several factors, some of which can emerge from hypertension, the inability to share one's thoughts, sudden contextual differences, broken relationships, work stress, and so on. The fear of missing out, also known as FOMO, leading to anxiety issues is mostly prevalent among youngsters nowadays. Meditation, physical exercises, and proper sleep cycles, among other such productive habits, can help cure anxiety. Most importantly, one must respect and love oneself, which in turn will help in boosting self-confidence and positive energy. A person can be one's own therapist if he/she sits back for a while contemplating and meditating. A deep breath, a calm mind, and a healthy body helps to inculcate positivity, which otherwise gets cancelled out due to several blocks of negativity created by limited mindsets.

What is the full form of FOMO? 

  1. AOption (a)

    Fear of Moving Out 

  2. BOption (b)

    Fear of Moping on

  3. COption (c)

    Fear of Missing Out

  4. DOption (d)

    Fear of Managing Overstress

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Fear of Moving Out 

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Question 1465

SSC Selection Post 2023• English Language• English Language

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. 

People often become helpless while dealing with anxiety. Anxiety can be caused by several factors, some of which can emerge from hypertension, the inability to share one's thoughts, sudden contextual differences, broken relationships, work stress, and so on. The fear of missing out, also known as FOMO, leading to anxiety issues is mostly prevalent among youngsters nowadays. Meditation, physical exercises, and proper sleep cycles, among other such productive habits, can help cure anxiety. Most importantly, one must respect and love oneself, which in turn will help in boosting self-confidence and positive energy. A person can be one's own therapist if he/she sits back for a while contemplating and meditating. A deep breath, a calm mind, and a healthy body helps to inculcate positivity, which otherwise gets cancelled out due to several blocks of negativity created by limited mindsets.

Which of the following best defines the word ‘inculcate’ as used in the passage? 

  1. AOption (a)

    Cancel

  2. BOption (b)

    Scream

  3. COption (c)

    Develop

  4. DOption (d)

    Break

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Cancel

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Question 1466

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Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.

The patient was suggested to cut off on the daily intake of carbs.

  1. AOption (a)

    cut for 

  2. BOption (b)

    No substitution

  3. COption (c)

    cut down

  4. DOption (d)

    cut about 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

cut for 

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Question 1467

SSC Selection Post 2023• English Language• English Language

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Their conviction and determination helped Kimirica overcome ________ odds and become India’s largest manufacturer of luxury hotel toiletries and guest room amenities.

  1. AOption (a)

    undefeated

  2. BOption (b)

    inviolable

  3. COption (c)

    insurmountable

  4. DOption (d)

    unstoppable

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

undefeated

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Question 1468

SSC Selection Post 2023• English Language• English Language

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

There are more than two million / job-seekers who are already / completed their fitness test / for the post since 2020.

  1. AOption (a)

    There are more than two million

  2. BOption (b)

    job-seekers who are already

  3. COption (c)

    completed their fitness test

  4. DOption (d)

    for the post since 2020 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

There are more than two million

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Question 1469

SSC Selection Post 2023• English Language• English Language

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Professor

  2. BOption (b)

    Mosquitose

  3. COption (c)

    Systematically

  4. DOption (d)

    Prophet

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Professor

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Question 1470

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Select the most appropriate synonym for the highlighted word.

The moral values in this nation were at their nadir during the autocrat’s rule.

  1. AOption (a)

    highest point 

  2. BOption (b)

    lowest point

  3. COption (c)

    equatorial

  4. DOption (d)

    medial point 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

highest point 

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Question 1471

SSC Selection Post 2023• English Language• English Language

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

If you live / in a foreign country, / you should / try and learn language.

  1. AOption (a)

    If you live

  2. BOption (b)

    you should

  3. COption (c)

    try and learn language

  4. DOption (d)

    in a foreign country

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

If you live

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Question 1472

SSC Selection Post 2023• English Language• English Language

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence.

It is a fact that Pradip’s bigotry results out of his lack of appreciation for another group's activities, and disregard of others’ belief systems.

  1. AOption (a)

    System

  2. BOption (b)

    Disregard

  3. COption (c)

    Lack

  4. DOption (d)

    Bigotry

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

System

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Question 1473

SSC Selection Post 2023• English Language• English Language

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

By whom was this done?

  1. AOption (a)

    Who has been doing this? 

  2. BOption (b)

    Who was doing this?

  3. COption (c)

    Who has done this?

  4. DOption (d)

    Who did this?

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Who has been doing this? 

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Question 1474

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

Mrs. Mane said that she regretted having supplied us with an inferior brand of TV set and was ready to apologise for that.

  1. AOption (a)

    Mrs. Mane said, “I regret supplying you with an inferior brand of TV set and I am ready to apologise for that.”

  2. BOption (b)

    Mrs. Mane said, “I am regretting having supplied you with an inferior brand of TV set and I am ready to apologise for that.”

  3. COption (c)

    Mrs. Mane said, “I regret having supplied you with an inferior brand of TV set and I am ready to apologise for that.” 

  4. DOption (d)

    Mrs. Mane said, “I regret to supply you with an inferior brand of TV set and I am ready to apologise for that.”

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Mrs. Mane said, “I regret supplying you with an inferior brand of TV set and I am ready to apologise for that.”

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Question 1475

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

Rohit said, “The board game is mine.”

  1. AOption (a)

    Rohit said that the board game was his. 

  2. BOption (b)

    Rohit said that the board game was me. 

  3. COption (c)

    Rohit said that he was the board game. 

  4. DOption (d)

    Rohit said that the board game were hers.

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Rohit said that the board game was his. 

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Question 1476

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Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

Ria sits right besides Shimona in the craft class.

  1. AOption (a)

    beside

  2. BOption (b)

    be side

  3. COption (c)

    besides to

  4. DOption (d)

    No substitution required

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

beside

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Question 1477

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Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.

The library sessions were conducive for healthy discussions.

  1. AOption (a)

    Exclusive

  2. BOption (b)

    Integrated

  3. COption (c)

    Invaluable

  4. DOption (d)

    Unfavourable

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Exclusive

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 1478

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Select the sentence that has the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Kill two birds with one stone

  1. AOption (a)

    Today’s fishing session was a success as both the fishermen were working together.

  2. BOption (b)

    He was so unlucky that he never won a single coin toss in the entire tournament.

  3. COption (c)

    Maya decided to clean the house but at the end of the day, she realised it was a great workout. 

  4. DOption (d)

    He ruined his chances of getting into college as he got distracted while studying for two different entrance tests and not perfecting even a single one.

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Today’s fishing session was a success as both the fishermen were working together.

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Question 1479

SSC Selection Post 2023• English Language• English Language

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

________ being an officer, he lives in a very tiny apartment.

  1. AOption (a)

    Except

  2. BOption (b)

    Despite

  3. COption (c)

    Instead

  4. DOption (d)

    Unlike

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Except

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Question 1480

SSC Selection Post 2023• English Language• English Language

Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.

He said to me, “My phone is switched off.”

  1. AOption (a)

    He told me that his phone was switched off.

  2. BOption (b)

    He told me that our phone had switch off. 

  3. COption (c)

    He told me that his phone was switch off

  4. DOption (d)

    He told me that my phone was switched off. 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

He told me that his phone was switched off.

Explanation not yet available.

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