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CHSL 22 13-03-2023 Shift 3 Previous Year Paper English Language PDF

Question 1


Some parts of a sentence have been jumbled up, and labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
Many psychological, neurological
P. and different thinking skills that make them leaders rather than followers
Q. studies generally indicate that leaders truly are born with different personality traits
R. to discover if leadership truly can be a learned trait, and
S. and sociological tests have been conducted by scientists

Some parts of a sentence have been jumbled up, and labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
Many psychological, neurological
P. and different thinking skills that make them leaders rather than followers
Q. studies generally indicate that leaders truly are born with different personality traits
R. to discover if leadership truly can be a learned trait, and
S. and sociological tests have been conducted by scientists

Options

A

SQRP

SQRP

B

PQSR

PQSR

C

SRQP

SRQP

D

QPSR

QPSR


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

SRQP

SRQP


Question 2


The given sentence is in active voice. Change the voice of the sentence. Select the correct option from the sentences given in options.
Pranav painted his house.

The given sentence is in active voice. Change the voice of the sentence. Select the correct option from the sentences given in options.
Pranav painted his house.

Options

A

Pranav's house was painted by him.

Pranav's house was painted by him.

B

The house was painted by Pranav.

The house was painted by Pranav.

C

House painting was done by Pranav.

House painting was done by Pranav.

D

Painting of the house was done by Pranav.

Painting of the house was done by Pranav.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Pranav's house was painted by him.

Pranav's house was painted by him.


Question 3


Select the word that is closest in meaning (SYNONYM) to the word given below.
SIMPLE

Select the word that is closest in meaning (SYNONYM) to the word given below.
SIMPLE

Options

A

COMPLEX

COMPLEX

B

ELEMENTARY

ELEMENTARY

C

DECORATED

DECORATED

D

EMBELLISHED

EMBELLISHED


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

ELEMENTARY

ELEMENTARY


Question 4


Choose the correctly spelt word.

Choose the correctly spelt word.

Options

A

DODGE

DODGE

B

BRILIANT

BRILIANT

C

RECEPROCATE

RECEPROCATE

D

SIEZE

SIEZE


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

DODGE

DODGE


Question 5


Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the part that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
You care for him / even more than for myself, / he cried bitterly.

Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the part that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
You care for him / even more than for myself, / he cried bitterly.

Options

A

he cried bitterly.

he cried bitterly.

B

even more than for myself,

even more than for myself,

C

You care for him

You care for him

D

No error

No error


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

even more than for myself,

even more than for myself,


Question 6


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

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

Options

A

Mend

Mend

B

Languish

Languish

C

Clarify

Clarify

D

Bid

Bid


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Clarify

Clarify


Question 7


Choose the option that is the correct direct form of the sentence.
He said that he had taken French lessons on Duolingo.

Choose the option that is the correct direct form of the sentence.
He said that he had taken French lessons on Duolingo.

Options

A

He said, “You took French lessons on Duolingo. “

He said, “You took French lessons on Duolingo. “

B

He says, “He has taken French lessons on Duolingo.”

He says, “He has taken French lessons on Duolingo.”

C

He said, “I take French lessons on Duolingo.”

He said, “I take French lessons on Duolingo.”

D

He said, “I have taken French lessons on Duolingo.”

He said, “I have taken French lessons on Duolingo.”


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

He said, “I have taken French lessons on Duolingo.”

He said, “I have taken French lessons on Duolingo.”


Question 8


Choose the incorrectly spelt word.

Choose the incorrectly spelt word.

Options

A

SPLENDID

SPLENDID

B

EMINENT

EMINENT

C

INDEPENDANT

INDEPENDANT

D

HUMOROUS

HUMOROUS


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

INDEPENDANT

INDEPENDANT


Question 9


Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
The study led
P. collaborators from Bristol, Cambridge and Germany
Q. by scientists at the University of Bath and including
R. used fossils and analysed genetic differences between
S. modern snakes to reconstruct snake evolution

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
The study led
P. collaborators from Bristol, Cambridge and Germany
Q. by scientists at the University of Bath and including
R. used fossils and analysed genetic differences between
S. modern snakes to reconstruct snake evolution

Options

A

SPQR

SPQR

B

PRQS

PRQS

C

QSRP

QSRP

D

QPRS

QPRS


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

QPRS

QPRS


Question 10


Choose the word that can substitute the given sentence.
The art of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms

Choose the word that can substitute the given sentence.
The art of identifying a disease from its signs and symptoms

Options

A

Autopsy

Autopsy

B

Diagnosis

Diagnosis

C

Biopsy

Biopsy

D

Prognosis

Prognosis


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Diagnosis

Diagnosis


Question 11


Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the part that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
Once I run in / the Sonoran Desert in Arizona / after a huge rain event.

Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the part that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
Once I run in / the Sonoran Desert in Arizona / after a huge rain event.

Options

A

after a huge rain event.

after a huge rain event.

B

No error

No error

C

Once I run in

Once I run in

D

the Sonoran Desert in Arizona

the Sonoran Desert in Arizona


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Once I run in

Once I run in


Question 12


Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
How can seawater from the oceans be ______ fresh water that is suitable for people to drink?

Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
How can seawater from the oceans be ______ fresh water that is suitable for people to drink?

Options

A

change about

change about

B

surrender in

surrender in

C

turned into

turned into

D

minced on

minced on


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

turned into

turned into


Question 13


Select the word segment that substitutes (replaces) the bracketed word segment correctly and completes the sentence meaningfully. Select the option 'no correction required' if the sentence is correct as given.
The guests (has just arrived).

Select the word segment that substitutes (replaces) the bracketed word segment correctly and completes the sentence meaningfully. Select the option 'no correction required' if the sentence is correct as given.
The guests (has just arrived).

