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1. A. But a dove that happened to be sitting on a neighbouring
tree saw the ant’s danger and, plucking off a leaf, let it drop
into the water before him.
B. Just at that time, a fowler was spreading his net and was
in the act of ensnaring the dove, when the ant, perceiving
his object, bit his heel.
C. An ant went to a fountain to quench his thirst and,
tumbling in, almost drowned.
D. The ant mounting upon it, was presently wafted safely
ashore.
(a) ABCD (b) CBAD (c) DCAB (d) CADB
(SSC CGL PRE 18.08.2021 Shift-1)
2. A. Mawsmai Cave is one of the most alluring tourist
destinations near Cherrapunji in the northeast Indian state
of Meghalaya.
B. Other sections of the cave are off the limits for tourists.
C. The cave is quite big. However, the tourists can visit it up
to a distance of 150 metres only.
D. The limestone cave has spellbinding beauty and is the
only cave which is naturally illuminated to let the tourists
cherish natural formations.
(a) ABCD (b) DCAB (c) ADCB (d) DBAC
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3. A. On the answer sheet, darken the circle of the
correct answer against each question.
B. You must select the best answer for each question.
C. Every question is followed by four answer choices
marked 1, 2, 3 and 4.
D. If you darken more than one circle, the answer will
be counted as wrong.
(a) DCBA (b) BACD (c) ABCD (d) CBAD
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4. A. That magic is believing in yourself a hundred
percent.
B. There is only one magic in life that can help you
turn your dreams into reality.
C. You will be able to face life's challenges with
courage only if you believe in yourself and in your
capacity to meet those challenges.
D. Therefore, the most important lesson that a family
can teach its members is to have this faith in oneself.
(a) CDAB (b) ABCD (c) BCDA (d) BACD
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5. A. Humans work because they have to; they play because
they want to.
B. The most useful definitions are those that clarify the
relationship of sports to play, games and contests.
C. “Play,” wrote the German theorist Carl Diem, “is
purposeless activity, for its own sake, the opposite of work.”
D. Sports are part of every culture, past and present, but
each culture has its own definition of sports.
(a) ABCD (b) DBCA (c) DCBA (d) BADC
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6. A. I had heard a great deal about Miss Beam's
school.
B. Her eyes were covered with a bandage and
she was being led carefully by an older boy.
C. When I arrived, there was no one in sight but a
girl of about twelve.
D. But not till last week did the chance come to
visit it.
(a) DCAB (b) ADCB (c) CBDA (d) BDAC
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7. A. But the eagle, in wrath, gave the beetle a flap of his wing,
and straightaway seized upon the hare and devoured him.
B. The beetle therefore interceded with the eagle, begging
of him not to kill the poor suppliant, and pleaded with him
not to kill so small an animal.
C. When the eagle flew away, the beetle flew after him, to
learn where his nest was.
D. A hare, being pursued by an eagle, took himself for
refuge to the nest of a beetle, whom he begged to save him.
(a) DBAC (b) ACDB (c) CBAD (d) DCAB
(SSC CGL PRE 13.08.2021 Shift-1)
8. A. The country gained admission to the united Nations in 1955.
B. In 2008, however, after a decade long period of violence and
turbulent negotiation with a strong Maoist insurgency, the
monarchy was dissolved, and Nepal was declared a democratic
republic.
C. In 1991 the kingdom established a multiparty parliamentary
system.
D. Nepal, long under the rule of hereditary prime ministers
favouring a policy of isolation, remained closed to the outside
world until a palace revolt in 1950 restored the crown’s
authority in 1951.
(a) CABD (b) BCDA (c) DBAC (d) DACB
(SSC CHSL 10.08.2021 Shift-3)
9. A. Understanding a printed text comes from the interaction
between printed words and one's prior knowledge of the
world.
B. Comprehension is the ability or process of understanding
something that is spoken or written.
C. Listening comprehension, however, involves multiple
processes in understanding and making sense of spoken
language.
D. In active reading, readers think about their reading, and
make connections and inferences.
(a) ADBC (b) DACB (c) BADC (d) BDCA
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10. A. His father shifted his own ambitions to those of his son,
providing him with models and support for his first
exhibition at the age of 13.
B. Pablo Picasso was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a professor
of drawing, and Maria Picasso López.
C. From that point his ability to experiment with what he
learned and to develop new expressive means quickly
allowed him to surpass his father's abilities.
D. His unusual adeptness for drawing began to manifest
itself early, around the age of 10, when he became his
father's pupil.
(a) BDCA (b) DCAB (c) BADC (d) CDAB
(SSC CHSL 09.08.2021 Shift-1)
11. A. There are many secondary reasons as well along
with increasing levels of carbon.
B. The term is used to describe the unnatural rise in
earth’s average temperature.
C. Increased carbon dioxide is the primary driver of
global warming.
D. Global warming is the single biggest threat to life
on earth today.
(a) DABC (b) DBCA (c) ACBD (d) ABCD
(SSC CGL PRE 16.08.2021 Shift-2)
12. A. The robber demanded all his valuables or threatened to
kill him.
B. But he put up a brave front and challenged the robber.
C. A merchant was confronted by a highway robber.
D. The merchant was scared to death.
(a) CADB (b) ADCB (c) DABC (d) BCAD
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13. A. Combining Vitamins A, C and D3 with Zinc and
Probiotics gives a good flu-fighting remedy.
