English Answer key, solved paper prepared by us for SSC CPO 2010 exam
SSC CPO SI December 12, 2010 solved English Language and Comprehension Section. This section had 200 questions. We would be uploading more and more questions as we solve them. Keep refreshing from time to time.
In Question Nos. 1 to 20, 1 and last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named p) Q, Rand S. These four pmts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four· combinations is corTect. Then find the correct answer and indicate it in the Answer-Sheet.
l. 1. Even though
P. the movie 'Avatar'
Q. at the Box Office
R. is doing wonders
S. some depict the movie as
6. being racist.
Answer: PRQS
2.
1. The dollar has been
P. and markets
Q. weak for months
R. have been fretting
S. over a host of
6. potential economic worries.
Ans: QPRS
3.
1. Miffed over the issue
P. of not being given
Q. Chelan 'Bhagat continues &
R. to spew anger
S. due credit for the film '3 Idiots'
6. through his blog.
Answer: PSQR
4.
l. The developer of
P. leading real estate
Q. one of the
R. is Emma properties
S. the Burj Dab&.i project
6. developers in Dubai.
Answer: SRQP.
5.
1. The agencies shall submit the bid documents
P. their technical bid
Q. alongwith definite
R. documentary proof of
Q. as clearly mentioned
6. as clearly mentioned
Ans: QRSP
6. 6.
1. The Indian hockey players
P. have refused
Q. the training camp
R. to attend
S. and have gone
6. on an indefinite strike
Answer: PRQS
7.
1. Though things are
P slowly fading away
Q. Looking a little brighter
R. and recession is
S. the job market still remai
6. a little volatile
Ans: QRPS
8.
1. Inherited $3000, but it was not sufficient to start a zoo.
P. I discovered that most dealers would cram twenty creatures into a cage.
Q. So I decided to become an animal collector for zoos.
R. If they survived, they increased the price of the survivors.
S. But it proved to be a short lived career.
6. My cages were spacious and the animals well looked after: so I lost all my money.
Answer: QSPR
9.
1. It was not the sort of prize one could carry home at Short notice.
P. However they could make an exception in my case.
Q. He pointed at a notice that winners had to remove their
R. They agreed to keep the engine at the grounds for a few days.
S. So I asked the showman if he could help me to transport it.
6. Then I would have to make my own arrangements to take it out.
Answer: SQPR
10.
1. One day at school, Newton was kicked by a bigger boy from a higher class.
P. He also decided to beat him at lessons, and this made him study harder.
Q. So he turned on the bigger boy and gave him a good beating.
R. The kicking made Newton very angry.
S. After that he improved In his studies.
6. Perhaps the big boy who kicked Newton did a service to the world.
ANSWER: RQPS
11.
1. Newton's head was so full of ideas that he was often quite lost in his thoughts.
P For a long time his guests waited for him to return.
Q. Soon the wine, the dinner and the guests were all forgotten.
R. Once, when he was entertaining some guests, he went out of the room to fetch some wine.
S. On his way to the wine cellar he passed his work table.
6. They searched and found him hard at work in his study.
Answer: RSQP
12.
1. Socrates
P. never to make
Q. a great Greek Philosopher
R. and had resolved
S. tried hard to control himself
6. a show of his temper.
Answer: QSRP
13.
1. Life was
P. had a way of leaving
Q. interests that Ross
R. the work for his examinations
S. so full of other
6. to the last minute
ANSWER: SQPR
14.
1. Most editors
P. set aside pages or columns
Q. of magazines and newspapers
R. on events of the day
S. for letters of comment
6. or on articles in the publication
Answer: QPSR
15.
1. My aunt and mother
P. to buy sweet-sour candies
Q. just to get
R. give us money
S. rid of us
6. in the afternoon
Answer: RPQS
16.
1. For a long time
P. the house watching
Q. and wishing that
R. I sit outside
S. the birds flying
6. I had been bom a bird
Answer: RPSQ
17.
1. My account of
P. comes from
Q. Bhatt's early years
R. and initiation into Sarvodaya
S. an extended interview .
6. he recently granted to me
Answer: QPRS
18. l. The object
P. to clothe ourselves
Q. that we set before
R. to be able
S. ourselves was
6. entirely in cloth manufactured by our own hand.
ANSWER: QSRP
19. 1. Often I have felt
P. the opportunity to
Q. that we shared much
R. not having taken
S. in common and regretted
6. get to know him better.
