SSC Stenographer 11th Nov 2021 Shift-2

Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement required’.
You might spot a tiger in the Sariska reserve if you would be lucky.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Twist someone’s arm

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A. There are two ways of getting rid of weeds in your garden — the easy way and the not-so-easy way.
B. The easy way may be to run a lawn-mower and the lawn looks fine for a while.
C. It is time consuming and painful, but the weeds will stay away for a longer time.
D. But the not-so-easy way may mean getting down on your knees and pulling out the weeds by the roots.

In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains a grammatical error.
I would like you to listen careful to what I am saying.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
TRANQUIL

Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Savita said, “I’m enjoying my stay in the hills.”

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their
correct order.
A. Susan Reynolds slipped into her car after putting her shopping bags in the trunk.
B. She reached her house and carried the shopping bags in.
C. It was a thirty-minute ride to her home and the traffic was light.
D. She put them down and turned off the alarm.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The jury has given the final verdict.

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
I think your watch / goes ten minutes behind; / mine shows / the correct time.

Given here are four sentences. The first sentence is in correct order, while the rest of the sentences are jumbled. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A. The computer company was in a crisis as its sales and profits were falling.
B. He immediately set to work chopping jobs and taking other tough decisions.
C. Soon things started changing and the company was saved, at least in the short term.
D. The board brought in a new CEO with many years of experience who began managing the crisis.