As SSC CHSL notification is out and candidates have started their preparation for this exam. Mahendras also has started special quizzes for this examination. This series of quizzes are based on the latest pattern of the SSC CHSL examination. Regular practice of the questions included in the quizzes will boost up your preparations and it will be very helpful in scoring good marks in the examination.
1-5 Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions.
If non-Hindi speaking people fought for one of their own languages, it should not have been so great matter of surprise, as it is when one finds these brave patriotic people fighting tooth and nail to retain English as the lingua franca which is as best as foreign language. Mahatma Gandhi never gave the problem of the necessity of a national language any lesser degree of importance than the problem of national independence.
He was strongly opposed to those blind protagonists of English who failed to realise the worth of a national language. He held it a crime against the children to educate them through the medium of foreign language.
Q1 "To fight tooth and nail" means
A. to oppose
B. to do a work with all possible ideas
C. to fight with every possible effort
D. to retain English as the offical language
Q2 Which of the following is the first step towards the progress of a nation ?
A. Promotion of national language.
B. Achievement of independence.
C. Educating the children through the medium of national language.
D. Having a foreign language as the offical language.
Q3 Which of the following statement is not true in reference to the passage.
A. An attempt is made to retain English as lingua franca language.
B. Gandhiji was opposed to blind protagonists of English.
C. He agreed to educate the children through medium of foreign language.
D. Both (A) and (B)
Q4 Which of the following is true in context of the given passage ?
A. English should be made the national language.
B. Non-Hindi speaking people should fight for one of their own languages to be declared as official language.
C. Gandhiji laid more stress on having a national language than on achieving independence.
D. Gandhiji was of the opinion that children should be educated through the medium of national language.
Q5 Which of the following represents Gandhiji's views on the education of children through foreign language?
A. Nothing could be done as there was no national language.
B. It was necessary for the moral development of the nation.
C. It was a necessary step to develop relations with other countries.
D. It was not the right act.
6-8 ln questions below, a sentence has been given in Active Voice/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer.
Q6 Open the door.
A. The door is opened.
B. Let the door be opened.
C. The door is being opened.
D. You are requested to open the door.
Q7 One must keep one’s promises in all circumstances.
A. One’s promises might be kept in all circumstances.
B. One’s promises would have been kept in all circumstances.
C. One’s promises must be kept in all circumstances.
D. One’s promises must been kept in all circumstances.
Q8 Who taught you?
A. Who was taught you?
B. By whom were you taught?
C. By whom you were taught?
D. By whom you are taught?
9-10 ln the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark your answer.
Q9 Sachin Tendulkar's batting skills make him a cut above the rest.
A. taller than
B. superior to
C. senior to
D. different from
Q10 There is not cut and dried method for doing this.
A. simple
B. honest
C. ready made
D. understandable
Answers
Q.1 (3)
Q.2 (2)
Q.3 (3)
Q.4 (4)
Q.5 (4)
Q.6 (2)
Q.7 (3)
Q.8 (2)
Q.9 (2)
Q.10 (3)