AANSWER: QSRP
20.
1. Springfield may be a great place to live.
P. that make Springfield
Q. makes a number of assumptions
R. pushing the beliefs
S. but the author of this article
6. an attractive home
Ans: SQRP
In Questions Nos. 21 to 30, out of the four alternatives, choose one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence:
21. An official call to appear in a court of law
Answer: Summon
22. To cut a part of a person's body
Ans: amputate
23. One who is filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm about his religion:
Ans: Fanatic
24. A list of items to be transacted at a meeting
Ans: Agenda
25. Murder of brother
Ans: Fratricide
26. One who cannot speak
Ans: dumb
27. The highest point
Ans: Zenith
28. A speech delivered without previous preparation
Ans: extempore
29. One who pretends to be what he is not.
Ans: Hypocrite
30. Study of heavenly bodies
Ans: Astronomy
Question: 31-50: Active and passive Voice. We are just writing the answers:
31. A new car has been bought by me
32. Students might have been given some concession by their teachers.
33. Vegetarians should not be offered meat
34. All those bad debts must be written off by you.
35. Is the chief guest being received at the station?
36. Butter is made from milk by us.
37. People telling me what to do was not liked by me.
38. The chairman had called off the meeting
39. 200 boys were arrested by the police on the university campus.
40. Why is he liked by you so much.
41. They will send the invitation cards today
42. Several cakes have been baked by her friends.
43. It is believed that God gives us misery.
44. The chief guest has planted a lot of saplings.
45. The matter has been discussed discussed by the Prime Minister with the other ministers.
46. The students would be met by the Principal this evening.
47. The President appoints the chief justice of India.
48. The principal convened a meeting.
49. My suitcase has been stolen by someone.
50. Radhika and Sarath Kumar are being interviewed by Anu.
Questions: 51-70: Choose the appropriate word. We are just writing the answers.
51. Refused
52. anybody
53. backed out
54. longer
55. witness of the murder.
56. humane
57. had sung
58. No improvement. ( may have been traveling)
59. No improvement. (all the other contestants)
60. unpack, eat their lunch and relax.
61. opening
62. has been ill
63. Those who live
64. How
65. diminished
66. advised
67. whose
68. were killed
69. improved
70. increased.
Q. 71-95: Direct Indirect speech.
Q. 95-115: Spotting the error.
Q. 116-120: Fill in the blanks:
116. Of late the number of literates__gone up.
Ans: has
117. Please make yourself__home
Ans: at
118. Keep your dog_the flower beds. It may damage the flowers.
Ans: off
119. The brave youth immediately jumped__the river to save the drowning child.
Ans: into
120. WE can make no progress if we continue working___these conditions.
Ans: under
121-125: Choose the word opposite in the meaning of the given word.
121. Escalate
Ans: Decrease.
122. Anarchy
Ans: order
123. Commotion
Ans: tranquility
124. Monotony
Ans: Variety
125. Latter
Ans: former
126-130: Choose the word most similar.
126. Candid
Ans: Frank
127. Zealous
Ans: Ardent
128. Industrious
Ans: Hard-working
129. Feasible
Ans: practical
130. Adopt
Ans: choose
131-140: Correct Spelt words:
131. Height
132. Label
133. Museum
134. Occasion
135. Committee
136. Disease
137. traveller
138. Scissors
139. Vacuum
140. Accommodation
141-150: Idiom and phrases
141. White elephant
Ans: costly and useless possession
142. Once in a blue moon
Ans: rarely
143. put off
Ans: postponed
144. set forth
Ans: stated
145. for a song.
Ans: very cheaply
146. given up
Ans: stopped
147. get his point
Ans: make them understand
148. fair-weather friends
Ans: friends who desert you in difficulties
149. ins and outs
Ans: complete details
150. make good the loss
ans: try to minimize the loss.
Q.151-180: Passages Questions:
Passage 1:
151. The author of the passage believes that
Ans: sport is not a test of national virtue
152. By concrete examples, the writes is referring to----
Ans: historic events
153. In the competitive, you
Ans: play to win
154. At the international level, sports
Ans: are an imitation of war
155. Orgies are:
Ans: excessive indulgence
Passage II
156. The central idea of the passage is:
Ans: the importance of gaining control over one's mind
157. It is possible to control everything else but one's mind...means
Ans: It is possible to control everything else except one's mind
158. The word decluttered in the para 3 means:
Ans: to remove unnecessary things
159. What seems to be coincidence
ans: Events happening according to ours wishes
160. How does the law of attraction work in life?
Ans: we attract things we desire.
