Stenographer SSC English Solved Paper 2014 Question Answer Notes
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Stenographer SSC English Solved Paper 2014 Question Answer Notes: Solved Paper 2014 Word Meaning Question answer Explanation Most Important Topic for SSC English Examination :
CTET Paper Level 2 Set IX Model Paper in English
STENOGRAPHER
All Answer in Red Colour
1 There is
(a)/ a silver lining
(b)/ on every cloud.
(C)/ No error(d)
- As he is honest
(a)/and he is
(b)/liked by all.
(e)/No error(d)
- An Italian artist and inventor
(a)/Leonardo a Vinci was
(b)/the left-handed.
(C)/No error (d)
- Tam the one
(a/whoam
(b)/to be blamed.
(c)/No error(d)
- Our teacher told us
(a)/ that the earth
(b)/ moved around the Sun.
(c)/No error (d)
- The eyes of an octopus
(a)/ are remarkably similar
(b)/to those of a human being.
(C)/No error (d)
- Chhatrapati Shivaji’s succession
(a) as a fighter and leader
(b)/is incomparable.
(C)/No error (d)
- Raja Rammohan Roy was greatly pained
(a)/ when he heard the cries of widows
(b)/ being burnt on their husband’s pyres.
(C)/ No error (d)
- Neither of these dresses
(a)/gives you
(b)/ that great look.
(c)/No error(d)
- If he went to Agra,
(a)/ he would have seen
(b)/ the Taj Mahal.
(c)/No error
- He was very anxious………………..the health of his son.
(a) over
(b) of
(c) with
(d) about
- They……………..him admittance.
(a) refused
(b) reprised
(c) contradicted
(d) volunteered
- My brother…… ….a house by the sea.
(a) looked for
(b) looked about
(c) looked into
(d) looked forward
- I hate sitting……………him as he always smses organic
(a) besides
(b) beside
(c) along
(d) at
- Newton……………..that the force of gravitation makes apples fall.
(a) has discovered
(b) would discover
(c) discovered
(d) had discovered
- ACQUIT
(a) Allow
(b) Accept
(c) Free
(d) Catch
- DIVULGE
(a) Reveal
(b) Destroy
(c) Duplicate
(d) Erase
- METHODICAL
(a) Desultory
(b) Crafty
(c) Meticulous
(d) Mighty
- FORTE
(a) Power
(b) Castle
(c) Strength
(d) Weakness
- ERRONEOUS
(a) Incorrect
(b) Errand
(c) Eradicate
(d) Malicious
- DETRIMENTAL
(a) Beneficial
(b) Harmful
(c) Injurious
(d) Destructive
- MADDENING
(a) Irritating
(b) Annoying
(c) Pleasing
(d) Disturbing
- (a) Covet
(b) Forward
(c) Cower
(d) Cowardice
- DISSIDENCE
(a) Disagreement
(b) Negligence
(c) Agreement
(d) Confidence
- PROBABLE
(a) Imminent
(b) Plausible
(c) Expected
(d) Unlikely
- The gift of the gab
(a) extravagant
(b) authoritative
(c) authentic
(d) oratory power
- Took him to task
(a) made him work hard
(b) rebuked him
(c) enslaved him
(d) challenged him
- To bring someone to book
(a) to be punished or made to account for something
(b) to take someone to the book-store
(c) to make someone buy a book
(d) to force a child to study a book
- An eye for an eye
(a) to hurt someone intentionally
(b) to take revenge
(c) to have an eye disease
(d) to exchange
- A dime a dozen
(a) anything that is expensive
(b) anything that is sold in dozens
(c) anything that is common and easy to get
(d) anything that is difficult to get
- In India, we have several bird sanctuaries
(a) PROS
(b) RPSQ
(c) QPSR
(d) SRQP
- On hearing
(a) QSPR
(b) SORP
(e) RSOP
(d) PRSQ
- A man who
(a) QRP
(b) RSPQ
(e) RPSQ
(d) SRQP
- It is
(a) SOPR
(b) SPRO
(c) QPRS
(d) ROPS
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- Someone wrote this later in the nineteenth century.
(a) In the nineteenth century someone wrote this letter.
(b) This letter was written by someone in the nineteenth century.
(c) This letter had been written by someone in the nineteenth century.
(d) In the nineteenth century by someone this letter was written.
- The ball had been thrown by him.
(a) He has thrown the ball.
(b) He threw the ball.
(c) He had thrown the ball.
(d) He throws the ball.
- Who did the homework?
(a) Who had done the homework?
(b) The homework was done by whom?
(e) Whose homework was done?
(d) By whom was the homework done?
- Who will answer this question?
(a) This question will be answered by whom?
