CHSL 22 09-03-2023 Shift 2 Previous Year Paper English Language PDF


Question 1


Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’.
Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world.

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’.
Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world.

Options

A

Herbalism has become but all an extinct skill

Herbalism has become but all an extinct skill

B

No improvement

No improvement

C

Herbalism become an extinct skill

Herbalism become an extinct skill

D

Herbalism has become but an extinct skill

Herbalism has become but an extinct skill


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

No improvement

No improvement


Question 2


Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
One of his rules was to always ______ and await instruction to enter.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
One of his rules was to always ______ and await instruction to enter.

Options

A

blink

blink

B

knock

knock

C

rub

rub

D

resist

resist


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

knock

knock


Question 3


In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
To burn one’s finger

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
To burn one’s finger

Options

A

To suffer a loss by acting rashly

To suffer a loss by acting rashly

B

To accidentally touch a hot utensil

To accidentally touch a hot utensil

C

A question without any agreed answer

A question without any agreed answer

D

To have one’s finger chopped

To have one’s finger chopped


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

To suffer a loss by acting rashly

To suffer a loss by acting rashly


Question 4


Choose the sentence with no spelling error.

Choose the sentence with no spelling error.

Options

A

Lights flickered in the bush behind him.

Lights flickered in the bush behind him.

B

Lites flickered in the bussh behind him.

Lites flickered in the bussh behind him.

C

Lights flikered in the bush behind him.

Lights flikered in the bush behind him.

D

Lights flicered in the bush behind him.

Lights flicered in the bush behind him.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Lights flickered in the bush behind him.

Lights flickered in the bush behind him.


Question 5


Choose the incorrectly spelt word.

Choose the incorrectly spelt word.

Options

A

Sunrise

Sunrise

B

Happen

Happen

C

Sharpen

Sharpen

D

Clovver

Clovver


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Clovver

Clovver


Question 6


Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
A specialist of kidney

Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
A specialist of kidney

Options

A

Nephrologist

Nephrologist

B

Obstetrician

Obstetrician

C

Pathologist

Pathologist

D

Primatologist

Primatologist


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Nephrologist

Nephrologist


Question 7


Choose the word that means the same as the given word.
Sacrilege

Choose the word that means the same as the given word.
Sacrilege

Options

A

Consecration

Consecration

B

Blasphemy

Blasphemy

C

Modification

Modification

D

Reverence

Reverence


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Blasphemy

Blasphemy


Question 8


Fill in the blank with the most suitable word.
Remember that, little sister: wait for a man to ______ your honour, and you’ll wait forever.

Fill in the blank with the most suitable word.
Remember that, little sister: wait for a man to ______ your honour, and you’ll wait forever.

Options

A

comfort

comfort

B

avenge

avenge

C

cheer

cheer

D

repeal

repeal


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

avenge

avenge


Question 9


Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
She cuts her haired short in the summer.

Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
She cuts her haired short in the summer.

Options

A

No improvement

No improvement

B

hairy short

hairy short

C

hair short

hair short

D

hair shortest

hair shortest


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

hair short

hair short


Question 10


Choose the word that means the same as the given word.
Slick

Choose the word that means the same as the given word.
Slick

Options

A

New

New

B

Novice

Novice

C

Slippery

Slippery

D

Fractions

Fractions


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Slippery

Slippery


Question 11


Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A shot in the dark.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A shot in the dark.

Options

A

Shooting in the night

Shooting in the night

B

A blind man's cane

A blind man's cane

C

Randomly doing something, the outcome of which is unknown

Randomly doing something, the outcome of which is unknown

D

Looking at the stars

Looking at the stars


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Randomly doing something, the outcome of which is unknown

Randomly doing something, the outcome of which is unknown


Question 12


Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, then select the option "No error".
Today, in fit of frenzied rage and / jealousy, you would have/ killed me, your brother.

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, then select the option "No error".
Today, in fit of frenzied rage and / jealousy, you would have/ killed me, your brother.

Options

A

No error

No error

B

Today, in fit of frenzied rage and

Today, in fit of frenzied rage and

C

killed me, your brother.

killed me, your brother.

D

jealousy, you would have

jealousy, you would have


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Today, in fit of frenzied rage and

Today, in fit of frenzied rage and


Question 13


Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
The Government has been building more schools to provided education at the secondary level.

Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
The Government has been building more schools to provided education at the secondary level.

Options

A

No improvement

No improvement

B

provide education at

provide education at

C

provide educationally on

provide educationally on

D

providing education to

providing education to


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

provide education at

provide education at


Question 14


Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Accessory

Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Accessory

Options

A

Essential

Essential

B

Surplus

Surplus

C

Option

Option

D

Substitute

Substitute


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Essential

Essential


Question 15


Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
Compulsory enlistment for military service

Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
Compulsory enlistment for military service

Options

A

Armament

Armament

B

Conscription

Conscription

C

Militaristic

Militaristic

D

Abdication

Abdication


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Conscription

Conscription


Question 16


Choose the option that is the correct passive form of the sentence.
The culture was losing its meaning.

Choose the option that is the correct passive form of the sentence.
The culture was losing its meaning.

Options

A

The meaning of the culture was lost.

The meaning of the culture was lost.

B

The meaning of the culture was being lost.

The meaning of the culture was being lost.

C

The meaning of the culture will lost.

The meaning of the culture will lost.

D

The culture lost it's meaning.

The culture lost it's meaning.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

The meaning of the culture was being lost.

The meaning of the culture was being lost.