B. Vitamin C plays a vital role in maintaining the
body's natural defence.
C. It also supports a healthy immune system.
D. People with low vitamin C are at a much greater
risk of getting infections.
(a) BCDA (b) ADCB (c) BADC (d) DCBA
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14. A. He told his friends that his difficulties were a sign of
God's confidence in him.
B. A businessman remained cheerful even though he
suffered one catastrophe after another.
C. Therefore, when he was serving in the armed forces too,
his senior officer had chosen him for dangerous missions
because he knew he could be trusted.
D. First, his son had a serious accident and then he had huge
losses in his business, but he was not perturbed.
(a) BACD (b) BCDA (c) BCAD (d) BDAC
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15. A. In some cases, the problem of the lowering of the river bottom
has caused the water table of the surrounding area to drop, which
has adversely affected agriculture.
B. Also, another problem, canalization with its extensive system of
locks and navigation dams, often seriously disrupts riverine
ecosystems.
C. The ever-increasing exploitation of rivers has given rise to a
variety of problems.
D. Further, extensive commercial navigation of rivers has resulted
in much artificial improvement of natural channels, including
increasing the depth of the channels to permit passage of larger
vessels.
(a) CABD (b) CDAB (c) BDAC (d) DCAB
(SSC CGL PRE 17.08.2021 Shift-3
16. A. Jody reached out one hand and laid it on the soft
neck of the fawn.
B. He moved forward on all fours until he was close to
it.
C. He put his arms around its body.
D. The touch made him delirious.
(a) BDAC (b) BACD (c) ABDC (d) ADBC
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17. A. Cheetahs are one of the world's most-recognisable cats,
known especially for their speed.
B. Their faces too are distinguished by prominent black lines
that curve from the inner corner of each eye to the outer
corners of the mouth, like a well-worn trail of inky tears.
C. Cheetahs are covered almost entirely with small black spots
on a background of pale yellow and have a white underbelly.
D. They have a long, slender body measuring 1.2 metres (4
feet), with a long tail (65–85 cm [2–3 feet]) that generally ends
in a white tuft.
(a) DABC (b) CADB (c) ABDC (d) BADC
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18. A. I pointed them out to my companion.
B. The woman's face was familiar but I could not
recall who she was.
C. At the very next table to ours, sat Lady
Edgware and Brian Martin.
D. As I was doing so, another couple came and
joined them.
(a) CADB (b) BCAD (c) ABCD (d) CDBA
(SSC CGL MAINS 18.11.2020)
19. A. According to his hypothesis, now known as the neuron
theory, each nerve cell communicates with others through
contiguity rather than continuity.
B. The watershed of all studies of the nervous system was an
observation made in 1889 by Spanish scientist Santiago
Ramóny Cajal.
C. It has since been proved that Cajal’s theory is not universally
true, but his central idea has remained an accurate guiding
principle for all further study.
D. That is, communication between adjacent but separate cells
must take place across the space and barriers separating them.
(a) CDAB (b) BADC (c) BCDA (d) ADCB
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20. A. To kill a whale, hunters used spears called
harpoons.
B. Whale hunting is not easy.
C. These harpoons had very long and strong lines tied
to them.
D. It was extremely difficult and risky before modern
methods and machines began to be used.
(a) DBAC (b) BADC (c) DCBA (d) BDAC
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21. A. The town of Lustenau in Austria claims to have built a
world record-breaking bonfire.
B. The structure took three months to build but collapsed in
less than half an hour last Saturday evening.
C. Embers from the big fire fell onto nearby market traders,
but local fire crews were on hand to make sure that
everyone was safe.
D. According to the organizers, the pyre reached as high as
60 meters.
(a) ABCD (b) ADBC (c) ABDC (d) ACBD
(SSC CHSL 12.08.2021 Shift-1)
22. A. Ben was eating an apple, and seemed to be in high
spirits.
B. Ben Rogers came into view presently, the very boy
whose ridicule he had been dreading.
C. Tom went on dipping the brush into the paint and
whitewashing the fence, and paid no attention to Ben.
D. Tom took up his brush and calmly resumed his
work.
(a) CDBA (b) DBAC (c) DCBA (d) CBAD
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23. A. Dr Prince became aware of a small figure
standing in the aisle beside his seat.
B. “Won't your mother be wondering where you
are?” he asked her.
C. He brought his eyes into focus and saw that it
was a girl of seven or eight.
D. She was staring at him steadily with large blue
eyes.
(a) BDAC (b) CDBA (c) ACDB (d) ABCD
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24. A. Beyond the iron gate were the playing fields
and the school building.
B. Everything had changed about the school.
C. After about a ten-minute drive we reached the
local school.
D. We got down from the car and stood in front
of the gate.
(a) BDCA (b) DCBA (c) CDAB (d) CBAD
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25. A. At length the olive tree's branches broke with the snow's
weight, at once despoiling it of its beauty and killing the
tree.
B. A shower of snow fell upon them and, finding the olive
full of foliage, it settled upon its branches.
C. Finding the fig tree without leaves, the snow fell through
the branches to the ground and did not injure it at all.
D. The olive tree ridiculed the fig tree because, while she
was green all the year round, the fig tree changed its leaves
with the seasons.
(a) ABCD (b) DBAC (c) ACBD (d) DACB
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