Graduate Level Tier Question Answer SSC English

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GRADUATE-LEVEL (TIER-1)

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1 Sudoku was first designed in the 1970s

(a)/ by a retired architect

(b)/ and freelance puzzle constructor.

(e)/ No error(d)

2. Each one of you

(a)/must make up their mind

(b)/ as I did.

(C)/No error (d)

3. During the last few years

(a)/the company works hard

(b)/ to modernize its image.

(C)/No error (d)

4. After he had apologized to the magistrate profusely

(a)/for having broke the promise

(b)/ the magistrate was happy to forgive him.

(C)/No error(d)

5. This stamp is only one

(a)/ of the design

(b)/ ever printed.

(C)/No error (d)

6. What……………….? It………………… wonderful.

(a) are you cooking, smelt

(b) are you cooking, smells

(c) as cooking, smell

(d) as cooking, smelled

7. We had…………………money left, so we went out for a meal. We decided to abandon our trip as we had……….. money left.

(a) a few, a few

(b) a little, little

(c) a little, a little

(d) little, a little

8. Please write to me ………..this address.

(a) to

(b) on

(c) upon

(d) at

9. On Tuesday it’s the carnival………………….everybody gets dressed up in a fancy costume. So we will meet at John’s house…………………is about a couple of kilometers away.

(a) when, where

(b) when which

(c) which, where

(d) where, when

10. I hate him for the simple reason that he keeps singing his own praises continually talking about himself. He is an irritating………………… He is a real……………….because for anything he does he always expects something in return, a selfish person indeed.

(a) egoist, misanthrope

(b) egotist, egoist

(c) poser, misanthrope

(d) poser, egotist

11. INSOLENT

(a) Depreciating

(b) The sole of the shoe

(e) Disrespectful

(d) Insoluble

12. INNOCUOUS

(a) Insufficient

(b) Irresponsible

(e) Careless

(d) Harmless

13. INGENUOUS

(a) Cunning

(b) Clever

(c) Innocent

(d) Artful

14. DIFFIDENCE

(b) Sharpness

(a) Shyness

(c) Self-assurance

(d) Expansiveness

15. AMATEUR

(a) Lover

(b) Apprentices

(c) Novice

(d) Professional

16. OVERT

(a) Hidden

(b) Culvert

(c) Open

(d) Complete

17. He is leaving the USA for good.

(a) temporarily

(b) immediately

(c) urgently

(d) permanently

18. Communicative English is the Achilles’ heel for job aspirants.

(a) what they cherish most

(b) top priority

(c) weak spot

(d) source of strength

19. He is known for blowing his own trumpet.

(a) clamoring

(b) boasting

(c) lettering

(d) shouting

20. He cut the Gordian knot by practicing what he preached.

(a) removed the difficulty

(b) add to the difficulty

(c) lessened the difficulty

(d) let the difficulty remain as it was

21. He took a leap in the dark with his latest investment in stocks,

(a) was confused

(b) was cocksure

(c) took a risk

(d) was hesitant

22. He found a wooden broken chair in the room.

(a) wooden and broken chair

(b) broken wooden chair

(e) broken and wooden chair

(d) No improvement

23. The starving and crawling people in the television program looked more like a beast than tiring creatures.

(a) posed

(b) resembled

(c) seemed

(d) No improvement

24. Five years ago today, I am sitting in a small Japanese car, driving across Poland towards Berlin.

(a) was sitting

(b) sat

(e) have been sitting

(d) No improvement

25. He could not look at anything in the darkroom.

(a) look at

(b) see

(c) see through

(d) No improvement

26. No one could explain how a calm and balanced person like him could penetrate such a mindless act on his friends.

(b) perpetrate

(c) precipitate

(d) No improvement

27. They left the hotel by car where they had been staying

(a) They left the hotel where they had been staying by car

(b) They left where they were staying in a hotel by car

(e) In a car they left where they were staying in a hotel

(d) No improvement

28. Having only a few hours left, she wondered as she would

(a) that if

(b) whether

(c) that

(d) No improvement

29. Will you lend me few rupees in this hour of need?

(a) lend me a little rupees

(b) borrow a few rupees

(c) lend me a few rupees

(d) No improvement

30. I took the cycle which he bought yesterday.

(a) that he bought yesterday

(b) which he had bought yesterday

(c) that he has bought yesterday

(d) No improvement

31. Anyone who would speak with authority on the poets of the Renaissance must have a broad acquaintance with the writers of classical antiquity.

(a) Anyone who will speak

(b) If one would speak

(c) Anyone desirous for speaking

(d) No improvement

32. The production of raw silk

(a) sericulture

(b) syrumculture

(c) sericulture

(d) sericulture

33. Politicians are notorious for doing undue favor to their relatives

(a) dualism

(b) Polaris

(c) pluralism

(d) nepotism

34. A person who helps even a stranger in difficulty

(a) philanthropist

(b) beneficiary

(d) altruist

35. A person who readily believes others

(a) Sensitive

(b) Sensible

(c) Credible

(d) Credulous

36. Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress

(a) Verbalization

(b) Rhetoric

(c) Oratory

(d) Public speaking

37. The political leader has an evil reputation. He is not trusted.

(a) is magnanimous

(b) is dubious

(e) is notorious

(d) is malicious

38. The conference takes place once in three years.

(a) Triennial

(b) triennial

(c) perennial

(d) triennial

39. (a) Heterogeneous

(b) Heterogeneous

(c) Heterogenous

(d) Heterogeneous

40. (a) Perjury

(b) Perjury

(c) Perjury

(d) Perjury

41. The spirit of Renaissance

(a) lies in breaking all shackles of backwardness and narrow mindedness

(b) is essentially scientific

(c) is to embrace atheism

(d) is to get inspiration from Western intellectual thought

42. Find the option that is opposite in meaning to the alien.

(a) unethical

(b) unscientific

(c) disputable

(d) indigenous

43. The Bengal Renaissance was different from the 16-century European Renaissance because

(a) The Bengal Renaissance was an essentially Hindu Movement.

(b) Unlike the Bengalis, Europeans were not under foreign rule,

(c) Europeans did not have the dowry system.

(d) Raja Rammohan Roy and Tagore were not born in the 10-century.

44. The Bengal Renaissance gathered momentum in the 19 century because

(a) the Brahmo Samaj was formed.

(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Tagore lived at that time.

(c) the British had colonized India.

(d) there was an abundance of intellectual and creative activities in Bengal then.

45. The Bengal Renaissance movement

(a) wanted to overthrow colonialism

(b) wanted to propagate Brahmanism

(c) wanted social reform to improve the lot of the weak and the downtrodden

(d) None of the above

46. The expression to stop dead’ means

(a) to die suddenly

(b) be close to death

(c) to be paralyzed

(d) to come to a complete halt

47. Rehmat Ali is most likely

(a) a night watchman

(b) a jogger

(e) a burglar

(d) a policeman

48. “There are circumstances in which the least energetic of mankind learn to act with speed and decision, and the most cautious forget their care.” Rehmat illustrates this by Wands and lead’ means ose to death pletehalt

(a) turning into a lane

(b) jumping into the garden

(c) running away from his pursuers

(d) by stopping dead

49. What kind of a person was Rehmat Ali originally?

(a) Reflective in nature

(b) Bold and decisive

(c) Slow and steady

(d) Lazy and indecisive

50. Rehmat Ali found himself hidden from his pursuers because

(a) he had stopped dead.

(b) he had acted with speed and decision.

(c) he had gone around an unexpected bend.

(d) his pursuers could not run fast enough.