SSC CGL Previous Papers with Explanation FCI Assistant Grade II Held 22.01.2012

SSC CGL Previous Papers with Explanation FCI Assistant Grade II Held 22.01.2012

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Directions (1-5): In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from errors, then your answer is (4) i.e. No error.

1. You have been doing (1)/ your homework (2)/ regularly ? (3)/ No error (4)
2. The same procedure (1)/ also should used (2)/ for the final assessment. (3)/ No error (4)
3. I must find out (1)/ some means to balance (2)/ my bud-get. (3)/ No error. (4)
4. Thank you, (1)/I am fine (2)/ completely. (3)/ No error (4)
5. He asked me (1)/ when could I finish (2)/ the work. (3)/ No error (4)

Directions (5-10) : In the fol-lowing questions, sentences are giv-en with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alter-natives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer..

6. He slipped the train.
(l) off (2) from
(3) of (4) through
7. How did these things come?
(1) about (2) into
(3) at (4) down
8. The cricket was lazy the ant was busy.
(l) yet (2) and
(3) but (4) so
9. Nadira little difficulty in finding a job after her graduation.
(1) feigned (2) faced
(3) managed
(4) suffered
10. The children suddenly stopped when they saw Grandpa coming in.
(1) argue (2) argued
(2) arguing (4) to argue

Directions (11- 15) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
11. Regard
(1) respect
(3) love 12. Swap
(1) snap (3) break
13. Prudent
(l) wise (2) cunning
(3) frank (4) severe
14. Genius
(1) a generous person
(2) a foreigner
(3) a person with uncommon intellect
(4) an athlete
15. Culmination
(1) conclusion
(2) climax
(3) abyss (4) cultivation

Directions (16-20) : In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
16. Evident
(1) suspected
(2) disagreed
(3) doubtful
(4) unimportant
17. Adamant
(1) yielding (2) permissive
(3) liberal (4) tolerant
18. Professional
(1) novice
(2) amateur
(3) dabbler
(4) apprentice
19. Callous
(1) persuasive
(2) caring
(3) gentle (4) sensitive
20. Incredible
(1) credulous (2) probable
(3) possible (4) creditable

Directions (21-25) : In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
21. a little gush of gratitude
(1) gradual recovery
(2) friendly feeling
(3) excessive labour
(4) excessive enthusiasm
22. to lose ground
(1) to become less powerful
(2) to become less popular
(3) to lose foundation
(4) to be without a leader
23. to make both ends meet
(1) to buy costly articles
(2) to live a luxurious life
(3) to live within one’s income
(4) to please all people
24. to fall back on
(1) to oppose something important
(2) to suffer an injury on the back in an accident
(3) to fail to do something important in time
(4) to seek support out of necessity
25. to make one’s blood boil
(1) to make somebody furious
(2) to develop fever
(3) to get excited
(4) to make someone nervous

Directions (26-30) : In the following questions, a part of the sen-tence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (4).

26.Officials were asked to examine the likelihood of providing banking facilities in the area.
(1) probability
(2) possibility
(3) profit
(4) No improvement
27. The shortage of fuel has obstacled interstate transportation,
(1) facilitated (2) hampered
(3) burdened
(4) No improvement
28. Being a rainy day, we had to abandon the match.
(1) Having been a rainy dgy
(2) It being a rainy day
(3) It been a rainy day
(4) No improvement
29. Rahul gave me an old scissor,
(1) an old scissors I
(2) a pair of old scissors
(3) a pair of old scissor
(4) No improvement
30. The teacher was angry with Paul as he had not done the homework.
(l) at (2) on
(3) from
(4) No

Directions (31-35) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

31. The process of deciding the nature of a disease by exami¬nation
(l) test (2) perusal
(3) diagnosis
(4) operation
32. That which cannot be easily read
(1) illegible
(2) incomprehensible
(3) unreadable
(4) unintelligible
33. One who finds nothing good in anything
(1) critic (2) satirist
(3) cynic (4) slanderer
34. A person who pretends to be what he is not
(A) explorer (B) prompter (3) imposter (4) diviner
35. in a threatening manner
(1) ominously (2) sprightly (3) ghastly (4) terribly
Directions (36-40) : In the following questions, there are four different words out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
36. (1) Correspondant
(2) Correspondent
(3) Corraspondant
(4) Correspondent
37. (1) Deceit (2) Deceipt (3) Decepr. (4) Deciept
38. (1) Psuedonm
(2) Pseudonym
(3) Pseudonm (4) Psuedonym
39. (I) Jellousey (2)Jealousy
(3) Jelou sey (4) Jealousey
40 (1) Mischevious
(2) Mischivous
(3) Mischievous
(4) Misehiviuos

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