SSC Stenographer 18th Nov 2022 Shift 3

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

Hari said to the boy, "What's the matter? Why are you crying? Be cheerful."

Select the most appropriate synonym for the underlined word in the given sentence.

The hunter felt no compunction after killing the tiger.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Break fresh/new ground

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Chicken hearted

Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (1 and 2) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

1. Stonehenge is a historic site in southern England.
A. It is a religious shrine.
B. At first there was only a circular mound.
C. This was dug in 1900 BC.
D. The familiar circle of giant stones was added 400 years later.
2. These stones weighed about 26 tons each.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Observe

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

Sara will go to the seminar first and later attend class.

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.
Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
Once the responses were received, / the data collected / was tabulated for analysis.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Miscellaneous

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A)Due to this, social approaches too have changed a lot.
B)Social reformers have brought in significant changes in society.
C)But a complete transformation is yet awaited ever after centuries.
D)We are now witnessing transformations on a larger scale.