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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
It was an unusual dark night. In the (1)________ of an enjoyable dream, Jim thought he
heard his dog (2)________ loudly. He groaned and glanced (3)________ his clock sleepily. Twelve o'clock the green fluorescent (4)________ of his clock read. Suddenly, Jim
(5)________ hushed voices outside his house. He immediately became alert and jumped out of bed. As his parents had gone on a holiday, Jim was alone at home. He decided to look who was outside.
Q141.
Select the correct option to fill blank 1.
  1. Amiddle
  2. Bside
  3. Cbetween
  4. Dend
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Concept: The fixed phrase is in the middle of something – while it is still going on.

  1. 'In the middle of an enjoyable dream' = while he was still dreaming.
  2. 'in the side of', 'in the between of' are not English; 'end' does not suit an interrupted dream.

Yaad rakhein: in the middle of (a meal / a dream / a meeting).

Answer: (A) middle

अवधारणा: निश्चित वाक्यांश in the middle of है – किसी चीज़ के चलते-चलते।

  1. 'In the middle of an enjoyable dream' = जब वह सपना देख ही रहा था।
  2. 'in the side of', 'in the between of' गलत; 'end' बाधित सपने के लिए उचित नहीं।

याद रखें: in the middle of (a meal / a dream / a meeting).

उत्तर: (A) middle

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionCloze TestSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 29 Jun Shift 1
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
It was an unusual dark night. In the (1)________ of an enjoyable dream, Jim thought he
heard his dog (2)________ loudly. He groaned and glanced (3)________ his clock sleepily. Twelve o'clock the green fluorescent (4)________ of his clock read. Suddenly, Jim
(5)________ hushed voices outside his house. He immediately became alert and jumped out of bed. As his parents had gone on a holiday, Jim was alone at home. He decided to look who was outside.
Q142.
Select the correct option to fill blank 2.
  1. Ajumping
  2. Bshouting
  3. Cbarking
  4. Ddancing
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Concept: The sound a dog makes is barking; 'loudly' and 'heard' point to a sound.

  1. Jim 'heard his dog ___ loudly' – he heard a sound.
  2. Jumping and dancing cannot be heard; 'shouting' is for humans.

Yaad rakhein: dog – bark, cat – mew, lion – roar.

Answer: (C) barking

अवधारणा: कुत्ते की आवाज़ barking (भौंकना) है; 'heard' और 'loudly' ध्वनि की ओर संकेत करते हैं।

  1. 'heard his dog ___ loudly' – सुनी जाने वाली आवाज़ चाहिए।
  2. Jumping, dancing सुने नहीं जाते; 'shouting' मनुष्यों के लिए।

याद रखें: dog – bark, cat – mew, lion – roar.

उत्तर: (C) barking

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionCloze TestSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 29 Jun Shift 1
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
It was an unusual dark night. In the (1)________ of an enjoyable dream, Jim thought he
heard his dog (2)________ loudly. He groaned and glanced (3)________ his clock sleepily. Twelve o'clock the green fluorescent (4)________ of his clock read. Suddenly, Jim
(5)________ hushed voices outside his house. He immediately became alert and jumped out of bed. As his parents had gone on a holiday, Jim was alone at home. He decided to look who was outside.
Q143.
Select the correct option to fill blank 3.
  1. Ain
  2. Bon
  3. Cat
  4. Dupon
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Concept: The verb glance takes the preposition at when we look quickly at something.

  1. 'He glanced at his clock' = looked at it briefly.
  2. 'glance in/on/upon the clock' is not idiomatic here.

Yaad rakhein: look at, glance at, stare at, gaze at.

Answer: (C) at

अवधारणा: क्रिया glance (एक नज़र देखना) के साथ preposition at आता है।

  1. 'He glanced at his clock' = उसने घड़ी पर एक नज़र डाली।
  2. 'glance in/on/upon the clock' यहाँ उचित नहीं।

याद रखें: look at, glance at, stare at, gaze at.

उत्तर: (C) at

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionCloze TestSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 29 Jun Shift 1
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
It was an unusual dark night. In the (1)________ of an enjoyable dream, Jim thought he
heard his dog (2)________ loudly. He groaned and glanced (3)________ his clock sleepily. Twelve o'clock the green fluorescent (4)________ of his clock read. Suddenly, Jim
(5)________ hushed voices outside his house. He immediately became alert and jumped out of bed. As his parents had gone on a holiday, Jim was alone at home. He decided to look who was outside.
Q144.
Select the correct option to fill blank 4.
  1. Ahands
  2. Bpoints
  3. Cdial
  4. Dlight
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Concept: The pointers of a clock that show the time are called its hands; fluorescent (glowing) hands let one read the time in the dark.