Question 17


Choose the word that means the same as the given word.
Laggard

Choose the word that means the same as the given word.
Laggard

Options

A

Expeditious

Expeditious

B

Dawdling

Dawdling

C

Hustler

Hustler

D

Prompt

Prompt


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Dawdling

Dawdling


Question 18


Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
P. fish, or other potential food item that happen
Q. to be floating by with stinging cells called nematocysts
R. at night and capture tiny organisms like zooplankton, small
S. corals are predators and they extend their tentacles

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
P. fish, or other potential food item that happen
Q. to be floating by with stinging cells called nematocysts
R. at night and capture tiny organisms like zooplankton, small
S. corals are predators and they extend their tentacles

Options

A

SRPQ

SRPQ

B

RPQS

RPQS

C

PQRS

PQRS

D

RSPQ

RSPQ


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

SRPQ

SRPQ


Question 19


Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
India has turned 70 years older as a Republic.

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
India has turned 70 years older as a Republic.

Options

A

No error

No error

B

70 years older

70 years older

C

as a Republic.

as a Republic.

D

India has turned

India has turned


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

70 years older

70 years older


Question 20


Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Aditi said, “I am not invested in the project anymore.”

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Aditi said, “I am not invested in the project anymore.”

Options

A

Aditi said that she had not invested in the project anymore.

Aditi said that she had not invested in the project anymore.

B

Aditi said that she do not invested in the project anymore.

Aditi said that she do not invested in the project anymore.

C

Aditi said that she was not invested in the project anymore.

Aditi said that she was not invested in the project anymore.

D

Aditi said that she is not invested in the project anymore.

Aditi said that she is not invested in the project anymore.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Aditi said that she was not invested in the project anymore.

Aditi said that she was not invested in the project anymore.


Question 21

In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
In a new study (1)______in Nature Human Behaviour, we have now shown that, in 2021, (2)______ expectancy rebounded somewhat in most western European countries (3)______ eastern Europe and the US witnessed additional losses. However, only Norway (4) ______ its pre-pandemic life expectancy in 2021, and everywhere is worse off than it would (5) ______ have been without the pandemic.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
In a new study (1)______in Nature Human Behaviour, we have now shown that, in 2021, (2)______ expectancy rebounded somewhat in most western European countries (3)______ eastern Europe and the US witnessed additional losses. However, only Norway (4) ______ its pre-pandemic life expectancy in 2021, and everywhere is worse off than it would (5) ______ have been without the pandemic.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

Options

A

registered

registered

B

established

established

C

published

published

D

surrounded

surrounded


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

published

published


Question 22

In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
In a new study (1)______in Nature Human Behaviour, we have now shown that, in 2021, (2)______ expectancy rebounded somewhat in most western European countries (3)______ eastern Europe and the US witnessed additional losses. However, only Norway (4) ______ its pre-pandemic life expectancy in 2021, and everywhere is worse off than it would (5) ______ have been without the pandemic.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
In a new study (1)______in Nature Human Behaviour, we have now shown that, in 2021, (2)______ expectancy rebounded somewhat in most western European countries (3)______ eastern Europe and the US witnessed additional losses. However, only Norway (4) ______ its pre-pandemic life expectancy in 2021, and everywhere is worse off than it would (5) ______ have been without the pandemic.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

Options

A

game

game

B

life

life

C

hunger

hunger

D

animal

animal


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

life

life


Question 23

In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
In a new study (1)______in Nature Human Behaviour, we have now shown that, in 2021, (2)______ expectancy rebounded somewhat in most western European countries (3)______ eastern Europe and the US witnessed additional losses. However, only Norway (4) ______ its pre-pandemic life expectancy in 2021, and everywhere is worse off than it would (5) ______ have been without the pandemic.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
In a new study (1)______in Nature Human Behaviour, we have now shown that, in 2021, (2)______ expectancy rebounded somewhat in most western European countries (3)______ eastern Europe and the US witnessed additional losses. However, only Norway (4) ______ its pre-pandemic life expectancy in 2021, and everywhere is worse off than it would (5) ______ have been without the pandemic.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

Options

A

so

so

B

behind

behind

C

as

as

D

while

while


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

while

while


Question 24

In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
In a new study (1)______in Nature Human Behaviour, we have now shown that, in 2021, (2)______ expectancy rebounded somewhat in most western European countries (3)______ eastern Europe and the US witnessed additional losses. However, only Norway (4) ______ its pre-pandemic life expectancy in 2021, and everywhere is worse off than it would (5) ______ have been without the pandemic.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
In a new study (1)______in Nature Human Behaviour, we have now shown that, in 2021, (2)______ expectancy rebounded somewhat in most western European countries (3)______ eastern Europe and the US witnessed additional losses. However, only Norway (4) ______ its pre-pandemic life expectancy in 2021, and everywhere is worse off than it would (5) ______ have been without the pandemic.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

Options

A

beats

beats

B

clubs

clubs

C

probes

probes

D

lifts

lifts


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

beats

beats


Question 25

In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
In a new study (1)______in Nature Human Behaviour, we have now shown that, in 2021, (2)______ expectancy rebounded somewhat in most western European countries (3)______ eastern Europe and the US witnessed additional losses. However, only Norway (4) ______ its pre-pandemic life expectancy in 2021, and everywhere is worse off than it would (5) ______ have been without the pandemic.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
In a new study (1)______in Nature Human Behaviour, we have now shown that, in 2021, (2)______ expectancy rebounded somewhat in most western European countries (3)______ eastern Europe and the US witnessed additional losses. However, only Norway (4) ______ its pre-pandemic life expectancy in 2021, and everywhere is worse off than it would (5) ______ have been without the pandemic.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

Options

A

likely

likely

B

bluntly

bluntly

C

nicely

nicely

D

shortly

shortly


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

likely

likely


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