CHSL 22 14-03-2023 Shift 1 Previous Year Paper English Language PDF


Question 1


Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
The weather on the weekend are supposed to be sunny.

Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
The weather on the weekend are supposed to be sunny.

Options

A

No improvement

No improvement

B

were supposed

were supposed

C

is supposed

is supposed

D

are supposing

are supposing


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

is supposed

is supposed


Question 2


Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
FAMISH

Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
FAMISH

Options

A

REFRAIN

REFRAIN

B

ABSTAIN

ABSTAIN

C

STARVE

STARVE

D

EAT

EAT


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

EAT

EAT


Question 3


Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
A person who has escaped from captivity or is in hiding.

Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
A person who has escaped from captivity or is in hiding.

Options

A

Fugitive

Fugitive

B

Farce

Farce

C

Fastidious

Fastidious

D

Fanatic

Fanatic


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Fugitive

Fugitive


Question 4


Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The president loved that lady.

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The president loved that lady.

Options

A

That lady was loved by the president.

That lady was loved by the president.

B

That lady was being loved by the president.

That lady was being loved by the president.

C

That lady is love by the president.

That lady is love by the president.

D

That lady is loved by the president.

That lady is loved by the president.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

That lady was loved by the president.

That lady was loved by the president.


Question 5


Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
One who looks at the dark side of life

Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
One who looks at the dark side of life

Options

A

Libertine

Libertine

B

Extrovert

Extrovert

C

Pessimist

Pessimist

D

Anarchist

Anarchist


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Pessimist

Pessimist


Question 6


Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
I try to retrieve the note from my pocket while ______ the tray steady on my palm.

Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
I try to retrieve the note from my pocket while ______ the tray steady on my palm.

Options

A

scolding

scolding

B

noting

noting

C

plotting

plotting

D

holding

holding


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

holding

holding


Question 7


Choose the sentence with no spelling error.

Choose the sentence with no spelling error.

Options

A

Motivational qoutes will not help you.

Motivational qoutes will not help you.

B

Motivational quotes will not helpp you.

Motivational quotes will not helpp you.

C

Motivatinal quotes will not help you.

Motivatinal quotes will not help you.

D

Motivational quotes will not help you.

Motivational quotes will not help you.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Motivational quotes will not help you.

Motivational quotes will not help you.


Question 8


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

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

Options

A

Enmity

Enmity

B

Authorize

Authorize

C

Anchor

Anchor

D

Organize

Organize


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

Enmity

Enmity


Question 9


Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
The five first girls will get the discount on our merchandise.

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
The five first girls will get the discount on our merchandise.

Options

A

The five first girls

The five first girls

B

No error

No error

C

on our merchandise.

on our merchandise.

D

will get the discount

will get the discount


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

The five first girls

The five first girls


Question 10


Fill in the blank with the most suitable word.
In addition, it is believed they possess crude electronic devices capable of triggering ______ bombs.

Fill in the blank with the most suitable word.
In addition, it is believed they possess crude electronic devices capable of triggering ______ bombs.

Options

A

incendiary

incendiary

B

intelligible

intelligible

C

insensible

insensible

D

insipid

insipid


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

incendiary

incendiary


Question 11


Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
P. contributed to the destruction of Sir Walter Raleigh’s “Lost Colony”
Q. a severe three-year drought in the late 16th century probably
R. at Roanoke Island in what is now North Carolina, and a subsequent
S. seven-year drought led to high mortality at the Jamestown Colony in Virginia

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
P. contributed to the destruction of Sir Walter Raleigh’s “Lost Colony”
Q. a severe three-year drought in the late 16th century probably
R. at Roanoke Island in what is now North Carolina, and a subsequent
S. seven-year drought led to high mortality at the Jamestown Colony in Virginia

Options

A

QRSP

QRSP

B

QPRS

QPRS

C

PRSQ

PRSQ

D

PSQR

PSQR


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

QPRS

QPRS


Question 12


Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
Smart phone age has lead to substantial deterioration in both duration and quality of sleep.