  1. 'Twelve o'clock the green fluorescent ___ of his clock read' – what 'reads' the time are the hands.
  2. 'points' and 'light' do not name parts of a clock; the dial is the face on which hands move, and 'hands' (plural) fits the glowing pointers.

Yaad rakhein: hour hand, minute hand – the hands of a clock.

Answer: (A) hands

अवधारणा: घड़ी की सुइयों को hands कहते हैं; fluorescent (चमकीली) सुइयाँ अँधेरे में समय दिखाती हैं।

  1. 'Twelve o'clock the green fluorescent ___ of his clock read' – समय सुइयाँ बताती हैं।
  2. 'points', 'light' घड़ी के भाग नहीं; dial वह सतह है जिस पर सुइयाँ चलती हैं।

याद रखें: hour hand, minute hand = घड़ी की सुइयाँ।

उत्तर: (A) hands

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionCloze TestSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 29 Jun Shift 1
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
It was an unusual dark night. In the (1)________ of an enjoyable dream, Jim thought he
heard his dog (2)________ loudly. He groaned and glanced (3)________ his clock sleepily. Twelve o'clock the green fluorescent (4)________ of his clock read. Suddenly, Jim
(5)________ hushed voices outside his house. He immediately became alert and jumped out of bed. As his parents had gone on a holiday, Jim was alone at home. He decided to look who was outside.
Q145.
Select the correct option to fill blank 5.
  1. Athought
  2. Bheard
  3. Clistened
  4. Dsaw
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Concept: Voices are perceived by hearing; we hear voices. 'Listen' needs the preposition 'to'.

  1. 'Jim heard hushed voices outside his house' – correct verb + object.
  2. 'listened hushed voices' lacks 'to'; 'saw' and 'thought' do not go with voices.

Trick: hear + object; listen + to + object.

Answer: (B) heard

अवधारणा: आवाज़ें सुनी जाती हैं – hear voices. 'Listen' के साथ 'to' चाहिए।

  1. 'Jim heard hushed voices outside his house' – सही।
  2. 'listened hushed voices' में 'to' नहीं; 'saw', 'thought' आवाज़ों के साथ उचित नहीं।

ट्रिक: hear + object; listen + to + object.

उत्तर: (B) heard

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionCloze TestSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 29 Jun Shift 1
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
The story of Joanne Kathleen Rowling’s near magical rise to fame is almost as well known as the characters she creates.
Rowling was constantly writing and telling stories to her younger sister Dianne. “The first story I ever wrote down was about a rabbit called Rabbit.” Rowling said in an interview. “He got the measles and was visited by his friends including a giant bee called Miss Bee. And ever since Rabbit and Miss Bee, I have always wanted to be a writer, though I rarely told anyone so. However, my parents, both of whom come from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.
A writer from the age of six, with two unpublished novels in the drawer, she was stuck on a train when Harry walked into her mind fully formed. She spent the next five years constructing the plots of seven books, one for every year of his secondary school life.
Rowling says she started writing the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, in
Portugal, where she was teaching English.
At first nobody wanted to publish Harry Potter. She was told that the plot was too complex. Refusing to compromise, she found a publisher.
In 1997, Rowling received her first royalty cheque. By book three, she had skyrocketed to the top of the publishing world. A row of zeros appeared on the author’s bank balance and her life was turned upside down. Day and night she had journalists knocking on the unanswered door of her flat.
Rowling’s quality control has become legendary, as is her obsession with accuracy. She’s thrilled with Stephen Fry’s taped version of the books and outraged that an Italian dust jacket showed Harry minus his glasses. “Don’t they understand that the glasses are the clue to his vulnerability?”
Q146.
What quality do we get to know about JK Rowling that helps her become a successful writer?
  1. AHumility
  2. BPerseverance
  3. CFlexibility
  4. DFocus
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Concept: Look for what Rowling did when facing difficulty in the passage.

  1. She wrote from the age of six and had two unpublished novels.
  2. At first nobody wanted to publish Harry Potter, but 'refusing to compromise, she found a publisher'.
  3. Continuing despite rejection = perseverance.

