SSC Comb. Higher Second. Level 2012

Solved Question Paper - ENGLISH LANGUAGE (Held on 04 Nov 2012)

Directions: In questions no. 23 to 29, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B) and (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (D)


Question

23. The trek is difficult but it is worth well the endeavour.

  1. well worth the endeavour
  2. worth the endeavour well
  3. the endeavour well worth
  4. No improvement

24. The manager was given a holiday and so he decided to go to the hitch-hiking.

  1. for the hitch-hiking
  2. for hitch-hiking
  3. hitch-hiking
  4. No improvement

25. Goaded to frenzy, the bull charged its tormentors.

  1. the tormentors were charged by the bull
  2. the tormentors were being charged by the bull
  3. the bull charged on its tormentors
  4. No improvement

26. The war was a time of tribulations for all of us.

  1. intimacy
  2. placidity
  3. stupidity
  4. No improvement

27. The temptations that bestow young people today are ruining them.

  1. appeal
  2. beset
  3. confront
  4. No improvement

28. We kept all the old paintings in a place where they would remain safe from harm or danger.

  1. will remain safe
  2. are safe
  3. may remain safe
  4. No improvement

29. The tragedy is reflection of an episode that took place a decade ago.

  1. rendition
  2. reincarnation
  3. reminiscent
  4. No improvement

Directions: In questions no. 30 to 31, there are four different words out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word and indicated it by blackening the appropriate oval ( ) in the Answer Sheet.


Question

30.

  1. Manoeuvre
  2. Manueover
  3. Manuovere
  4. Maneouvre

31.

  1. Venerable
  2. Vanerable
  3. Veneruble
  4. Venarable

Directions: In questions no. 32 to 46, you have following two brief passages with 10 questions in Passage – I and 5 questions in Passage – II. Read the passages carefully and fill up the blanks with suitable words out of the four alternatives given.


Question

[ Passage -1] (Question numbers 32 to 41)

Parents tend to spoil their own children either by overindulgence or by deprivation. Childhood should be the time for     32      from primary selfishness to sharing, for learning to     33     with deprivation and disappointment and learning to     34     failure, since breaking a toy and forgetting a homework assignment are     35     serious than breaking a marriage or forgetting to prepare for career advancement. But     36     deprivation, as is common in     37     families, leaves many children     38     the stage of personal gratification. They lack resources for developing a sense of     39     towards others and a wish to care for them. And children     40     be poor to be underprivileged. The     41     are also deprived, cheated out of learning how to face life.

32.

  1. changing
  2. turning
  3. shifting
  4. removing

33.

  1. cope up
  2. adjust
  3. fight
  4. cope

34.

  1. overcome
  2. eliminate
  3. remove
  4. forget

35.

  1. far better
  2. far less
  3. far worse
  4. far more

36.

  1. much
  2. exhaustive
  3. excessive
  4. every



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37.

  1. undernourished
  2. uncoordinated
  3. uncooperative
  4. underprivileged

38.

  1. stuck in
  2. stuck on
  3. stuck about
  4. stick in

39.

  1. gratitude
  2. responsibility
  3. concern
  4. friendship

40.

  1. would not
  2. should not
  3. need not
  4. had not

41.

  1. over confident
  2. over cautious
  3. over enthusiastic
  4. over indulged
Question

[Passage - II] (Question numbers 42 to 46):

Auctions are public     42     of goods, conducted by an     43     auctioneer. He encourages buyers to     44     higher prices and finally names the     45     bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called ‘knocking down’ the goods, for when the bidding ends the auctioneer     46     a small hammer on a table in front of him.

42.

  1. sale
  2. marketing
  3. promotion
  4. viewing

43.

  1. authoritative
  2. allowed
  3. authentic
  4. approved

44.

  1. bid
  2. buy
  3. get
  4. bargain

45.

  1. smartest
  2. highest
  3. biggest
  4. strongest

46.

  1. bangs
  2. thrashes
  3. smashes
  4. hits

Directions: In questions No. 30 to 33, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words.


Question

47. Someone who scientifically studies the birds :

  1. earthologist
  2. orthopeadic
  3. orthodondist
  4. ornithologist

48. Something which is imagined to be real but actually does not exist.

  1. figment
  2. insight
  3. mirage
  4. shadow

49. Someone having many skills :

  1. versatile
  2. projectile
  3. cyclostyle
  4. anglophile

50. To officially take private property away to seize.

  1. offer
  2. confiscate
  3. annex
  4. hijack