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Q. No. 20

SSC COP SI 5 OCT 2023 Shift 3

Exam Date 05/10/2023 Exam Time 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

English Comprehension

SSC COP SI 5 OCT 2023 Shift 3

English Comprehension

Sub Inspector in Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces Examination 2023 Paper I 

Exam Date 05/10/2023

Exam Time 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM 

 Section : English Comprehension  

Q.1 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.  

The concert was filled with rapt teenage listeners.  

1. really fashionable  

2. boldly dressed  

3. truly energetic  

4. fully attentive  

Q.2 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.  

Decline  

1. Escape  

2. Ascend  

3. Demonstrate  

4. Traverse  

Q.3 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’.  

It was a quite afternoon, so Dan decided to take a nap.  

1. an quiet  

2. an quite  

3. No substitution required  

4. a quiet  

Q.4 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.  

This is not ______ exhaustive list of words.  

1. many  

2. an  

3. a  

4. No word required  

Q.5 Select the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted idiom in the given sentence.  

She said she liked my hair, but it turned out to be a left handed compliment 

1. A joke  

2. A flattery  

3. An insult  

4. A praise  

Q.6 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.  

Redemption  

1. Salvation  

2. Blasphemy  

3. Corrugation  

4. Conjunction  

Q.7 Parts of the following sentence have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains an error.  

Have they been work in that particular shop for several years?  

1. work  

2. been  

3. for  

4. Have  

Q.8 Select the correct spelling of the incorrectly spelt word.  

He had a round face made jovial by bright, almost boyish eyes and eyebrows ridiculusly small for a man his size.  

1. ridicolusly  

2. jouvial  

3. juvial  

4. ridiculously  

Q.9 Select the word segment that substitutes (replaces) the bracketed word segment correctly and completes the sentence meaningfully:  

Unless you (do will not prepare) well you will not perform well.  

1. would not prepare  

2. prepare  

3. will do not prepare  

4. will prepare  

Q.10 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.  

Bite the bullet  

1. Decide to do what is good  

2. To bite something very hard  

3. Decide to do the inevitable which you were avoiding  

4. Decide to take the easier way out  


Q.11 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.  

Resolute  

1. Serious  

2. Wavering  

3. Steadfast  

4. Brave  

Q.12 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.  

Roger went / to an United Kingdom / with his wife / to celebrate Christmas.  

1. Roger went  

2. to an United Kingdom  

3. to celebrate Christmas  

4. with his wife  

Q.13 Some words in the following sentences have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains a spelling error.  

Why is everyone so dressed up? What’s the occaseon? Is it a wedding 

1. wedding  

2. occaseon  

3. everyone  

4. dressed  

Q.14 Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.  

To restrain or compel a person to do something by force.  

1. Convoy  

2. Consensus  

3. Coerce  

4. Casualty  

Q.15 Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.  

Health insurance are important today since anyone can face a medical emergency without warning.  

1. will be important  

2. has been important  

3. was important  

4. is important  

Q.16 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.  

Spill the beans  

1. To make anything visible  

2. To reveal secret information  

3. To ruin someone’s plan  

4. To talk randomly  

Q.17 Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.  

People say different things at different times 

1. should say fanciful things at different times  

2. says delectable things at different times  

3. says whimsical things at different times  

4. say diverse things at different times  

Q.18 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.  

Together  

1. Apart  

2. United  

3. Freight  

4. Engulf  

Q.19 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.  

Magnificent  

1. Impressive  

2. Peaceful  

3. Quiet  

4. Modest  

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