Yaad rakhein: Perseverance = steady effort despite difficulty or delay.

Answer: (B) Perseverance

अवधारणा: गद्यांश में देखें कि कठिनाइयों के सामने Rowling ने क्या किया।

  1. वह छह वर्ष की उम्र से लिख रही थीं; दो उपन्यास अप्रकाशित रहे।
  2. शुरू में कोई Harry Potter छापना नहीं चाहता था, फिर भी 'refusing to compromise, she found a publisher'.
  3. अस्वीकृति के बावजूद लगे रहना = perseverance (दृढ़ता)।

याद रखें: Perseverance = कठिनाइयों के बावजूद लगातार प्रयास।

उत्तर: (B) Perseverance

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionReading ComprehensionSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 29 Jun Shift 1
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
The story of Joanne Kathleen Rowling’s near magical rise to fame is almost as well known as the characters she creates.
Rowling was constantly writing and telling stories to her younger sister Dianne. “The first story I ever wrote down was about a rabbit called Rabbit.” Rowling said in an interview. “He got the measles and was visited by his friends including a giant bee called Miss Bee. And ever since Rabbit and Miss Bee, I have always wanted to be a writer, though I rarely told anyone so. However, my parents, both of whom come from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.
A writer from the age of six, with two unpublished novels in the drawer, she was stuck on a train when Harry walked into her mind fully formed. She spent the next five years constructing the plots of seven books, one for every year of his secondary school life.
Rowling says she started writing the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, in
Portugal, where she was teaching English.
At first nobody wanted to publish Harry Potter. She was told that the plot was too complex. Refusing to compromise, she found a publisher.
In 1997, Rowling received her first royalty cheque. By book three, she had skyrocketed to the top of the publishing world. A row of zeros appeared on the author’s bank balance and her life was turned upside down. Day and night she had journalists knocking on the unanswered door of her flat.
Rowling’s quality control has become legendary, as is her obsession with accuracy. She’s thrilled with Stephen Fry’s taped version of the books and outraged that an Italian dust jacket showed Harry minus his glasses. “Don’t they understand that the glasses are the clue to his vulnerability?”
Q147.
Select an appropriate title for the passage.
  1. AThe Craft of Writing
  2. BThe Publishing Journey
  3. CRowling’s Life
  4. DRowling's mystery
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Concept: A good title covers the whole passage, not just one part.

  1. The passage covers her childhood stories, parents, the idea of Harry, teaching in Portugal, rejection, fame and her quality control.
  2. This is the story of Rowling's life; 'publishing journey' and 'craft of writing' cover only parts, 'mystery' is not discussed.

Trick: Choose the title that includes the beginning, middle and end of the passage.

Answer: (C) Rowling’s Life

अवधारणा: अच्छा शीर्षक पूरे गद्यांश को समेटता है, केवल एक भाग को नहीं।

  1. गद्यांश में बचपन की कहानियाँ, माता-पिता, Harry का विचार, पुर्तगाल में अध्यापन, अस्वीकृति, प्रसिद्धि सब हैं।
  2. यह Rowling's life की कहानी है; अन्य विकल्प केवल एक भाग दर्शाते हैं, 'mystery' की चर्चा नहीं।

ट्रिक: वह शीर्षक चुनें जो गद्यांश के आरंभ, मध्य और अंत – सबको समेटे।

उत्तर: (C) Rowling’s Life

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionReading ComprehensionSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 29 Jun Shift 1
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
The story of Joanne Kathleen Rowling’s near magical rise to fame is almost as well known as the characters she creates.
Rowling was constantly writing and telling stories to her younger sister Dianne. “The first story I ever wrote down was about a rabbit called Rabbit.” Rowling said in an interview. “He got the measles and was visited by his friends including a giant bee called Miss Bee. And ever since Rabbit and Miss Bee, I have always wanted to be a writer, though I rarely told anyone so. However, my parents, both of whom come from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.
A writer from the age of six, with two unpublished novels in the drawer, she was stuck on a train when Harry walked into her mind fully formed. She spent the next five years constructing the plots of seven books, one for every year of his secondary school life.
Rowling says she started writing the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, in
Portugal, where she was teaching English.
At first nobody wanted to publish Harry Potter. She was told that the plot was too complex. Refusing to compromise, she found a publisher.
In 1997, Rowling received her first royalty cheque. By book three, she had skyrocketed to the top of the publishing world. A row of zeros appeared on the author’s bank balance and her life was turned upside down. Day and night she had journalists knocking on the unanswered door of her flat.
Rowling’s quality control has become legendary, as is her obsession with accuracy. She’s thrilled with Stephen Fry’s taped version of the books and outraged that an Italian dust jacket showed Harry minus his glasses. “Don’t they understand that the glasses are the clue to his vulnerability?”
Q148.
What was Rowling doing when she started writing Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone?
  1. ADesigning
  2. BWriting full-time
  3. CTeaching
  4. DAccounting
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Concept: This is a direct fact question – locate the line in the passage.