(b) By whom will this question be answered?
(e) This question will have been answered by whom?
(d) By whom this question would be answered?
- This little kitten was frightened by the sound of the fire Crackers.
(a) The sound of the fire-crackers frightened the little kitten.
(b) Hearing the fire-crackers, the little kitten was frightened.
(c) The little kitten heard the fire-crackers and was frightened.
(d) The fire-crackers frightened the little kitten.
- These cubs can be played with quite safely.
(a) You have to play with these cubs quite safely.
(b) You can play with these cubs quite safely.
(c) You are to play with these cubs quite safely.
(d) You must play with these cubs quite safely.
- The old woman was knocked down by the cart.
(a) The cart has knocked the old woman down.
(b) By the cart, the old woman was knocked down.
(e) The cart knocked down the old woman.
(d) None of the above
- People think that he is a wise man.
(a) People thought that he was a wise man.
(b) He is thought to be a wise man.
(e) People are thinking of him to be a wise man.
(d) He is thought to be an intelligent man.
- When we arrived all the food had been eaten by them.
(a) When we arrived they had eaten all the food.
(b) They had eaten all the food at our arrival.
(c) When we arrived all the food was being eaten.
(d) They had eaten all the food at our arrival.
- The Civil Engineer is constructing the villa.
(a) The villa are being constructed by the Civil Engineer.
(b) The villa is being constructed by the Civil Engineer.
(C) The villa has been constructed by the Civil Engineer.
(d) The villa is constructed by the Civil Engineer.
- It is important that you wear a helmet when you ride a bike.
(a) You must
(b) You ought to
(c) You have to
(d) No improvement
- The students have great awe for their teachers.
(a) gusto
(b) careful
(e) delight
(d) No improvement
- Having nothing better to do, he began to read.
(a) Doing
(b) Feeling
(c) Getting
(d) No improvement
- There is nothing quite disheartening than sickness in man.
(a) as disheartening
(b) most disheartening
(c) more disheartening
(d) No improvement
- You cannot gain the support of the local people without being cordial to them.
(a) being cordially for
(b) been cordial to
(c) being cordial to
(d) No improvement
- Little he realized that he was being laughed at.
(a) He realized little
(b) Little did he realize
(c) Little was he realizing
(d) No improvement
- My brother is enough smart to pass the examination.
(a) smart enough
(b) enough smarter
(c) smarter enough
(d) No improvement
- “Why do you want to stay for two days more?” she asked.
(a) stay for two days longer
(b) stay for two more days
(c) stay for another two days
(d) No improvement
- Our armed forces are superior to those of any other country in the world.
(a) superior to
(b) superior from
(c) superior over
(d) No improvement
- If there is anything positive to be found in other countries, we should certainly take it.
(a) imbibe
(b) let go of
(e) pass
(d) No improvement
- Amina told us that a new store had been opened in the four the one which best sentence in Indirect
(a) Amina told us, “A new store has been opened in the locality.”
(b) Amina said, “I’m telling you that a new store has been opened in the locality.
(c) Amina said, “Let me tell you that a new store had been opened in the locality.”
(d) Amina told us, “It is for your information that a new store has been opened in the locality.
- She said to her friend, “Where were you last night?”
(a) She asked her friend where she was last night.
(b) She asked her friend where she had been last night.
(c) She asked her friend where had she been the previous night.
(d) She asked her friend where she had been the previous night.
- “Many happy returns of the day,” we said.
(a) We wished him many happy returns of the day.
(b) We said that many happy returns of his birthday.
(c) We greeted him on his birthday.
(d) Many happy returns we said to him of the day.
- My friend said to me, “Look ahead.”
(a) My friend told me that look ahead.
(b) My friend asked me to look ahead.
(e) My friend ordered me to look ahead.
(d) My friend asked me if I will look ahead.
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- I exclaimed with regret that my sister had done a very foolish thing.
(a) “What a foolish thing you have done!” my sister said to me.
(b) “What a foolish thing I have done!” I said to my sister
(c) “What a foolish thing my sister has done,” I said regretfully.
(d) My sister said to me, “I have done a very foolish thing.
- Farhan asked me, “Did you meet Sarin?”
(a) Farhan asked Sarin if she had met me.
(b) Farhan asked me whether I had met Sarin.
(c) Farhan asked me if they had met Sarin.
(d) Sarin asked me if they had met Farhan.
- The teacher told his students that they should do homework.
(a) The teacher ordered the students, “Do their homework.”
(b) The teacher ordered the students, “Watch your homework.
(c) The teacher ordered his students, “Do your homework.”
(d) The teacher ordered the students, “Do my homework.”
- “Thank you,” I said to the stranger.
(a) I told the stranger thank you.
