SSC HSC Level Previous Paper (Held On - 10 Nov 2020 Shift 2) Eng

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Section : General Intelligence
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Section : English Language
Q.1 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
When the train ______ in the middle of a forest, passengers were in panic.
Ans 1. stopped
2. are stopped
3. were stopping
4. stop
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Q.2 Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom.
Kill two birds with one stone

Ans 1. Manage to do many tasks together
2. Be very cruel to birds
3. Aim at two birds with precision
4. Accomplish two different things at the same time
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Chosen Option : 4
Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No substitution.
The peoples standing on the street are shouting in anger.

Ans 1. A person
2. The people
3. No substitution
4. The person
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Q.4 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
I climbed the steep mountain quite easily.

Ans 1. The steep mountain was climbed quite easily by me.
2. I was able to climb the steep mountain quite easily.
3. The steep mountain is climbed quite easily by me.
4. The steep mountain was being climbed quite easily by me.
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Q.5 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
SUPREME
Ans 1. head
2. evergreen
3. everlasting
4. inferior
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Q.6 Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom.
Actions speak louder than words

Ans 1. All your actions help you in understanding what to do
2. Intentions can be judged by people’s actions
3. Speaking loudly is the best way to let others know what you want
4. Whatever you speak is less important than what you write
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Chosen Option : 2
Q.7 Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Rakshit said, “I am bored of watching TV.”

Ans 1. Rakshit said that he is getting bored of watching TV.
2. Rakshit says that he is getting bored of watching TV.
3. Rakshit said that he had been bored of watching TV.
4. Rakshit said that he was bored of watching TV.
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Q.8 Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their
correct order.
A. And if you want to get them somehow, you have to approach some party
organizers, but they too usually entertain bulk orders.
B. Well, let me tell you how you can make your own gas balloons at home, and at
almost a fraction of the price.
C. As a child, gas balloons always fascinate you.
D. However, when you need them, you only find them being sold on the ‘unknown’
streets, during festivals, at a fair or near the beaches.
Ans 1. CDAB
2. CBAD
3. BACD
4. BCAD
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Q.9 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
ADJACENT
Ans 1. immediate
2. distant
3. similar
4. attached
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Q.10 Choose a one-word substitution for the given words.
One who is incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

Ans 1. Inaccurate
2. Infallible
3. Inevitable
4. Ineligible
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Chosen Option : 2
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Q.11 Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The manager said, “Stop. I want you to understand the whole project before you start
working on it.”
Ans 1. The manager asked me to stop and told me that he wanted me to understand the
whole project before I started working on it.
2. The manager asked me to stop and told me he wants me to understand the whole
project before I will start working on it.
3. The manager said to me to stop and was told me he wanted me to understand the
whole project before I could start working on it.
4. The manager shouted me to stop and told me he wanted me to understand the
whole project before you started work on it.
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Q.12 Choose a one-word substitution for the given words.
A person who is trained to travel in space

Ans 1. Pilot
2. Astronaut
3. Flyer
4. Physicist
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Q.13 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
I like my new office.

Ans 1. I am liking my new office.
2. My new office was liked by me.
3. My new office has been liked by me.
4. My new office is liked by me.
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Q.14 Identify the word that is misspelt.

Ans 1. Toffee
2. Field
3. Iliterate
4. Ignorance
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Q.15 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
The little boy was run away from his mother.

Ans 1. his mother
2. The little boy
3. was run
4. away from
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Comprehension:
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.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought most of the US to (1)______ standstill, forcing the
entertainment industry to plan for an (2)______ future. Theaters across the US have ceased
(3)______ in an effort to adhere to guidelines for social distancing and self-isolating
(4)______ help mitigate the spread of the virus. With uncertainty about the reopening, studios
(5)______ a series of adjustments in their release calendars.
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Q.16 Select the most appropriate word to fill in blank no 1.
Ans 1. that
2. their
3. the
4. a
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Ans 1. uncertain
2. unconditional
3. unbelieving
4. invaluable
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Ans 1. operations
2. processing
3. advances
4. movements
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Q.19 Select the most appropriate words to fill in blank no 4.
Ans 1. in order to
2. with respect to
3. in reference to
4. so that to
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SubQuestion No : 20
Ans 1. has to make
2. have made
3. is making
4. had made
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Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four
days now without a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days
without a fish, the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was definitely most unlucky,
and the boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first
week.
It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty and he always
went down to help him carry either the coiled lines or the gaff and harpoon and the sail that
was furled around the mast.
The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.
The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck.
Brown blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars
from handling heavy fish on the cords. But none of these scars were fresh.
Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and
were cheerful and undefeated.
“Santiago,” the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from where the skiff was hauled up.
“I could go with you again. We’ve made some money.”
The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him.
“No,” the old man said. “You’re with a lucky boat.
Stay with them!”
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Q.21 Complete the sentence.
The old man and the boy:

Ans 1. loved and understood each other
2. made money together and enjoyed it
3. never went fishing without each other.
4. used to get many injuries while fishing
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Comprehension:
week.
Stay with them!”
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Q.22 Which of the following does NOT describe the old man’s situation?
Ans 1. His old and battered boat was a symbol of defeat.
2. He was thin with wrinkles, and had marks on his hands.
3. He felt dejected and had lost hope.
4. Though old, he was not feeling hopeless.
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Comprehension:
week.
Stay with them!”
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Q.23 Complete the sentence.
The boy’s parents:

Ans 1. stopped their son from fishing with the old man.
2. wanted their son to become a great fisherman.
3. liked their son working for the old fisherman.
4. were sad that the old man could not catch fish.
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Comprehension:
week.
Stay with them!”
SubQuestion No : 24
Q.24 When the writer says, “…it looked like the flag of permanent defeat”, he means the
sail:
Ans 1. had been with him for ever
2. was very old and in a bad condition
3. had an old flag flying on it
4. was not in a torn down condition
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Comprehension:
week.
Stay with them!”
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Q.25 Which of the following is true about the old man?
Ans 1. He had not caught fish for eighty-four days.
2. He had eyes that looked old and sad.
3. He caught fish with ease for forty days.
4. He was in very poor health.
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Section : Quantitative Aptitude
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Section : General Awareness
Q.1 Which of the following states has a beach named Calangute Beach?
Ans 1. Goa
2. Kerala
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Maharashtra
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Q.2 Who among the following is the author of the novel titled ‘Gun Island’?
Ans 1. Amitav Ghosh
2. Shashi Tharoor
3. Vikram Seth
4. Arundhati Ray
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
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Q.3 In which of the following cities is Guru Nanak Dev believed to have attained
enlightenment?
Ans 1. Sultanpur Lodhi
2. Amritsar
3. Manikaran
4. Talwandi
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.4 During the age of Buddha, the capital of Vajji ‘mahajanapada’ was at:
Ans 1. Pavapuri
2. Champa
3. Mahishmati
4. Vaishali
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Q.5 The Jaitapur nuclear power plant, which has been under a lot of controversy, is slated
to be set up in which state of India?
Ans 1. Rajasthan
2. Maharashtra
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Madhya Pradesh
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.6 In which state is the Harappan culture site ‘Sanauli’ located?

Ans 1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Haryana
3. Gujarat
4. Punjab
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
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Q.7 In January 2020, who among the following entrepreneurs was conferred the highest
civilian honour of Australia?
Ans 1. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
2. Ratan Tata
3. Shiv Nadar
4. Gautam Adani
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.8 The Union Government has approved the setting up of a major port at a place called
Vadhavan. In which of the following states is Vadhavan located?
Ans 1. Karnataka
2. Odisha
3. Goa
4. Maharashtra
Chosen Option : --
Q.9 Which of the following articles of the Constitution of India enumerates the provisions
for citizenship at the time of commencement of the Constitution?
Ans 1. Article 4
2. Article 5
3. Article 3
4. Article 2
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Chosen Option : 2
Q.10 Who among the following is NOT a Padma Vibhushan awardee for the year 2020?
Ans 1. Sushma Swaraj
2. MC Mary Kom
3. Anand Mahindra
4. Chhannulal Mishra
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
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Q.11 The mineral called carnotite is an important source of:
Ans 1. copper
2. silver
3. uranium
4. gold
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Chosen Option : 3
Q.12 Who among the following presides over any joint sitting of both the houses of the
Parliament of India, convened to resolve deadlock over any bill?
Ans 1. President
2. Vice-President
3. Any person appointed by the President
4. Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.13 Of the following products, which one has earned the Geographical Indication (GI) tag
for Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, in the year 2019?
Ans 1. Locks
2. Dosa
3. Scissors
4. Knives
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.14 Which of the following elements is NOT a Halogen group element?