Passage III
161. From where could this account have been taken
Ans: An interview
162. Lorde is probably a...
Ans: Poet
163. Another word in the second paragraph that means 'rewriting' is...
Ans: revising
164. According to the writer the two process involved in revising her work are...
Ans: easy and anchored
165. The person named Lorde in the passage writes in a journal..
Ans: very regularly
Passage IV
166. What stage of life must the author be..
Ans: Old age
167. What feeling does the author harbour about life?
Ans: Gratitude
168. What according to the author, were the most fulfilling moments of his life?
Ans: When he could help others without expecting anything back
169. What, according to the author, is the most important thing in his life
Ans: The thing one is striving for
170. What is the tone of the passage?
Ans: Reflective
Passage V
171. It is too deep and dark for any plants to grow?
Ans: The sea is very deep and dark and so no plant can grow.
172. ...but no depth, it seems, is too great for animal life."
Ans: Animals can easily live at any great depth.
173. Which of the following statements best summarises Para II.
Ans: There is a keen struggle for life at deep sea.
174. Cuttle fished depend upon their feelers mainly to
Ans: capture food
175. The last paragraph is about
Ans: light producing animals
Passage VI:
176. What qualities did the speaker inherit from his mother
Ans: faith in goodness and deep kindless
177. Who were the speaker's close friends in his childhood
Ans: Aravindan, Ramanadha Sastry, Sivaprakasan
178. What made the speaker's childhood unique
Ans: The time spent with Jallaluddin and Samsuddin
179. What kind of environment is a child born into?
Ans: a specific socio-economic and emotional environment.
180. Who was the high priest of the Rameswaram Temple
Ans: Laksjmana Sastry
181-200: Fill in the paragraph.
Passage I:
181. proposes
182. providing
183. loopholes
184. intends
185. appointed
186. invoke
187. shall
188. fundamental
189. opportunities
190. their
Passage II
191. wake
192. for
193. then
194. what
195. told
196. them
197. her
198. and
199. encouragement
200. tears
UPDATE: PART 1 ANSWER KEY AND SOLITION
In Question Nos. 1 to 20, 1 and last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named p) Q, Rand S. These four pmts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four· combinations is corTect. Then find the correct answer and indicate it in the Answer-Sheet.
l. 1. Even though
P. the movie 'Avatar'
Q. at the Box Office
R. is doing wonders
S. some depict the movie as
6. being racist.
Answer: PRQS
2.
1. The dollar has been
P. and markets
Q. weak for months
R. have been fretting
S. over a host of
6. potential economic worries.
Ans: QPRS
3.
1. Miffed over the issue
P. of not being given
Q. Chelan 'Bhagat continues &
R. to spew anger
S. due credit for the film '3 Idiots'
6. through his blog.
Answer: PSQR
4.
l. The developer of
P. leading real estate
Q. one of the
R. is Emma properties
S. the Burj Dab&.i project
6. developers in Dubai.
Answer: SRQP.
5.
1. The agencies shall submit the bid documents
P. their technical bid
Q. alongwith definite
R. documentary proof of
Q. as clearly mentioned
6. as clearly mentioned
Ans: QRSP
6. 6.
1. The Indian hockey players
P. have refused
Q. the training camp
R. to attend
S. and have gone
6. on an indefinite strike
Answer: PRQS
7.
1. Though things are
P slowly fading away
Q. Looking a little brighter
R. and recession is
S. the job market still remai
6. a little volatile
Ans: QRPS
8.
1. Inherited $3000, but it was not sufficient to start a zoo.
P. I discovered that most dealers would cram twenty creatures into a cage.
Q. So I decided to become an animal collector for zoos.
R. If they survived, they increased the price of the survivors.
S. But it proved to be a short lived career.
6. My cages were spacious and the animals well looked after: so I lost all my money.
Answer: QSPR
9.
1. It was not the sort of prize one could carry home at Short notice.
P. However they could make an exception in my case.
Q. He pointed at a notice that winners had to remove their
R. They agreed to keep the engine at the grounds for a few days.
S. So I asked the showman if he could help me to transport it.
6. Then I would have to make my own arrangements to take it out.
Answer: SQPR
10.
