Dear Readers,
As SSC CPO 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 CPO 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 Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given Idiom/phrase.
Q1 At one’s wits ends
A. to work hard
B. to be intelligent
C. to get puzzled
D. to be stupid
Q2 To run one down
A. to be in a hurry
B. to be weak and tired
C. to disparage someone
D. to run down a lane
Q3 To end in smoke
A. to have a smoking session
B. to be on fire
C. to come to nothing
D. to burn slowly
Q4 To take someone to task
A. to scold someone
B. to assign work for someone
C. to take someone to his place of work
D. to praise someone for the work done
Q5 Bolt from the blue
A. something unexpected
B. something unpleasant
C. something horrible
D. something unexpected and unpleasant
6-10 In the questions below the first and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer and indicate it in the Answer.
Q6
1. For decades social development in India means charity.
P. In fact, today, social enterpreneurship is no different from starting a profit motivated company.
Q. The major challenge they face is employee selection and retention.
R. In recent years, however economic charges have brought business sense and professionalism to the sector.
S. However, the challenges social organizations experience are tougher.
6. This is because while volunteering for social work is not new, attracting talented people and tapping their potential at lower cost is difficult.
A. RPSQ
B. PQSR
C. QSPR
D. RQSP
Q7
1. Some students were discussing among themselves.
P. One of them said, “never buy imported good.”
Q. “ I never see foreign films” said another.
R. Patriotism was the topic of discussion.
S. In the discussion, everyone was trying to prove how he was more patriotic than the rest of them.
6. “Well,” said the third, “I haven’t passed the foreign language in English, since I started my schooling.”
A. PSQR
B. QSRP
C. RSPQ
D. SQPR
Q8
1. The acronym in RTGS stands for real time gross settlements.
P. The transfer of funds takes place on a real time and gross basis.
Q. While ‘gross settlement’ means the transaction is settled without bunching it with any other transaction.
R. Settlement in ‘real time’ means the transaction is not subjected to any waiting period.
S. It is a fund transfer mechanism.
6. Moreover, as the money transfer takes place in the books of RBI it is final and irrevocable.
A. QSPR
B. SPRQ
C. RSQP
D. PSQR
Q9
1. Patience, a virtue, is considered to be even better than wisdom.
P. No body likes to practice it, no matter how easy and how beneficial it is
Q. An ounce of patience is worth, or at times even better than, a pound of brains.
R. But, unfortunately, when it comes to practicing patience, there is a problem.
S. Every one of us agrees with this fact in principle, without reservation.
6. This is the worst drawback in us, in our national character.
A. SQPR
B. QSPR
C. PSQR
D. QSRP
Q10
1. Nonsense verse is one of the most sophisticated forms of literature.
P. This fulfills the authors main intentions in such a verse which is to give pleasure.
Q. But such a verse may also be enjoyed at the surface level.
R. However, the reader who understands the broad implications of the content and allusion finds greater pleasure.
S. The reason being it requires the reader to supply a meaning beyond the surface meaning.
6. In all varieties of humour, especially the subtle ones, it is therefore that the reader thinks which gives extra meaning to these verses.
A. SQPR
B. QSPR
C. PSQR
D. RQSP
Answers :-
Q.1 (2)
Q.2 (3)
Q.3 (3)
Q.4 (1)
Q.5 (4)
Q.6 (1)
Q.7 (3)
Q.8 (2)
Q.9 (4)
Q.10 (1)
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