SSC CHSL Tier I - 2024-07-01 - Shift 1 — question paper

The following sentence has been divided into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Passengers started behaving / violent when / they were asked / to leave the bus station.

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The couple / preferred to walk / until the last house / of the town.

Select the sentence in the future tense.

The underlined phrase in the given sentence has been used incorrectly. Select the option that can correctly replace the underlined segment.
I am down with her complaints.
Underlined phrase: down with

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the word 'conspicuous' in the given sentence.
The skunk had a conspicuous spinal stripe.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom “in black and white”.

Paper #3118 recovery - English Q5. Cloze reconstruction: A boy is having supper while his aunt questions him. Complete: He was ___ his supper.

Paper #3118 recovery - English Q6. Cloze reconstruction: An aunt wants to discover what a boy has been doing. Complete: She ___ him questions about his afternoon.

Paper #3118 recovery - English Q7. Cloze reconstruction: The aunt can detect hidden tricks. Complete: She has a ___ for discovering concealed mischief.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom 'like hot cakes' in the sentence below.
The realtors of the new venture sold plots like hot cakes.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Glory

Paper #3118 recovery - English Q8. Cloze reconstruction: The boy worries that the aunt is setting a trap. Complete: He feels an uneasy ___.

Paper #3118 recovery - English Q9. Cloze reconstruction: The boy studies his aunt for signs of a trap. Complete: He ___ her face for clues, but found none.

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the indicated words in the given sentence.
It is a general belief that the female ostrich guard the nest at night.
Segment: guard the nest at night

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Trivial

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the indicated segment in the given sentence.
This is best book for children to read.
Segment: This is best book

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word 'joyless' in the given sentence.
How can you be so joyless on hearing the news?

Select the most appropriate synonym of the bracketed word in the following sentence to fill in the blank.
The documentary explored the historical and cultural significance of the ______ (antique) ruins in the region.

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a spelling error.
I begged him / to reconcider / the decision but / he refused to yield.

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the word 'strong' in the given sentence.
Rahul had strong pain in his stomach.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Yesterday, I ate only a ______ of apples for my dinner.

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the indicated segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required'.
The little boy cried with pain when he burnt his fingers.
Segment: when he burnt

Paper #3118 recovery - English Q21. Reconstructed vocabulary item: A speaker asks another person to support them. Which offered word is intended as an antonym of support? The context makes this item ambiguous.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
In both countries we have leaders of ______ ability.

Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets.
(NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g., 13 - Operations on 13 such as adding/deleting/multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)
(10, 5, 20)
(14, 7, 28)

Select the combination of letters that when sequentially placed in the blanks of the given series will logically complete the series.
A _ A _ C A B _ B _ A _ _ B C A B A _ C

LBXF is related to SYCM in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, TGFY is related to AGHF. To which of the following is ZDMK related, following the same logic?

If 'U' stands for '÷', 'D' stands for '×', 'B' stands for '+' and 'T' stands for '-', what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation?
13 T 26 U 13 D 24 B 7 = ?

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series?
129, 128, 124, 115, 99, ?

The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if each of the letters in the word 'VIRTUAL' is arranged in English alphabetical order?

Paper #3118 recovery - Reasoning Q2. Which option is the mirror image of the figure when the mirror is at MN?

If the year is NOT a leap year, then how is the last day of the year and first day of the same year related?

What should come in place of ? in the given series based on the English alphabetical order?
FNV LUE ? XIW DPF

Which two numbers should be interchanged to make the given equation correct?
74 - 52 + (39 ÷ 13) × 16 + (14 ÷ 2) = 106
(NOTE: Numbers must be interchanged and not the constituent digits e.g. if 2 and 3 are to be interchanged in the equation 43 × 3 + 4 ÷ 2, then interchanged equation is 43 × 2 + 4 ÷ 3)

Paper #3118 recovery - Reasoning Q5. When the net is folded into a cube, which face is opposite the not-equal symbol?

96 is related to 16 following a certain logic. Following the same logic, 156 is related to 26. To which of the following is 228 related following the same logic?
(NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g. 13 - Operations on 13 such as adding/deleting/multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series?
40, ?, 18, 10, 4, 0

'A + B' means 'A is the brother of B'.
'A - B' means 'A is the wife of B'.
'A × B' means 'A is the father of B'.
'A ÷ B' means 'A is the sister of B'.
In 'T × X ÷ Y + Z', how is T related to Z using the same meaning of the mathematical operators as given above?

What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if '+' and '-' are interchanged and '×' and '÷' are interchanged?
162 × 9 - 452 + 7 ÷ 9 = ?