1. One day at school, Newton was kicked by a bigger boy from a higher class.
P. He also decided to beat him at lessons, and this made him study harder.
Q. So he turned on the bigger boy and gave him a good beating.
R. The kicking made Newton very angry.
S. After that he improved In his studies.
6. Perhaps the big boy who kicked Newton did a service to the world.
ANSWER: RQPS
11.
1. Newton's head was so full of ideas that he was often quite lost in his thoughts.
P For a long time his guests waited for him to return.
Q. Soon the wine, the dinner and the guests were all forgotten.
R. Once, when he was entertaining some guests, he went out of the room to fetch some wine.
S. On his way to the wine cellar he passed his work table.
6. They searched and found him hard at work in his study.
Answer: RSQP
12.
1. Socrates
P. never to make
Q. a great Greek Philosopher
R. and had resolved
S. tried hard to control himself
6. a show of his temper.
Answer: QSRP
13.
1. Life was
P. had a way of leaving
Q. interests that Ross
R. the work for his examinations
S. so full of other
6. to the last minute
ANSWER: SQPR
14.
1. Most editors
P. set aside pages or columns
Q. of magazines and newspapers
R. on events of the day
S. for letters of comment
6. or on articles in the publication
Answer: QPSR
15.
1. My aunt and mother
P. to buy sweet-sour candies
Q. just to get
R. give us money
S. rid of us
6. in the afternoon
Answer: RPQS
16.
1. For a long time
P. the house watching
Q. and wishing that
R. I sit outside
S. the birds flying
6. I had been bom a bird
Answer: RPSQ
17.
1. My account of
P. comes from
Q. Bhatt's early years
R. and initiation into Sarvodaya
S. an extended interview .
6. he recently granted to me
Answer: QPRS
18. l. The object
P. to clothe ourselves
Q. that we set before
R. to be able
S. ourselves was
6. entirely in cloth manufactured by our own hand.
ANSWER: QSRP
19. 1. Often I have felt
P. the opportunity to
Q. that we shared much
R. not having taken
S. in common and regretted
6. get to know him better.
AANSWER: QSRP
20.
1. Springfield may be a great place to live.
P. that make Springfield
Q. makes a number of assumptions
R. pushing the beliefs
S. but the author of this article
6. an attractive home
Ans: SQRP
In Questions Nos. 21 to 30, out of the four alternatives, choose one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence:
21. An official call to appear in a court of law
Answer: Summon
22. To cut a part of a person's body
Ans: amputate
23. One who is filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm about his religion:
Ans: Fanatic
24. A list of items to be transacted at a meeting
Ans: Agenda
25. Murder of brother
Ans: Fratricide
26. One who cannot speak
Ans: dumb
27. The highest point
Ans: Zenith
28. A speech delivered without previous preparation
Ans: extempore
29. One who pretends to be what he is not.
Ans: Hypocrite
30. Study of heavenly bodies
Ans: Astronomy
Question: 31-50: Active and passive Voice. We are just writing the answers:
31. A new car has been bought by me
32. Students might have been given some concession by their teachers.
33. Vegetarians should not be offered meat
34. All those bad debts must be written off by you.
35. Is the chief guest being received at the station?
36. Butter is made from milk by us.
37. People telling me what to do was not liked by me.
38. The chairman had called off the meeting
39. 200 boys were arrested by the police on the university campus.
40. Why is he liked by you so much.
41. They will send the invitation cards today
42. Several cakes have been baked by her friends.
43. It is believed that God gives us misery.
44. The chief guest has planted a lot of saplings.
45. The matter has been discussed discussed by the Prime Minister with the other ministers.
46. The students would be met by the Principal this evening.
47. The President appoints the chief justice of India.
48. The principal convened a meeting.
49. My suitcase has been stolen by someone.
50. Radhika and Sarath Kumar are being interviewed by Anu.
Questions: 51-70: Choose the appropriate word. We are just writing the answers.
51. Refused
52. anybody
53. backed out
54. longer
55. witness of the murder.
56. humane
57. had sung
58. No improvement. ( may have been traveling)
59. No improvement. (all the other contestants)
60. unpack, eat their lunch and relax.
61. opening
62. has been ill
63. Those who live
64. How
65. diminished
66. advised
67. whose
68. were killed
69. improved
70. increased.