Options

A

No correction required

No correction required

B

have just arrived

have just arrived

C

just arrives

just arrives

D

arrives now

arrives now


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

have just arrived

have just arrived


Question 14


Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Wear your heart on your sleeve

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Wear your heart on your sleeve

Options

A

To suspect a trick

To suspect a trick

B

To understand

To understand

C

To go through a heart break

To go through a heart break

D

To openly display one's emotions.

To openly display one's emotions.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

To openly display one's emotions.

To openly display one's emotions.


Question 15


Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
OPAQUE

Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
OPAQUE

Options

A

PELLUCID

PELLUCID

B

DARK

DARK

C

PARAGON

PARAGON

D

GLORIFY

GLORIFY


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

PELLUCID

PELLUCID


Question 16


Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
She hang up the clothes in the closet.

Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
She hang up the clothes in the closet.

Options

A

hung up

hung up

B

No improvement

No improvement

C

had hang up

had hang up

D

have hung up

have hung up


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

hung up

hung up


Question 17


Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.

Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.

Options

A

Intricate

Intricate

B

Ecstatic

Ecstatic

C

Scintillating

Scintillating

D

Escalate

Escalate


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Ecstatic

Ecstatic


Question 18


Some parts of one or more sentences have been jumbled up, and labelled A, B, C and D. Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
They walked down the hall of
A. rocked them to sleep and played songs for them
B. had cost them seventy-five
C. thousand rupees. This house clothed and fed them
D. their soundproofed home, which

Some parts of one or more sentences have been jumbled up, and labelled A, B, C and D. Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
They walked down the hall of
A. rocked them to sleep and played songs for them
B. had cost them seventy-five
C. thousand rupees. This house clothed and fed them
D. their soundproofed home, which

Options

A

BADC

BADC

B

ACBD

ACBD

C

DBCA

DBCA

D

CBAD

CBAD


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

DBCA

DBCA


Question 19


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

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

Options

A

Frail

Frail

B

Robust

Robust

C

Decrepit

Decrepit

D

Debilitated

Debilitated


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Robust

Robust


Question 20


Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Sea change

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Sea change

Options

A

Hatred

Hatred

B

Major transformation

Major transformation

C

To pursue

To pursue

D

Jealousy

Jealousy


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Major transformation

Major transformation


Question 21

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 number.
Anders couldn't get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the (1) ______ was endless and he got (2) ______ behind two women whose loud, stupid conversation put him in a murderous (3) ______ . He was never in the best of tempers (4) ______. Anders - a book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he (5) ______ almost everything he reviewed.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 1.
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 number.
Anders couldn't get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the (1) ______ was endless and he got (2) ______ behind two women whose loud, stupid conversation put him in a murderous (3) ______ . He was never in the best of tempers (4) ______. Anders - a book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he (5) ______ almost everything he reviewed.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 1.

Options

A

chain

chain

B

queue

queue

C

passage

passage

D

progression

progression


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

queue

queue


Question 22

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 number.
Anders couldn't get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the (1) ______ was endless and he got (2) ______ behind two women whose loud, stupid conversation put him in a murderous (3) ______ . He was never in the best of tempers (4) ______. Anders - a book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he (5) ______ almost everything he reviewed.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 2.
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 number.
Anders couldn't get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the (1) ______ was endless and he got (2) ______ behind two women whose loud, stupid conversation put him in a murderous (3) ______ . He was never in the best of tempers (4) ______. Anders - a book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he (5) ______ almost everything he reviewed.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 2.

Options

A

stamped

stamped

B

struck

struck

C

fastened

fastened

D

stuck

stuck


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

stuck

stuck


Question 23

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 number.
Anders couldn't get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the (1) ______ was endless and he got (2) ______ behind two women whose loud, stupid conversation put him in a murderous (3) ______ . He was never in the best of tempers (4) ______. Anders - a book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he (5) ______ almost everything he reviewed.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 3.
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 number.
Anders couldn't get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the (1) ______ was endless and he got (2) ______ behind two women whose loud, stupid conversation put him in a murderous (3) ______ . He was never in the best of tempers (4) ______. Anders - a book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he (5) ______ almost everything he reviewed.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 3.

Options

A

temper

temper

B

wrath

wrath

C

quality

quality

D

temperament

temperament


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

temper

temper


Question 24

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 number.
Anders couldn't get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the (1) ______ was endless and he got (2) ______ behind two women whose loud, stupid conversation put him in a murderous (3) ______ . He was never in the best of tempers (4) ______. Anders - a book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he (5) ______ almost everything he reviewed.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 4.
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 number.
Anders couldn't get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the (1) ______ was endless and he got (2) ______ behind two women whose loud, stupid conversation put him in a murderous (3) ______ . He was never in the best of tempers (4) ______. Anders - a book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he (5) ______ almost everything he reviewed.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 4.

Options

A

whenever

whenever

B

anyway

anyway

C

somewhat

somewhat

D

always

always


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

anyway

anyway


Question 25

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 number.
Anders couldn't get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the (1) ______ was endless and he got (2) ______ behind two women whose loud, stupid conversation put him in a murderous (3) ______ . He was never in the best of tempers (4) ______. Anders - a book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he (5) ______ almost everything he reviewed.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 5.
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 number.
Anders couldn't get to the bank until just before it closed, so of course the (1) ______ was endless and he got (2) ______ behind two women whose loud, stupid conversation put him in a murderous (3) ______ . He was never in the best of tempers (4) ______. Anders - a book critic known for the weary, elegant savagery with which he (5) ______ almost everything he reviewed.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 5.

Options

A

conditioned

conditioned

B

dispatched

dispatched

C

transferred

transferred

D

incorporated

incorporated


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

dispatched

dispatched


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