CHSL 22 21-03-2023 Shift 3 Previous Year Paper English Language PDF


Question 1


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

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

Options

A

Commuting

Commuting

B

Sluggish

Sluggish

C

Restorative

Restorative

D

Compensatory

Compensatory


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Restorative

Restorative


Question 2


Choose the incorrectly spelt word.

Choose the incorrectly spelt word.

Options

A

Gifted

Gifted

B

Flufy

Flufy

C

Struggler

Struggler

D

Juggler

Juggler


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Flufy

Flufy


Question 3


Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
Near 800 million people worldwide lack updated sanitation.

Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
Near 800 million people worldwide lack updated sanitation.

Options

A

No error

No error

B

updated sanitation.

updated sanitation.

C

people worldwide lack

people worldwide lack

D

Near 800 million

Near 800 million


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Near 800 million

Near 800 million


Question 4


Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
A child born after the death of his father

Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
A child born after the death of his father

Options

A

Pseudonym

Pseudonym

B

Orphan

Orphan

C

Bigot

Bigot

D

Posthumous

Posthumous


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Posthumous

Posthumous


Question 5


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

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

Options

A

Gloom

Gloom

B

Iridescent

Iridescent

C

Monochromatic

Monochromatic

D

Pale

Pale


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Iridescent

Iridescent


Question 6


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'.
That was a good / conversation, I look forward / to meet you.

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'.
That was a good / conversation, I look forward / to meet you.

Options

A

to meet you.

to meet you.

B

conversation, I look forward

conversation, I look forward

C

That was a good

That was a good

D

No error

No error


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

to meet you.

to meet you.


Question 7


Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
P. application, which can also be used to log complaints about
Q. littering or caused by the animals, according to officials
R. registered with the local authority through a mobile phone
S. the residents of Noida can now get their pets like dogs or cats

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
P. application, which can also be used to log complaints about
Q. littering or caused by the animals, according to officials
R. registered with the local authority through a mobile phone
S. the residents of Noida can now get their pets like dogs or cats

Options

A

PRQS

PRQS

B

RQPS

RQPS

C

QRPS

QRPS

D

SRPQ

SRPQ


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

SRPQ

SRPQ


Question 8


Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Backseat driver

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Backseat driver

Options

A

To conclude proceedings.

To conclude proceedings.

B

To miss an appointed meeting.

To miss an appointed meeting.

C

Attempt to get control over someone.

Attempt to get control over someone.

D

A person who offers unsolicited advice.

A person who offers unsolicited advice.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

A person who offers unsolicited advice.

A person who offers unsolicited advice.


Question 9


Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Research shows
P. that medium-skilled employees who work
Q. in front of a computer and work beyond
R. 4.6 effective hours a day produce smaller
S. quantities of output per hour due to fatigue

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Research shows
P. that medium-skilled employees who work
Q. in front of a computer and work beyond
R. 4.6 effective hours a day produce smaller
S. quantities of output per hour due to fatigue

Options

A

RQSP

RQSP

B

PQSR

PQSR

C

PQRS

PQRS

D

SQRP

SQRP


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

PQRS

PQRS


Question 10


The given sentence is in active voice. Change the voice of the sentence. Select the correct option from the sentences given in options.
She used the aerobic ball during workout.

The given sentence is in active voice. Change the voice of the sentence. Select the correct option from the sentences given in options.
She used the aerobic ball during workout.

Options

A

During workout the aerobic ball were to be used by her.

During workout the aerobic ball were to be used by her.

B

During workout the aerobic ball will be used by her.

During workout the aerobic ball will be used by her.

C

During workout the aerobic ball was used by her.

During workout the aerobic ball was used by her.

D

During workout the aerobic ball had been used by her.

During workout the aerobic ball had been used by her.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

During workout the aerobic ball was used by her.

During workout the aerobic ball was used by her.


Question 11


In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
To play with fire

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
To play with fire

Options

A

Show disappointment

Show disappointment

B

Feel sick

Feel sick

C

To take foolish risk

To take foolish risk

D

To abuse

To abuse


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

To take foolish risk

To take foolish risk


Question 12


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

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

Options

A

Deviant

Deviant

B

Sensation

Sensation

C

Classic

Classic

D

Standard

Standard


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

Sensation

Sensation


Question 13


Choose the sentence with no spelling error.

Choose the sentence with no spelling error.

Options

A

I was rently at a literary festival.

I was rently at a literary festival.

B

I was recently at a literary festival.

I was recently at a literary festival.

C

I was recently at a literery fstival.

I was recently at a literery fstival.