  1. 'Rowling says she started writing the first book … in Portugal, where she was teaching English.'
  2. Designing, writing full-time and accounting are not mentioned.

Trick: For fact questions, scan for keywords ('started writing the first book').

Answer: (C) Teaching

अवधारणा: यह सीधा तथ्य वाला प्रश्न है – गद्यांश में पंक्ति खोजें।

  1. 'Rowling says she started writing the first book … in Portugal, where she was teaching English.'
  2. Designing, full-time writing, accounting का उल्लेख नहीं।

ट्रिक: तथ्य प्रश्नों में keyword ('started writing the first book') खोजें।

उत्तर: (C) Teaching

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionReading ComprehensionSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 29 Jun Shift 1
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
The story of Joanne Kathleen Rowling’s near magical rise to fame is almost as well known as the characters she creates.
Rowling was constantly writing and telling stories to her younger sister Dianne. “The first story I ever wrote down was about a rabbit called Rabbit.” Rowling said in an interview. “He got the measles and was visited by his friends including a giant bee called Miss Bee. And ever since Rabbit and Miss Bee, I have always wanted to be a writer, though I rarely told anyone so. However, my parents, both of whom come from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.
A writer from the age of six, with two unpublished novels in the drawer, she was stuck on a train when Harry walked into her mind fully formed. She spent the next five years constructing the plots of seven books, one for every year of his secondary school life.
Rowling says she started writing the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, in
Portugal, where she was teaching English.
At first nobody wanted to publish Harry Potter. She was told that the plot was too complex. Refusing to compromise, she found a publisher.
In 1997, Rowling received her first royalty cheque. By book three, she had skyrocketed to the top of the publishing world. A row of zeros appeared on the author’s bank balance and her life was turned upside down. Day and night she had journalists knocking on the unanswered door of her flat.
Rowling’s quality control has become legendary, as is her obsession with accuracy. She’s thrilled with Stephen Fry’s taped version of the books and outraged that an Italian dust jacket showed Harry minus his glasses. “Don’t they understand that the glasses are the clue to his vulnerability?”
Q149.
Select the word from the passage that is the ANTONYM for ‘conformity’.
  1. AConstantly
  2. BSecure
  3. CAmusing
  4. DQuirky
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Concept: Conformity means following accepted rules or behaving like everyone else. Its opposite is being unusual or odd.

  1. The passage calls her imagination 'an amusing personal quirk' – a quirk is a strange, unusual habit.
  2. Quirky (unusual, unconventional) is the opposite of conformity.
  3. Constantly, secure and amusing do not mean unconventional.

Yaad rakhein: Conformity ↔ nonconformity, eccentricity, quirkiness.

Answer: (D) Quirky

अवधारणा: Conformity = नियमों/सबके जैसा व्यवहार करना। इसका विलोम है असामान्य/अनोखा होना।

  1. गद्यांश में उनकी कल्पना को 'an amusing personal quirk' कहा गया – quirk = अनोखी आदत।
  2. Quirky (अपरंपरागत, अनोखा) conformity का विलोम है।
  3. Constantly, secure, amusing – यह अर्थ नहीं देते।

याद रखें: Conformity ↔ nonconformity, eccentricity, quirkiness.

