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SSC CGL - 09-AUG-2017 CGL - Shift 2 Page: 5
43845.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Elusive
Baffling
Enticing
Directing
Soothing
43846.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Colossal
Epic
Rust
Teeny
Vast
43847.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Opprobrium
Adulation
Ignominy
Mystical
Preclude
43848.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
All agog
Avoid
Contentment
Amazed
Unsystematically
43849.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Not to mince matters
To be at ease
To not confuse others
To not interfere in others affairs
To speak out politely
43850.Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The doctor (has advice) him to take proper diet.
has advised
had been advised
was advised
No improvement
43851.Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
(Being a pleasant evening), we went out for a long drive on a highway.
As a pleasant evening
It being a pleasant evening
With a pleasant evening
No improvement
43852.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
A roundabout way of speaking
Centipede
Circumlocution
Coercion
Concentric
43853.In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
An old unmarried woman
Masochist
Septuagenarian
Sniper
Spinster
43854.In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Autumn
Desperate
Reciept
Traffic
43855.In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.
Century
Finance
Remember
Sponser
43856.The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- However, our environment also need some help from all of us to get maintained as usual to nourish our lives forever and to never ruin our lives.
Q- It gives us all things which we need to live our life on this planet.
R- It provides us better medium to grow and develop.
S- An environment includes all the natural resources which surround us to help in number of ways.
PQRS
QPSR
SRQP
QSPR
43857.The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P- The starting point can be the experience of a minority within society generally or even the experience of a group of people within a progressive social movement which does not live up to its progressive agenda in every respect.
Q- Within (or after) postmodernism a grand unifying theory no longer seems possible. This does not exclude the possibility or the necessity of dialogue.
R- The starting points of social criticism can be very different and the different forms of socialism never has a monopoly on Social Criticism.
S- Nevertheless most social critics still consider the Critique of capitalism to be central.
PRQS
RPQS
RQPS
PSRQ
43858.In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
Rohan was not told about the e-mail.
Nobody told Rohan about the e-mail.
Somebody did not tell Rohan about the e-mail
The e-mail was not told about to Rohan.
There was nobody who could tell Rohan about the e-mail.
43859.In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Ram said to Rohan, "Dont run so fast."
Ram advised Rohan dont run so fast.
Ram asked Rohan why is he running so fast.
Ram requested Rohan not to run so fast.
Ram told Rohan not to run so fast.
43860.In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Language, they say, is the _____ through which human beings perceive the world. If so, English is perhaps the most _____ lens through which to see animals. It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl. The very word “animal” can _____ the brutish and the sensual. Animal _____ imply baseness and vulgarity.
Language, they say, is the _____ through which human beings perceive the world.
lens
resource
source
telescope
43861.In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Language, they say, is the _____ through which human beings perceive the world. If so, English is perhaps the most _____ lens through which to see animals. It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl. The very word “animal” can _____ the brutish and the sensual. Animal _____ imply baseness and vulgarity.
If so, English is perhaps the most _____ lens through which to see animals.
distorting
disturbing
popular
useful
43862.In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Language, they say, is the _____ through which human beings perceive the world. If so, English is perhaps the most _____ lens through which to see animals. It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl. The very word “animal” can _____ the brutish and the sensual. Animal _____ imply baseness and vulgarity.
It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl.
accompanied
exercised
perpetuated
undeterred
43863.In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Language, they say, is the _____ through which human beings perceive the world. If so, English is perhaps the most _____ lens through which to see animals. It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl. The very word “animal” can _____ the brutish and the sensual. Animal _____ imply baseness and vulgarity.
The very word "animal" can _____ the brutish and the sensual.
connote
rectify
trouble
understand
43864.In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Language, they say, is the _____ through which human beings perceive the world. If so, English is perhaps the most _____ lens through which to see animals. It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl. The very word “animal” can _____ the brutish and the sensual. Animal _____ imply baseness and vulgarity.
Animal _____ imply baseness and vulgarity.
breeding
gestures
instincts
species
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