D

I was recently at a litrary festival.

I was recently at a litrary festival.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

I was recently at a literary festival.

I was recently at a literary festival.


Question 14


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

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

Options

A

Clandestine

Clandestine

B

Circuitous

Circuitous

C

Serpentine

Serpentine

D

Outspoken

Outspoken


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

Outspoken

Outspoken


Question 15


Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
Mary doesn’t like cartoons because they are loud, so she doesn’t watched them.

Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
Mary doesn’t like cartoons because they are loud, so she doesn’t watched them.

Options

A

doesn’t watch them

doesn’t watch them

B

No improvement

No improvement

C

do not watched this

do not watched this

D

does watching them

does watching them


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

doesn’t watch them

doesn’t watch them


Question 16


Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
In space it is possible to identify and ________ some unique characteristics of human physiology and biology.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
In space it is possible to identify and ________ some unique characteristics of human physiology and biology.

Options

A

excess

excess

B

partition

partition

C

replete

replete

D

isolate

isolate


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

isolate

isolate


Question 17


Select the option that will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’.
Dad said that, “She would have been a great sister if she was just a bit more careful”.

Select the option that will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’.
Dad said that, “She would have been a great sister if she was just a bit more careful”.

Options

A

"She would have been a great sister if she were just a bit more careful"

"She would have been a great sister if she were just a bit more careful"

B

“She would have been a greatest sister if she was just a bit more careful"

“She would have been a greatest sister if she was just a bit more careful"

C

that, "She would have been a great sister if she were just a bit more careful"

that, "She would have been a great sister if she were just a bit more careful"

D

No improvement

No improvement


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

"She would have been a great sister if she were just a bit more careful"

"She would have been a great sister if she were just a bit more careful"


Question 18


Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
There has been a noticeable fall in the number of children dying from malnutrition.

Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
There has been a noticeable fall in the number of children dying from malnutrition.

Options

A

No improvement

No improvement

B

noticeably falls

noticeably falls

C

noticeable falling

noticeable falling

D

noticeably falling

noticeably falling


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

No improvement

No improvement


Question 19


Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Nandini said, “I bought a pen yesterday.”

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Nandini said, “I bought a pen yesterday.”

Options

A

Nandini said that she had bought a pen yesterday.

Nandini said that she had bought a pen yesterday.

B

Nandini said she did bought a pen the previous day.

Nandini said she did bought a pen the previous day.

C

Nandini said that she had bought a pen the previous day.

Nandini said that she had bought a pen the previous day.

D

Nandini says that she had bought a pen the previous day.

Nandini says that she had bought a pen the previous day.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

Nandini said that she had bought a pen the previous day.

Nandini said that she had bought a pen the previous day.


Question 20


Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
Scientists have predicted that the cultivation of rice will be affected severe.

Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
Scientists have predicted that the cultivation of rice will be affected severe.

Options

A

affected severely

affected severely

B

No improvement

No improvement

C

affect severe

affect severe

D

effecting severely

effecting severely


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

affected severely

affected severely


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.
Rock candy is actually a collection of large sugar crystals that are "grown" from a sugar-water (1)______. Crystals form when the smallest particles of a substance, the molecules, arrange themselves in a/an (2) ______ and repetitive pattern. Molecules are too small for us to see moving around and (3) ______ themselves, but you can get a rough idea of what this would look like by taking a small shallow tray and filling it with marbles, ball bearings, or other spheres. As you (4) ______ more spheres, the bottom of the tray becomes covered, then the spheres must form layers on top of (5) ______, and a structure or pattern emerges.
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.
Rock candy is actually a collection of large sugar crystals that are "grown" from a sugar-water (1)______. Crystals form when the smallest particles of a substance, the molecules, arrange themselves in a/an (2) ______ and repetitive pattern. Molecules are too small for us to see moving around and (3) ______ themselves, but you can get a rough idea of what this would look like by taking a small shallow tray and filling it with marbles, ball bearings, or other spheres. As you (4) ______ more spheres, the bottom of the tray becomes covered, then the spheres must form layers on top of (5) ______, and a structure or pattern emerges.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