Ans 1. Graphene
2. Chlorine
3. Iodine
4. Astatine
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
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Q.15 Through which of the following states does the Zuari river pass?
Ans 1. Odisha
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Goa
4. Tamil Nadu
Chosen Option : --
Q.16 In September 2019, the Union Government launched an initiative nicknamed as

UMMID. This initiative is aimed at:
Ans 1. providing medical cover to the home-less Indians
2. tackling inherited genetic diseases of new born babies
3. promoting the use of generic medicines
4. promoting gender equality at workplaces
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.17 In which international sports event does Rani Rampal represent India?
Ans 1. Cycling
2. Wrestling
3. Hockey
4. Judo
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.18 In February 2020, an Indian defence firm called JSR Dynamics came up with its missile
named ‘Khagantak’. The air-to-ground strike range of the missile is ______ km.
Ans 1. 180
2. 400
3. 320
4. 240
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
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Q.19 Under the Maratha administration, the title for the Prime Minister was:
Ans 1. Peshwa
2. Sumant
3. Pundit Rao
4. Sar-i-Naubat
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.20 The Uttarakhand government has declared its intention to construct the first glass-
floor bridge of India at:
Ans 1. Auli
2. Rishikesh
3. Nainital
4. Haridwar
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.21 With which of the following states is the harvest-festival ‘Nuakhai’ traditionally
associated?
Ans 1. Nagaland
2. Kerala
3. Odisha
4. Himachal Pradesh
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.22 Who among the following was replaced by Lord Mountbatten as the Viceroy in 1947?
Ans 1. Lord Linlithgow
2. Lord Reading
3. Lord Irwin
4. Lord Wavell
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
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Q.23 In which of the following states/union territories is the Mahatma Gandhi Marine
National Park situated?
Ans 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2. Gujarat
3. Odisha
4. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.24 As of April 2020, how many moons does the dwarf planet Pluto have?
Ans 1. 5
2. 4
3. 3
4. 6
Chosen Option : --
Q.25 The property of metals by the virtue of which they can be beaten into thin sheets is
called:
Ans 1. conductivity
2. malleability
3. rancidity
4. ductility
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
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Section : English Language

Q.1 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.

Q.2 Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom.

Kill two birds with one stone

2. Be very cruel to birds

3. Aim at two birds with precision

4. Accomplish two different things at the same time

The peoples standing on the street are shouting in anger.

I climbed the steep mountain quite easily.

2. I was able to climb the steep mountain quite easily.

3. The steep mountain is climbed quite easily by me.

4. The steep mountain was being climbed quite easily by me.

Q.5 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Q.6 Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom.

Actions speak louder than words

2. Intentions can be judged by people’s actions

4. Whatever you speak is less important than what you write

Q.7 Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Rakshit said, “I am bored of watching TV.”

2. Rakshit says that he is getting bored of watching TV.

3. Rakshit said that he had been bored of watching TV.

4. Rakshit said that he was bored of watching TV.

Q.9 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.

Q.10 Choose a one-word substitution for the given words.

One who is incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

Q.12 Choose a one-word substitution for the given words.

A person who is trained to travel in space

Q.13 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

I like my new office.

2. My new office was liked by me.

3. My new office has been liked by me.

4. My new office is liked by me.

Q.14 Identify the word that is misspelt.

The little boy was run away from his mother.

2. The little boy

The old man and the boy:

2. made money together and enjoyed it

3. never went fishing without each other.

4. used to get many injuries while fishing

2. He was thin with wrinkles, and had marks on his hands.

3. He felt dejected and had lost hope.

4. Though old, he was not feeling hopeless.

The boy’s parents:

2. wanted their son to become a great fisherman.

3. liked their son working for the old fisherman.

2. was very old and in a bad condition

3. had an old flag flying on it

4. was not in a torn down condition

2. He had eyes that looked old and sad.

3. He caught fish with ease for forty days.

4. He was in very poor health.

Section : Quantitative Aptitude

Section : General Awareness

Q.6 In which state is the Harappan culture site ‘Sanauli’ located?

3. Any person appointed by the President

4. Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Q.14 Which of the following elements is NOT a Halogen group element?

Q.16 In September 2019, the Union Government launched an initiative nicknamed as

2. tackling inherited genetic diseases of new born babies

3. promoting the use of generic medicines

4. promoting gender equality at workplaces