उत्तर: (D) Quirky

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionReading ComprehensionSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 29 Jun Shift 1
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
The story of Joanne Kathleen Rowling’s near magical rise to fame is almost as well known as the characters she creates.
Rowling was constantly writing and telling stories to her younger sister Dianne. “The first story I ever wrote down was about a rabbit called Rabbit.” Rowling said in an interview. “He got the measles and was visited by his friends including a giant bee called Miss Bee. And ever since Rabbit and Miss Bee, I have always wanted to be a writer, though I rarely told anyone so. However, my parents, both of whom come from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.
A writer from the age of six, with two unpublished novels in the drawer, she was stuck on a train when Harry walked into her mind fully formed. She spent the next five years constructing the plots of seven books, one for every year of his secondary school life.
Rowling says she started writing the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, in
Portugal, where she was teaching English.
At first nobody wanted to publish Harry Potter. She was told that the plot was too complex. Refusing to compromise, she found a publisher.
In 1997, Rowling received her first royalty cheque. By book three, she had skyrocketed to the top of the publishing world. A row of zeros appeared on the author’s bank balance and her life was turned upside down. Day and night she had journalists knocking on the unanswered door of her flat.
Rowling’s quality control has become legendary, as is her obsession with accuracy. She’s thrilled with Stephen Fry’s taped version of the books and outraged that an Italian dust jacket showed Harry minus his glasses. “Don’t they understand that the glasses are the clue to his vulnerability?”
Q150.
What is the tone of the passage?
  1. AAnxious
  2. BGloomy
  3. CInformative
  4. DMystical
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Concept: Tone = the author's attitude shown through the style of writing.

  1. The passage gives facts: her first story, where she started the book, the year of her first royalty cheque, her rise to fame.
  2. It neither worries (anxious), nor saddens (gloomy), nor deals with magic or mystery (mystical) – it simply informs.

Trick: Biographical passages full of facts and dates usually have an informative tone.

Answer: (C) Informative

अवधारणा: Tone = लेखन शैली से झलकता लेखक का दृष्टिकोण।

  1. गद्यांश तथ्य बताता है: पहली कहानी, पुस्तक कहाँ शुरू हुई, पहली royalty cheque का वर्ष, प्रसिद्धि।
  2. इसमें चिंता (anxious), उदासी (gloomy) या रहस्य (mystical) नहीं – केवल जानकारी है।

ट्रिक: तथ्यों और तिथियों वाले जीवनी-गद्यांश का tone प्रायः informative होता है।

उत्तर: (C) Informative

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionReading ComprehensionSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 29 Jun Shift 1
Q151.
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of
words.
Referring to something from the past of high quality
  1. AEpoch
  2. BVintage
  3. COutdated
  4. DCulture
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Concept: A one-word substitute must carry the full sense of the phrase: something old AND of high quality.

  1. Vintage = something from the past that is of high, lasting quality (vintage car, vintage wine).
  2. Epoch = a period of time; Outdated = old and no longer useful (negative sense, so not 'high quality').
  3. Culture = customs and arts of a society.

Yaad rakhein: Old + valued = Vintage; old + useless = Outdated.

Answer: (B) Vintage

अवधारणा: एक शब्द को पूरे वाक्यांश का अर्थ देना चाहिए: पुराना और उच्च गुणवत्ता वाला।

  1. Vintage = अतीत की कोई चीज़ जो उत्कृष्ट गुणवत्ता की हो (vintage car)।
  2. Epoch = युग/काल; Outdated = पुराना और बेकार (नकारात्मक अर्थ)।
  3. Culture = संस्कृति।

याद रखें: पुराना + कीमती = Vintage; पुराना + बेकार = Outdated।

उत्तर: (B) Vintage

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionOne-word SubstitutionSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 28 Jun Shift 3
Q152.
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Accolade
  1. ACriticism
  2. BTribute
  3. CPromotion
  4. DAssurance
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Concept: Accolade means praise, honour or an award given for an achievement.

  1. Opposite of praise = Criticism (finding fault).
  2. Tribute is a synonym (praise/honour), so it is a trap.
  3. Promotion and Assurance are unrelated in meaning.

Yaad rakhein: Accolade = applause/award; its opposite is blame/criticism.

Answer: (A) Criticism

अवधारणा: Accolade का अर्थ है प्रशंसा, सम्मान या पुरस्कार।

  1. प्रशंसा का विलोम = Criticism (आलोचना)।
  2. Tribute (श्रद्धांजलि/सम्मान) समानार्थी है, इसलिए जाल है।
  3. Promotion (पदोन्नति) और Assurance (आश्वासन) असंबंधित हैं।

याद रखें: Accolade = तालियाँ/सम्मान; विलोम = आलोचना।

उत्तर: (A) Criticism

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionAntonymsSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 28 Jun Shift 3
Q153.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Eagerly
  1. AStringently
  2. BDubiously
  3. CKeenly
  4. DPlayfully
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Concept: Eagerly means with strong interest and enthusiasm.

