Exam Date 04/08/2021
Exam Time 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Subject Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam 2020 SSC Previous Year English Questions 2020-2021
Q.1 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.
If he doesn’t reach the station in time, he would sure miss the train.
1. would surely miss
2. No substitution
3. will sure missing
4. will surely miss
Ans:- D
Key Points
Since the condition is in the present tense, the result must be in present or future tense.
Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
It is claimed that if you take a certain homeopathic medicine, it will ______ you against the coronavirus.
1. shelter
2. immune
3. reinforce
4. fortify
Ans:- D
Key Points
Fortify means strengthen.
Q.3 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
WRY
1. straight
2. frank
3. forthright
4. crooked
Ans:- D
(Adjective) in the sense of contorted
Synonyms:- contorted, twisted, crooked, distorted, warped, uneven, deformed, awry, askew, aslant
Q.4 In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
My mother generally read the local newspaper to keep abreast of the local news.
1. the local newspaper
2. ofthe local news
3. My mother generally read
4. to keep abreast
Ans:- C
Key Points
The subject (Mother) is singular takes a singular verb that is Reads and adverb generally takes present simple tense.
Q.5 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
SUSTENANCE
1. refreshment
2. livelihood
3. starvation
4. nourishment
Ans:- C
Synonyms for sustenance
aliment, food, nourishment, pabulum
Near Antonyms for sustenance
candy, fluff, pablum, pap, trash
Q.6 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. superior
2. superstition
3. superflous
4. supreme
Ans:- C
Key Points
The correct spelling is Superfluous
Q.7 Select the option that will improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’
What a palace home!
1. pushy
2. palatial
3. palatable
4. No improvement
Ans:- B
Key Points
Palatial – आलीशान
IPA: pəleɪʃəl पलेशल / पलैशल
Palatable – स्वादिष्ट
Q.8 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
MALIGNANT
1. vicious
2. beneficial
3. loving
4. healthy
Ans:- A
Key Points
MALIGNANT- (adjective) in the sense of hostile
Synonyms
hostile, harmful, bitter, vicious, destructive, malicious, malign, hurtful, malevolent, spiteful, baleful, injurious, inimical, maleficent
Antonyms
kind, friendly, benign, benevolent, amicable, warm-hearted
Q.9 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Under wraps
1. under estimate
2. double layered
3. secretly
4. underhand
Ans:- C
Q.10 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
DEVIOUS
1. Deceitful
2. shrewd
3. straight
4. calculating
Ans:- C
Key Points
DEVIOUS
1 (adjective) – in the sense of sly
Synonyms:-
sly, scheming, calculating, tricky, crooked (informal), indirect, treacherous, dishonest, wily, insidious, evasive, deceitful, underhand
insincere, surreptitious
Antonyms:-
direct, straight, frank, straightforward, blunt, honest, downright, candid, forthright
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SSC Previous Year English Questions 2020-2021
Q.11 Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Anju said to Vijaya, “You can stay with us whenever you are in Delhi.”
1. Anju told Vijaya that she could stay with them whenever she was in Delhi.
2. Anju told Vijaya that she could stay with them whenever you were in Delhi.
3. Anju told Vijaya that she can stay with us whenever she is in Delhi.
4. Anju told Vijaya that you can stay with us whenever you are in Delhi.
Ans:- A
Q.12 Select the option which means the same as the group of words given.
A government run by the wealthy people
1. oligarchy
2. monarchy
3. plutocracy
4. aristocracy
Ans:- C
Key Points
Oligarchy :- [कुलीनतंत्र] – A form of government in which only a small group of people hold all the power.
Monarchy :- [राज-तंत्र] – [singular, uncountable] A system of government by a king or a queen.
Plutocracy :- [धनिक तन्त्र] – [uncountable] Government by the richest people of a country.
Aristocracy :- [कुलीनतंत्र] – People born in the highest social class, who have special titles
Q.13 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The Central Board of Secondary Education has launched a new helpline for students.
1. A new helpline for students is launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
2. A new helpline for students will be launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
3. A new helpline for students had been launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
4. A new helpline for students has been launched by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
Ans:- D
Q.14 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.
A. He lived in a small house near the main road of a village.
B. As both, he and his wife, worked hard, they made a small fortune.
C. But one thing caused them great sorrow: they had no children.
D. After he got married, he started a tailor’s shop.
1. ABDC
2. BDAC
3. ADBC
4. BACD
Ans:- C
Q.15 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Debjyoti’s short animation film ______ highlights the stark contrast between the rich and the poor in India.
1. poignantly
2. strictly
3. carelessly
4. sweetly
Ans:- A
Key Points
Poignantly :- [तीखेपन से / तेज़ी से] in a way that has a strong effect on your feelings, especially when it makes you feel sad.
Q.16 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
On tenterhooks
1. Very sad
2. Very tense
3. Very happy
4. very angry
Ans:- B
Q.17 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
1. disappear
2. until
3. twelth
4. temperature
Ans:- C
Key Points
twelfth
Q.18 Examine the four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their
correct order.
A. We gently put the fledgling back into the nest.
B. One morning, we found one of the four fallen on the ground.
C. The robin couple built a nest in our verandah and laid four eggs.
D. Once they had hatched, they busily took turns feeding the four.
1. CDBA
2. ACDB
3. BADC
4. DABC
Ans:- A
Q.19 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
That which is incapable of being read or understood
1. Indelible
2. Illegible
3. Illegal
4. Intelligible
Ans:- B
Q.20 The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment which contains a grammatical error.
Deepu’s mother / has repeated asked him / to lower the volume / of his mobile.
1. has repeated asked him
2. to lower the volume
3. of his mobile
4. Deepu’s mother
Ans:- A
Key Points
has repeatedly asked him
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
A year is hardly sufficient time for a Master to (1) ______ about a new school, leave alone absorb a distinct tradition like (2) ______. Most of the new appointees had not served in a residential school and (3) ______ time to learn. But the short tenure did not allow (4) ______. They could not develop understanding of the student and his (5) ______.
Q.21 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 1.
1. learnt
2. learn
3. learns
4. learning
Ans:- B
Q.22 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2.
1. ourselves
2. himself
3. mine
4. ours
Ans:- D
Q.23 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3.
1. needing
2. need
3. needed
4. needs
Ans:- C
Q.24 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4.
1. them
2. those
3. these
4. that
Ans:- D
Q.25 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 5.
1. environmentalist
2. environmental
3. environment
4. environmentally
Ans:- C
Key Points
Environmentalist :- [Noun] पर्यावरणविद्
Environmental :- [Adjective] पर्यावरण
Environment :- [Noun] वातावरण
Environmentally :- [Adverb] पर्यावरणीय
SSC Previous Year English Questions 2020-2021
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