Options

A

convergence

convergence

B

ramification

ramification

C

disposition

disposition

D

solution

solution


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

solution

solution


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.
Rock candy is actually a collection of large sugar crystals that are "grown" from a sugar-water (1)______. Crystals form when the smallest particles of a substance, the molecules, arrange themselves in a/an (2) ______ and repetitive pattern. Molecules are too small for us to see moving around and (3) ______ themselves, but you can get a rough idea of what this would look like by taking a small shallow tray and filling it with marbles, ball bearings, or other spheres. As you (4) ______ more spheres, the bottom of the tray becomes covered, then the spheres must form layers on top of (5) ______, and a structure or pattern emerges.
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.
Rock candy is actually a collection of large sugar crystals that are "grown" from a sugar-water (1)______. Crystals form when the smallest particles of a substance, the molecules, arrange themselves in a/an (2) ______ and repetitive pattern. Molecules are too small for us to see moving around and (3) ______ themselves, but you can get a rough idea of what this would look like by taking a small shallow tray and filling it with marbles, ball bearings, or other spheres. As you (4) ______ more spheres, the bottom of the tray becomes covered, then the spheres must form layers on top of (5) ______, and a structure or pattern emerges.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

Options

A

wholly

wholly

B

adeptly

adeptly

C

orderly

orderly

D

vastly

vastly


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

orderly

orderly


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.
Rock candy is actually a collection of large sugar crystals that are "grown" from a sugar-water (1)______. Crystals form when the smallest particles of a substance, the molecules, arrange themselves in a/an (2) ______ and repetitive pattern. Molecules are too small for us to see moving around and (3) ______ themselves, but you can get a rough idea of what this would look like by taking a small shallow tray and filling it with marbles, ball bearings, or other spheres. As you (4) ______ more spheres, the bottom of the tray becomes covered, then the spheres must form layers on top of (5) ______, and a structure or pattern emerges.
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.
Rock candy is actually a collection of large sugar crystals that are "grown" from a sugar-water (1)______. Crystals form when the smallest particles of a substance, the molecules, arrange themselves in a/an (2) ______ and repetitive pattern. Molecules are too small for us to see moving around and (3) ______ themselves, but you can get a rough idea of what this would look like by taking a small shallow tray and filling it with marbles, ball bearings, or other spheres. As you (4) ______ more spheres, the bottom of the tray becomes covered, then the spheres must form layers on top of (5) ______, and a structure or pattern emerges.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

Options

A

dividing

dividing

B

summarizing

summarizing

C

shielding

shielding

D

arranging

arranging


Solution:

Correct Answer:

D

arranging

arranging


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.
Rock candy is actually a collection of large sugar crystals that are "grown" from a sugar-water (1)______. Crystals form when the smallest particles of a substance, the molecules, arrange themselves in a/an (2) ______ and repetitive pattern. Molecules are too small for us to see moving around and (3) ______ themselves, but you can get a rough idea of what this would look like by taking a small shallow tray and filling it with marbles, ball bearings, or other spheres. As you (4) ______ more spheres, the bottom of the tray becomes covered, then the spheres must form layers on top of (5) ______, and a structure or pattern emerges.
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.
Rock candy is actually a collection of large sugar crystals that are "grown" from a sugar-water (1)______. Crystals form when the smallest particles of a substance, the molecules, arrange themselves in a/an (2) ______ and repetitive pattern. Molecules are too small for us to see moving around and (3) ______ themselves, but you can get a rough idea of what this would look like by taking a small shallow tray and filling it with marbles, ball bearings, or other spheres. As you (4) ______ more spheres, the bottom of the tray becomes covered, then the spheres must form layers on top of (5) ______, and a structure or pattern emerges.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

Options

A

add

add

B

please

please

C

curse

curse

D

toil

toil


Solution:

Correct Answer:

A

add

add


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.
Rock candy is actually a collection of large sugar crystals that are "grown" from a sugar-water (1)______. Crystals form when the smallest particles of a substance, the molecules, arrange themselves in a/an (2) ______ and repetitive pattern. Molecules are too small for us to see moving around and (3) ______ themselves, but you can get a rough idea of what this would look like by taking a small shallow tray and filling it with marbles, ball bearings, or other spheres. As you (4) ______ more spheres, the bottom of the tray becomes covered, then the spheres must form layers on top of (5) ______, and a structure or pattern emerges.
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.
Rock candy is actually a collection of large sugar crystals that are "grown" from a sugar-water (1)______. Crystals form when the smallest particles of a substance, the molecules, arrange themselves in a/an (2) ______ and repetitive pattern. Molecules are too small for us to see moving around and (3) ______ themselves, but you can get a rough idea of what this would look like by taking a small shallow tray and filling it with marbles, ball bearings, or other spheres. As you (4) ______ more spheres, the bottom of the tray becomes covered, then the spheres must form layers on top of (5) ______, and a structure or pattern emerges.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

Options

A

others

others

B

one another

one another

C

one

one

D

every other

every other


Solution:

Correct Answer:

B

one another

one another


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