(b) I thanked the stranger.
(e) I told the stranger that I am thankful to him.
(d) I said thanks to the stranger.
- The boy said, “Alas! I have lost the match!”
(a) The boy said that alas, he has lost the match.
(b) The boy told that alas, he had lost the match.
(c) The boy exclaimed regretfully that he had lost the match.
(d) The boy exclaimed regretfully that I have lost the match.
- She says, “I am reading now.”
(a) She says that she was reading then.
(b) She says that she was reading now.
(e) She says that she is reading then.
(d) She says that she is reading now.
- (a) understandable
(b) perceptible
(c) conceivable
(d) incorrigible
- (a) heard
(b) blown
(c) sounded
(d) arrived
- (a) resolution
(b) reverberation
(c) rejuvenation
(d) annihilation
- (a )frozen
(b) torched
(e) scorched
(d) sieved
- (a) slung
(b) flung
(c) clung
(d) flew
- (a) vivified
(b) perturbed
(c) orchestrated
(d) petrified
- (a) evolve
(b) exploit
(c) extricate
(d) emancipate
- (a) depreciated
(b) extinguished
(e) extended
(d) deprecated
74. (a) reluctance
(b) vehemence
(C) recurrence
(d) prevalence
- (a) burnt
(b) reduced
(c) ceased
(d) suffered
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- (a) step
(b) stage
(c) point
(d) type
- (a) kick-back
(b) kick-start
(c) make
(d) indicate
- (a) stuttering
(b) splintering
(c) scattering
(d) slow-motion
- (a) inclined
(b) redeemed
(c) suggested
(d) returned
8o. (a) respond
(b) focus
(c) figure
(d) pressure
- (a) shouting
(b) scolding
(c) showing
(d) flaming
- (a) reasons
(b) seasons
(c) beliefs
(d) benefits
- (a) tax-structure
(b) ecology
(c) economy
(d) balance of payments
- (a) agenda
(b) result
(e) quota
(d) report
- (a) needed
(b) planned
(c) wanted
(d) felt
- The peacock is said to be avain bird because
(a) it is the national bird of our country,
(b) it is the most colorful of all birds.
(c) it attracts all focus to itself.
(d) it is considered a symbol of a good omen.
- ‘Immortality refers to
(a) deathlessness
(b) hopefulness
(e) longevity
(d) tranquillity
- The Chinese believed that the peacock could bless their women with
(a) reproduction of healthy offspring
(b) conception of babies
(C) maintenance of fertility
(d) growth of fetus
- The Hindu Goddess used the peacocks
(a) a royal throne
(b) a trusted messenger
(c) an ornamental bird
(d) a mode of transport
- The Buddhists use the peacock feathers in performing
(a) religious rites
(b) cleansing rituals
(c) family functions
(d) spiritual ceremonies
- Which of the following correctly expresses the author’s view?
(a) Huge stockpiles of destructive weapons have so far saved mankind from a catastrophe.
(b) Mankind is heading towards complete destruction.
(c) Nations in possession of huge stockpiles of lethal weapons are trying hard to avoid actual conflict.
(d) Super-powers have at least realized the need for abandoning the production of lethal weapons.
- Irrepressible in the second sentence means
(a) unrestrainable
(b) oppressive
(c) strong
(d) incompatible
- The phrase ‘go to the brink’ means
(a) declare war on each other
(b) negotiate for peace
(c) retreating from extreme danger
(d) advancing to the stage of the war
- The author opines that
(a) man’s destiny is not fully clear or visible.
(b) man’s safety is assured by the delicate balance of power in terms of nuclear weapons.
(c) human society will survive despite the serious threat of total annihilation.
(d) man’s soul and spirit cannot be destroyed even by the superpowers.
- The theme of the above passage is
(a) the mounting cost of modern weapons
(b) man’s desire to survive inhibits the use of deadly weapons.
(c) threats and intimidation between super-powers
(d) destruction of mankind is inevitable.
- The town had an only old woman and some children because the menfolk
(a) went out to find jobs
(b) had to go away from the county
(c) had been killed in the battle
(d) had to help Alexander
- Alexander knocked at the old lady’s door because
(a) he was hungry and wanted something to eat.
(b) he was angry with the lady in the house.
(e) he wanted to check if she walked with a stick.
(d) the old lady had asked him to come home.
- The old lady recognized Alexander from his
(a) commanding voice
(b) Greek dress
(e) stern appearance
(d) hungry looks
- The old lady was
(a) old and lame
(b) brave and wise
(c) angry and vindictive
(d) rich and lived alone
- Which of the following is not the meaning of ‘stern?
(a) harsh
(b) severe
(c) demanding
(d) adjusting