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
Smart phone age has lead to substantial deterioration in both duration and quality of sleep.

Options

A

to substantial deterioration in

to substantial deterioration in

B

No error

No error

C

Smart phone age has lead

Smart phone age has lead

D

both duration and quality of sleep.

both duration and quality of sleep.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Smart phone age has lead

Smart phone age has lead


Question 13


Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
Incapable of being read

Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
Incapable of being read

Options

A

Decipherable

Decipherable

B

Comprehensive

Comprehensive

C

Illegible

Illegible

D

Corrupt

Corrupt


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Illegible

Illegible


Question 14


Choose the incorrectly spelt word.

Choose the incorrectly spelt word.

Options

A

Circle

Circle

B

Cateogry

Cateogry

C

Heap

Heap

D

Greed

Greed


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Cateogry

Cateogry


Question 15


Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Forest planning rules
P. recognizes the growing risks to national
Q. forests from climate change as well as expands
R. opportunities for public input and engagement
S. were updated in 2012, and the new rule explicitly

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Forest planning rules
P. recognizes the growing risks to national
Q. forests from climate change as well as expands
R. opportunities for public input and engagement
S. were updated in 2012, and the new rule explicitly

Options

A

PSQR

PSQR

B

PQRS

PQRS

C

QRPS

QRPS

D

SPQR

SPQR


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

SPQR

SPQR


Question 16


In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
To sleep like a dog

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
To sleep like a dog

Options

A

To be insomniac

To be insomniac

B

To make noise while sleeping

To make noise while sleeping

C

To sleep soundly

To sleep soundly

D

To be less mindful

To be less mindful


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

To sleep soundly

To sleep soundly


Question 17


Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The professor said, “You must learn these words regularly.”

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The professor said, “You must learn these words regularly.”

Options

A

The professor said that I had to learn those words regularly.

The professor said that I had to learn those words regularly.

B

The professor said I should learn these words regularly.

The professor said I should learn these words regularly.

C

The professor said that you had to learn these words regularly.

The professor said that you had to learn these words regularly.

D

The professor said that I must learn those words regularly.

The professor said that I must learn those words regularly.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

The professor said that I had to learn those words regularly.

The professor said that I had to learn those words regularly.


Question 18


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

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

Options

A

Mendicant

Mendicant

B

Preservationist

Preservationist

C

Vandal

Vandal

D

Sage

Sage


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Vandal

Vandal


Question 19


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

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

Options

A

Suspecting

Suspecting

B

Aware

Aware

C

Careful

Careful

D

Ignorant

Ignorant


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Ignorant

Ignorant


Question 20


In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
Armed to the teeth

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
Armed to the teeth

Options

A

Safeguard oneself in every possible way

Safeguard oneself in every possible way

B

Different attacking techniques

Different attacking techniques

C

To have no weapon to fight

To have no weapon to fight

D

Fully armed, having many weapons

Fully armed, having many weapons


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Fully armed, having many weapons

Fully armed, having many weapons


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.
It is easy to think that the daily life of a plant is a simple (1) ______. They seem to just stand there and sunbathe. However, plants are very busy all the time doing (2) ______ things. This activity is aimed at surviving the day and (3) ______ for the future. They are continuously working for it.
Plants need food to survive. Being (4) ______ in the ground means that they cannot move around to find food so they must make their own. They do this by taking water from the soil in (5) ______ their roots and a molecule in the air carbon dioxide into their leaves.
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.
It is easy to think that the daily life of a plant is a simple (1) ______. They seem to just stand there and sunbathe. However, plants are very busy all the time doing (2) ______ things. This activity is aimed at surviving the day and (3) ______ for the future. They are continuously working for it.
Plants need food to survive. Being (4) ______ in the ground means that they cannot move around to find food so they must make their own. They do this by taking water from the soil in (5) ______ their roots and a molecule in the air carbon dioxide into their leaves.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