Q. 71-95: Direct Indirect speech.
Q. 95-115: Spotting the error.
Q. 116-120: Fill in the blanks:
116. Of late the number of literates__gone up.
Ans: has
117. Please make yourself__home
Ans: at
118. Keep your dog_the flower beds. It may damage the flowers.
Ans: off
119. The brave youth immediately jumped__the river to save the drowning child.
Ans: into
120. WE can make no progress if we continue working___these conditions.
Ans: under
121-125: Choose the word opposite in the meaning of the given word.
121. Escalate
Ans: Decrease.
122. Anarchy
Ans: order
123. Commotion
Ans: tranquility
124. Monotony
Ans: Variety
125. Latter
Ans: former
126-130: Choose the word most similar.
126. Candid
Ans: Frank
127. Zealous
Ans: Ardent
128. Industrious
Ans: Hard-working
129. Feasible
Ans: practical
130. Adopt
Ans: choose
131-140: Correct Spelt words:
131. Height
132. Label
133. Museum
134. Occasion
135. Committee
136. Disease
137. traveller
138. Scissors
139. Vacuum
140. Accommodation
141-150: Idiom and phrases
141. White elephant
Ans: costly and useless possession
142. Once in a blue moon
Ans: rarely
143. put off
Ans: postponed
144. set forth
Ans: stated
145. for a song.
Ans: very cheaply
146. given up
Ans: stopped
147. get his point
Ans: make them understand
148. fair-weather friends
Ans: friends who desert you in difficulties
149. ins and outs
Ans: complete details
150. make good the loss
ans: try to minimize the loss.
Q.151-180: Passages Questions:
Passage 1:
151. The author of the passage believes that
Ans: sport is not a test of national virtue
152. By concrete examples, the writes is referring to----
Ans: historic events
153. In the competitive, you
Ans: play to win
154. At the international level, sports
Ans: are an imitation of war
155. Orgies are:
Ans: excessive indulgence
Passage II
156. The central idea of the passage is:
Ans: the importance of gaining control over one's mind
157. It is possible to control everything else but one's mind...means
Ans: It is possible to control everything else except one's mind
158. The word decluttered in the para 3 means:
Ans: to remove unnecessary things
159. What seems to be coincidence
ans: Events happening according to ours wishes
160. How does the law of attraction work in life?
Ans: we attract things we desire.
Passage III
161. From where could this account have been taken
Ans: An interview
162. Lorde is probably a...
Ans: Poet
163. Another word in the second paragraph that means 'rewriting' is...
Ans: revising
164. According to the writer the two process involved in revising her work are...
Ans: easy and anchored
165. The person named Lorde in the passage writes in a journal..
Ans: very regularly
Passage IV
166. What stage of life must the author be..
Ans: Old age
167. What feeling does the author harbour about life?
Ans: Gratitude
168. What according to the author, were the most fulfilling moments of his life?
Ans: When he could help others without expecting anything back
169. What, according to the author, is the most important thing in his life
Ans: The thing one is striving for
170. What is the tone of the passage?
Ans: Reflective
Passage V
171. It is too deep and dark for any plants to grow?
Ans: The sea is very deep and dark and so no plant can grow.
172. ...but no depth, it seems, is too great for animal life."
Ans: Animals can easily live at any great depth.
173. Which of the following statements best summarises Para II.
Ans: There is a keen struggle for life at deep sea.
174. Cuttle fished depend upon their feelers mainly to
Ans: capture food
175. The last paragraph is about
Ans: light producing animals
Passage VI:
176. What qualities did the speaker inherit from his mother
Ans: faith in goodness and deep kindless
177. Who were the speaker's close friends in his childhood
Ans: Aravindan, Ramanadha Sastry, Sivaprakasan
178. What made the speaker's childhood unique
Ans: The time spent with Jallaluddin and Samsuddin
179. What kind of environment is a child born into?
Ans: a specific socio-economic and emotional environment.
180. Who was the high priest of the Rameswaram Temple
Ans: Laksjmana Sastry
181-200: Fill in the paragraph.
Passage I:
181. proposes
182. providing
183. loopholes
184. intends
185. appointed
186. invoke
187. shall
188. fundamental
189. opportunities
190. their
Passage II
191. wake
192. for
193. then
194. what
195. told
196. them
197. her
198. and
199. encouragement
200. tears
UPDATE: PART 1 ANSWER KEY AND SOLITION
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