SSC CHSL 24 March 2018 Afternoon Shift

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Change is more often than _________ the trigger for struggles in the leadership arena. Leaders usher _____________ organisational change, which creates a natural tension as the status quo fights back. With various factors in the mix, _________ imbalance is created that impacts leaders and followers in multiple and varying ways. ___________, the leader gets the roughest edge as he is seemingly the most ‘______________’ one.

multiple and varying ways. ___________, the leader

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Change is more often than _________ the trigger for struggles in the leadership arena. Leaders usher _____________ organisational change, which creates a natural tension as the status quo fights back. With various factors in the mix, _________ imbalance is created that impacts leaders and followers in multiple and varying ways. ___________, the leader gets the roughest edge as he is seemingly the most ‘______________’ one.

as he is seemingly the most ‘______________’ one.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Kitty-corner

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Never-never land

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Extreme self-confidence or audacity

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Portray in words

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

Cyclones (was identified) by the year of their occurrence, and remembered for the devastation they caused.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

The art of movement (has been), in complicated ways, been culture-driven.

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

People used to preserve
A-companionship in absentia
B-letters for years as these humble pieces
C-of paper afforded

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.