  1. Keenly = with great eagerness or interest – same meaning.
  2. Stringently = strictly; Dubiously = doubtfully (opposite feeling).
  3. Playfully = in a fun, joking way.

Yaad rakhein: Eager = Keen (a keen student = an eager student).

Answer: (C) Keenly

अवधारणा: Eagerly का अर्थ है उत्सुकता/उत्साह से।

  1. Keenly = गहरी रुचि या उत्सुकता से – समान अर्थ।
  2. Stringently = सख्ती से; Dubiously = संदेह से।
  3. Playfully = खेल-खेल में/मज़ाक में।

याद रखें: Eager = Keen (a keen student = उत्सुक छात्र)।

उत्तर: (C) Keenly

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionSynonymsSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 28 Jun Shift 3
Q154.
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of
words.
The approach or style of teaching
  1. APedagogy
  2. BMedia
  3. CPhilology
  4. DPlatform
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Concept: The method, practice or style of teaching is called Pedagogy.

  1. Pedagogy (Greek paidagogos = teacher of children) = art/science of teaching.
  2. Philology = study of the history of languages.
  3. Media and Platform are means of communication, not teaching style.

Trick: Peda-gogy = guiding the pupil; Philo-logy = love of words.

Answer: (A) Pedagogy

अवधारणा: शिक्षण की पद्धति या शैली को Pedagogy (शिक्षाशास्त्र) कहते हैं।

  1. Pedagogy = पढ़ाने की कला/विज्ञान।
  2. Philology = भाषाओं के इतिहास का अध्ययन (भाषाशास्त्र)।
  3. Media और Platform संचार के साधन हैं, शिक्षण शैली नहीं।

ट्रिक: Pedagogy = शिक्षक की शैली; Philology = भाषा का अध्ययन।

उत्तर: (A) Pedagogy

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionOne-word SubstitutionSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 28 Jun Shift 3
Q155.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
She ________ her painting by this time next week.
  1. Awill have finished
  2. Bwill finish
  3. Cfinishes
  4. Dfinished
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Concept: An action that will be completed before a definite point in the future takes the Future Perfect: will have + V3.

  1. Time marker 'by this time next week' fixes a future point.
  2. Finishing the painting must be complete before that point, so 'will have finished'.
  3. 'will finish' (simple future) gives no sense of completion before the point; 'finishes'/'finished' are present/past.

Trick: 'By + future time' → will have + V3.

Answer: (A) will have finished

अवधारणा: भविष्य के किसी निश्चित समय से पहले पूरा हो चुका कार्य Future Perfect में आता है: will have + V3।

  1. 'by this time next week' भविष्य का एक निश्चित बिंदु बताता है।
  2. पेंटिंग उस समय तक पूरी हो चुकी होगी, अतः 'will have finished'।
  3. 'will finish' पूर्णता नहीं दिखाता; 'finishes'/'finished' वर्तमान/भूतकाल हैं।

ट्रिक: 'By + भविष्य का समय' → will have + V3।

उत्तर: (A) will have finished

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionTenses – Future PerfectSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 28 Jun Shift 3
Q156.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Entail
  1. AAssume
  2. BNecessitate
  3. CEliminate
  4. DFlaw
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Concept: Entail means to involve something as a necessary part or result.

  1. Necessitate = make necessary – same meaning (The job entails/necessitates travel).
  2. Eliminate = remove (nearly opposite).
  3. Assume = suppose; Flaw = defect (a noun).

Yaad rakhein: Entail = 'comes with as a must' = Necessitate.

Answer: (B) Necessitate

अवधारणा: Entail का अर्थ है किसी चीज़ को अनिवार्य रूप से शामिल करना/आवश्यक बनाना।

  1. Necessitate = आवश्यक बनाना – समान अर्थ (The job entails travel)।
  2. Eliminate = हटाना (लगभग विपरीत)।
  3. Assume = मान लेना; Flaw = दोष (संज्ञा)।

याद रखें: Entail = 'साथ में ज़रूरी रूप से आना' = Necessitate।

उत्तर: (B) Necessitate

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionSynonymsSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 28 Jun Shift 3
Q157.
Select the option that best explains the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
A team's captain always keeps a level head, even in the most challenging situations.
  1. APrefers to keep his head covered with a cap
  2. BMaintains an equal number of players on the field
  3. CRemains calm and composed
  4. DKeeps his head protected with a helmet
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Concept: Keep a level head = to stay calm and think clearly, especially in difficult situations.

