SSC SI CPO Exam 2019 Answer Key

SSC CPO Exam Paper 11 Dec 2019 (2nd Shift) – English Comprehension (Answer Key)

21. Select the wrongly spelt word.
1. Evasion
2. Aviation
3. Omission
4. Avertion

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22. Select the option which is the most appropriate one word substitution for the given group of words.
A shortened form of a word or phrase
1. abbreviation
2. pseudonym
3. precis
4. summary

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23. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I who ______ your friend and wellwisher, should have been informed about your decision.
1. are
2. is
3. am
4. be

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24. Select the option which is the most appropriate one word substitution for the given group of words.
One who denies oneself ordinary bodily pleasures
1. ascetic
2. aesthetic
3. atheist
4. theist

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25. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select ‘No error’
These facts should not have been disclosed for the public.
1. These facts should
2. not have been disclosed
3. No error
4. for the public

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26. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select ‘No error’
Need you to buy so many books?
1. to buy
2. Need you
3. so many books
4. No error

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27. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Hitler believed that the Nordic Aryan race was superior ______ all other races.
1. from
2. than
3. to
4. in

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28. Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
DEMEAN
1. Debase
2. Admire
3. Belittle
4. Ignore

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29. Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
REPUGNANT
1. Austere
2. Sombre
3. Pleasant
4. Odious

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30. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment. If no substitution is required select ‘No substitution’
If I would have a degree from the university, I would get a good job.
1. No substitution
2. If I had a degree
3. When I will have a degree
4. If I am having the degree

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31. Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
As the flood waters hit the coastal village, several families had a close shave.
1. a narrow escape
2. to have no livelihood
3. to lose all possessions
4. nothing to eat

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Comprehension:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

The beaver had made a dam about hundred yards long, and it had formed out of the quickly flowing stream, a wide stretch of water about twelve feet deep. The dam was so firm and broad that it was easy for me to walk along it. After a hundred and fifty yards I came to a ‘beaver’s castle’- a great heap of logs skilfully fitted together, the lower part covered with earth and plants. The upper logs were put loosely together so that the air could pass through to the interior.

In the late autumn, before land and water are covered with snow and ice, the beaver has to make its dwelling frostproof. It collects young trees and gnaws the stems in a double cone until the tree falls. Then the long stems are gnawed into small sections, the thin twigs bitten off and the logs are dragged to the dwelling. There, the timber is piled on the castle, sometimes to a height of ten or twelve feet. Mud is brought up from the bottom of the lake and packed between the logs with the animal’s clever forepaws. The interior is lined with the finest wood shavings. In this tall shelter, the beaver remains high and dry, and protected from frost throughout the winter.

The only access to the dwelling is under the water, and even the forest wolves are not able to pull the firm building apart. The water is the beaver’s element. On land it moves slowly and awkwardly. Thus, it is vital for the beaver to have water in which it can swim, and where nature has not provided this condition for it, it creates it with its dam.

The beaver’s activities can change whole landscapes. With this dam, for instance, on which was standing, beavers had turned a whole wooded alley into a lake; trees that stood there had been killed by the water and had disappeared. Aquatic game had settled there. Ducks swam past us, and great must have been the number of fish, as swarms of trout had swum past me in the clear stream. Wide stretches of meadow had come into existence on the banks, with flat landing places to which the well-beaten beaver tracks led. Many years of building, gnawing and dragging must have gone into the completion of this immense task, creating a new region for the beaver to live in.

32. Which line in the passage most strongly indicates that weavers simply love being in or near water?
1. The dam was so firm and broad that it was easy to walk along.
2. The water is the beaver’s element.
3. The beaver had made a dam out of the quickly flowing stream.
4. The only access to the dwelling is under the water

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33. What evidence in the passage suggests that beavers build strong dwellings?
1. The interior is lined with finest wood shavings.
2. It takes many years of hard work to build the dwelling.
3. Even the forest wolves cannot pull the dwelling apart.
4. The beaver’s dwelling is frostproof.

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34. How does a beaver ensure that its castle is well ventilated?
1. The timber is piled upto ten feet high on the castle.
2. The upper logs are loosely placed.
3. The logs are covered with earth and plants.
4. The long stems are gnawed into small sections.

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35. The beavers can change the landscape by:
1. building dams that can convert a wooded alley into a lake.
2. swimming in the water along with ducks and trouts
3. building castles with great heaps of logs.
4. dragging the logs of wood to the dwelling.

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36. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
1. The beaver can move quickly and easily on land and in water.
2. Wide stretches of meadows may come into existence on the banks of streams.
3. The beaver has to make its dwelling frostproof before it starts snowing.
4. The access to the beaver’s dwelling is under the water.

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37. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Keep away from bad company ______ you should regret later.
1. whether
2. unless
3. lest
4. although

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38. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
You are well prepared to handle the responsibilities bestowed ____ you.
1. to
2. upon
3. for
4. at

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39. Select the wrongly spelt word.
1. Article
2. Precious
3. Audibal
4. Concea

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40. Select the option which is the most appropriate one word substitution for the given group of words.
A protected place for birds and animals
1. Bunker
2. Island
3. Sanctuary
4. estuary

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