Options

A

ones

ones

B

once

once

C

one’s

one’s

D

one

one


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

one

one


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.
It is easy to think that the daily life of a plant is a simple (1) ______. They seem to just stand there and sunbathe. However, plants are very busy all the time doing (2) ______ things. This activity is aimed at surviving the day and (3) ______ for the future. They are continuously working for it.
Plants need food to survive. Being (4) ______ in the ground means that they cannot move around to find food so they must make their own. They do this by taking water from the soil in (5) ______ their roots and a molecule in the air carbon dioxide into their leaves.
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.
It is easy to think that the daily life of a plant is a simple (1) ______. They seem to just stand there and sunbathe. However, plants are very busy all the time doing (2) ______ things. This activity is aimed at surviving the day and (3) ______ for the future. They are continuously working for it.
Plants need food to survive. Being (4) ______ in the ground means that they cannot move around to find food so they must make their own. They do this by taking water from the soil in (5) ______ their roots and a molecule in the air carbon dioxide into their leaves.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

Options

A

many

many

B

very

very

C

any

any

D

much

much


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

many

many


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.
It is easy to think that the daily life of a plant is a simple (1) ______. They seem to just stand there and sunbathe. However, plants are very busy all the time doing (2) ______ things. This activity is aimed at surviving the day and (3) ______ for the future. They are continuously working for it.
Plants need food to survive. Being (4) ______ in the ground means that they cannot move around to find food so they must make their own. They do this by taking water from the soil in (5) ______ their roots and a molecule in the air carbon dioxide into their leaves.
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.
It is easy to think that the daily life of a plant is a simple (1) ______. They seem to just stand there and sunbathe. However, plants are very busy all the time doing (2) ______ things. This activity is aimed at surviving the day and (3) ______ for the future. They are continuously working for it.
Plants need food to survive. Being (4) ______ in the ground means that they cannot move around to find food so they must make their own. They do this by taking water from the soil in (5) ______ their roots and a molecule in the air carbon dioxide into their leaves.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

Options

A

reviving

reviving

B

caressing

caressing

C

sensing

sensing

D

planning

planning


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

planning

planning


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.
It is easy to think that the daily life of a plant is a simple (1) ______. They seem to just stand there and sunbathe. However, plants are very busy all the time doing (2) ______ things. This activity is aimed at surviving the day and (3) ______ for the future. They are continuously working for it.
Plants need food to survive. Being (4) ______ in the ground means that they cannot move around to find food so they must make their own. They do this by taking water from the soil in (5) ______ their roots and a molecule in the air carbon dioxide into their leaves.
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.
It is easy to think that the daily life of a plant is a simple (1) ______. They seem to just stand there and sunbathe. However, plants are very busy all the time doing (2) ______ things. This activity is aimed at surviving the day and (3) ______ for the future. They are continuously working for it.
Plants need food to survive. Being (4) ______ in the ground means that they cannot move around to find food so they must make their own. They do this by taking water from the soil in (5) ______ their roots and a molecule in the air carbon dioxide into their leaves.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

Options

A

sullied

sullied

B

smudged

smudged

C

rooted

rooted

D

cluttered

cluttered


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

rooted

rooted


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.
It is easy to think that the daily life of a plant is a simple (1) ______. They seem to just stand there and sunbathe. However, plants are very busy all the time doing (2) ______ things. This activity is aimed at surviving the day and (3) ______ for the future. They are continuously working for it.
Plants need food to survive. Being (4) ______ in the ground means that they cannot move around to find food so they must make their own. They do this by taking water from the soil in (5) ______ their roots and a molecule in the air carbon dioxide into their leaves.
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.
It is easy to think that the daily life of a plant is a simple (1) ______. They seem to just stand there and sunbathe. However, plants are very busy all the time doing (2) ______ things. This activity is aimed at surviving the day and (3) ______ for the future. They are continuously working for it.
Plants need food to survive. Being (4) ______ in the ground means that they cannot move around to find food so they must make their own. They do this by taking water from the soil in (5) ______ their roots and a molecule in the air carbon dioxide into their leaves.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

Options

A

through

through

B

of

of

C

by

by

D

with

with


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

through

through


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