  1. Context: 'even in the most challenging situations' – a captain must not panic.
  2. So the meaning is 'remains calm and composed'.
  3. Options about caps, helmets or number of players take the words literally.

Trick: Level head = balanced mind, not a tilted one.

Answer: (C) Remains calm and composed

अवधारणा: Keep a level head = कठिन परिस्थिति में भी शांत और संतुलित रहना।

  1. संदर्भ: 'even in the most challenging situations' – कप्तान घबराता नहीं।
  2. अतः अर्थ है 'remains calm and composed' (शांत और संयमित)।
  3. टोपी, हेलमेट या खिलाड़ियों की संख्या वाले विकल्प शाब्दिक अर्थ हैं।

ट्रिक: Level head = संतुलित दिमाग।

उत्तर: (C) Remains calm and composed

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionIdioms and PhrasesSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 28 Jun Shift 3
Q158.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.
The hypothesis that the police believed in led to a lot of chaos.
  1. Aspeculation
  2. Bbreakthrough
  3. Ctrepidation
  4. Dencounter
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Concept: Hypothesis = an idea or explanation that is proposed but not yet proved.

  1. Speculation = forming a theory without firm evidence – closest meaning.
  2. Breakthrough = an important discovery; Trepidation = fear.
  3. Encounter = an unexpected meeting.

Yaad rakhein: Hypothesis = guess-work theory = speculation.

Answer: (A) speculation

अवधारणा: Hypothesis = परिकल्पना, ऐसा विचार जो अभी सिद्ध नहीं हुआ।

  1. Speculation = बिना ठोस प्रमाण के अनुमान लगाना – निकटतम अर्थ।
  2. Breakthrough = बड़ी सफलता/खोज; Trepidation = भय।
  3. Encounter = अचानक मुठभेड़।

याद रखें: Hypothesis = अनुमान = speculation।

उत्तर: (A) speculation

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionSynonymsSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 28 Jun Shift 3
Q159.
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word…
  1. AIrritate
  2. BNecessitate
  3. CReciept
  4. DHindrance
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Concept: Check each word for standard spelling; remember the rule 'i before e except after c'.

  1. Correct form: Receipt (after 'c' comes 'ei').
  2. 'Reciept' breaks the rule, so it is misspelt.
  3. Irritate, Necessitate and Hindrance are correctly spelt.

Trick: i before e, except after c: receipt, receive, deceive.

Answer: (C) Reciept

अवधारणा: प्रत्येक शब्द की मानक वर्तनी जाँचें; नियम 'i before e except after c' याद रखें।

  1. सही रूप: Receipt ('c' के बाद 'ei')।
  2. 'Reciept' नियम तोड़ता है, अतः गलत वर्तनी।
  3. Irritate, Necessitate, Hindrance सही हैं।

ट्रिक: c के बाद ei: receipt, receive, deceive।

उत्तर: (C) Reciept

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionSpellingSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 28 Jun Shift 3
Q160.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Grisly
  1. APleasant
  2. BAtrocious
  3. CGlorious
  4. DDire
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Concept: Grisly = causing horror or disgust, usually because of violence or death (a grisly murder).

  1. Atrocious = horrifyingly wicked or cruel – same sense.
  2. Pleasant and Glorious are opposite in tone.
  3. Dire = extremely serious/urgent, but not 'horrifying'.

Yaad rakhein: Grisly crime = Atrocious crime.

Answer: (B) Atrocious

अवधारणा: Grisly = भयानक, घृणित (अक्सर हिंसा या मृत्यु से जुड़ा)।

  1. Atrocious = अत्यंत क्रूर/भयावह – समान अर्थ।
  2. Pleasant और Glorious विपरीत भाव हैं।
  3. Dire = अत्यंत गंभीर, पर 'भयावह' नहीं।

याद रखें: Grisly crime = Atrocious crime।

उत्तर: (B) Atrocious

SSC CPO Paper IEnglish ComprehensionSynonymsSSC CPO Paper I 2024 · 28 Jun Shift 3