SSC English Sample paper

PAPER 1

1. Four words are given, out of which only one word is

spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and

click the button corresponding to it.

1) Conniosseur 2) Connoisseur

3) Connossieur 4) Connosseiur

2. In the following question, out of the four alternatives,

choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the

given word and click the button corresponding to it.

SOOTHE

1) QUENCH 2) MITIGATE

3) HEAL 4) AGITATE

3. In the following question, out of the four alternatives,

choose the word which best expresses the meaning

of the given word and click the button corresponding

to it.

DEVASTATION

1) DESTRUCTION 2) CONSTRUCTION

3) SEPARATION 4) FRUSTRATION

Direction (4-6) : Out of the four alternatives, choose the

one which can be substituted for the given words/

sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

4. An exact copy

1) Facsimile 2) Twin

3) Mirror 4) Clone

5. To give money to agents for sales.

1) Salary 2) Commission

3) Fee 4) Incentive

6. A person who is working in the same institution.

1) Guide 2) Collector

3) Captain 4) Colleague

Direction (7-9) : In each of the questions, four alternatives

are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative

which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase

and click the button corresponding to it.

7. Catnap

1) Rest 2) Fitful sleep

3) Long sleep 4) Short sleep

8. To pull a long face

1) Looked happily 2) Looked surprised

3) Looked sad 4) Looked calm

9. Fit her like a glove.

1) Too large 2) Too shabby

3) Too tight 4) Perfectly

Direction (10-12) : The sentences given with blanks are

to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives

are suggested for each question. For each question, choose

the correct alternative and click the button corresponding

to it.

10. Health is too important to be ___________.

1) discarded 2) disposed

3) neglected 4) detested

11. I am _______________this crime.

1) ignorant on 2) innocent of

3) indebted to 4) ignoring

12. I was _____________ paying the toll tax.

1) free from 2) exonerated from

3) exempted from 4) exposed to

Direction (13 - 15) : In the following questions, one part

of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of

the sentence has an error and cl ick the button

corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click

the “No error” option.

13. I used (A)/ a pair of black trousers (B) / for a week

(C)/ No error (D)

1) A 2) B

3) C 4) D

14. He has made a mistake (A)/ of which (B) / I am certain

(C) / No error (D)

1) A 2) B

3) C 4) D

15. He was not allowed (A) / for the teacher (B) / to read

in a low voice (C) / no error (D)

1) A 2) B

3) C 4) D

Direction (16 - 20) : A passage is given with 5 questions

following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the

best answer to each question out of the four alternatives

and click the button corresponding to it.

My mom grew up in a traditional Chinese family in which

open expressions of love were never encouraged. When

she had me and my three siblings, she treated us with

the same hard hand. It was not that she was a slave driver

or anything, but she never openly showed affection.

Instead, she demonstrated that she cared in more

practical ways. My parents couldn’t have been more

different emotionally. My dad is a really openhearted

person who constantly showers us with hugs and kisses

no matter the occasion. After much persuasion from him,

my mother did try to change, but it was clear that she

never felt quite right expressing her emotions. Eventually,

she reverted to her old self. The difference between my

parents was never starker than whenever I brought home

good test results from school. My dad would practically

jump with joy, offering warm and affectionate words of

congratulations, and my mother? “Ah, good, good” she

would typically say with a tense smile etched on her face.

“Do better next time, OK?” I tried not to hold a grudge

against her for being so reserved. That was just her way.

I reasoned.

16. Why did the narrator not bear a grudge against her

mother?

1) She felt that her mother had that kind of nature

2) She was satisfied with her father’s love

3) Her mother was incapable of loving

4) Her mother was angry with everyone

17. The narrator’s mother reverted to her old self because

1) she fought with her husband

2) she did not feel comfortable in revealing her

emotions

3) she was angry with the children

4) her husband wanted her to be her old self

18. The narrator’s mother didn’t appreciate the narrator’s

results because

1) the marks were not good 2) the marks could be

better

3) she wasn’t very expressive 4) she was tense

19. How is the narrator’s dad different from her mother?

1) He is dark

2) He expresses his feelings openly

3) He dislikes children 4) He is persuasive in

nature

20. Why was the narrator’s mother not expressive of her

love?

1) She was of Chinese origin 2) It was not her nature

3) She was a harsh person

4) The tradition at her home didn’t allow her.

Direction (21-25): A sentence/a part of the sentence is

underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined

part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct

alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In

case no improvement is needed, cl ick the button

corresponding to “No improvement”.

21. Both of us had a different opinion about it.

1) Both of us has 2) Each of us had

3) Each of us have 4) No improvement

22. The trade union is hell bent at getting its demands

fulfilled

1) hell bent in 2) hell bent about

3) hell bent on 4) No improvement

23. The police had to break the door to get in

1) to break up 2) to break in

3) to break down 4) No improvement

24. The plane landed and shot towards the airport

1) taxied 2) drove

3) wheeled 4) No improvement

25. After a hard days work, I just want to go home.

1) hard day’s work 2) hard days’ work

3) hard day work 4) No improvement

Solutions :

1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (b)

6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (c)

11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (d) 15. (b)

16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (d)

21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (a)