SSC GD/CPO/CHSL Quiz : English Language | 16-12-2023

 

Dear Readers,

As SSC GD/CPO/CHSL 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 GD/CPO/CHSL 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.

Q.1-5. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. Chanhudaro was a tiny settlement (less than 7 hectares) as compared to Mohenjodaro (125 hectares), almost exclusively devoted to craft production, including bead-making, shellcutting, metal-working, seal-making and weight-making. The variety of materials used to make beads is remarkable: stones like carnelian (of a beautiful red colour), jasper, crystal, quartz and steatite; metals like copper, bronze and gold; and shell, faience and terracotta or burnt clay. Some beads were made of two or more stones, cemented together, some of stone with gold caps. The shapes were numerous – disc shaped, cylindrical, spherical, barrel-shaped, segmented. Some were decorated by incising or painting, and some had designs etched onto them.

Techniques for making beads differed according to the material. Steatite, a very soft stone, was easily worked. Some beads were moulded out of a paste made with steatite powder. This permitted making a variety of shapes, unlike the geometrical forms made out of harder stones. How the steatite micro bead was made remains a puzzle for archaeologists studying ancient technology. Archaeologists’ experiments have revealed that the red colour of carnelian was obtained by firing the yellowish raw material and beads at various stages of production. Nodules were chipped into rough shapes, and then finely flaked into the final form.

Grinding, polishing and finally drilling completed the process. Specialised drills have been found at Chanhudaro, Lothal and more recently at Dholavira. Nageshwar and Balakot, both settlements are near the coast. These were specialised centres for making shell objects – including bangles, ladles and inlay – which were taken to other settlements. Similarly, it is likely that finished products (such as beads) from Chanhudaro and Lothal were taken to the large urban centres such as Mohenjodaro and Harappa.

Q.1 Which of these stones is very soft and easy to mould?

(A) Quartz

(B) Steatite

(C) Jasper

(D) Crystal

Q.2. Which of these statements is NOT true?

(A) Beads were made in numerous shapes and sizes.

(B) Chanhudaro was exclusively devoted to craft production.

(C) Carnelian is a beautiful bluish stone.

(D) Harappa and Mohenjodaro were large urban centres.

Q.3. Which is the final process in the production of beads?

(A) Polishing

(B) Drilling

(C) Grinding

(D) Chipping

Q.4. According to the text, which of these crafts was not practiced in Chanhudaro?

(A) Weight making

(B) Seal making

(C) Metal cutting

(D) Paper making

Q.5. Shell objects were mostly made at Nageshwar and Balakot because:

(A) The women loved to wear bangles made of shells

(B) Shells were readily available in these coastal areas

(C) Specialised drills were found here

(D) Shells were transported here from Lothal

Q.6. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. The man played the flute and led all the mouse out of the town.

(A) all the mouse

(B) the flute and led

(C) out of the town

(D) The man played

Q.7. Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. She told her brother that she was going to meet her friend.

(A) She said to her brother, “I was going to meet my friend.”

(B) She said to her brother, “She will go to meet her friend.”

(C) She said to her brother, “I am gone to meet her friend.”

(D) She said to her brother, “I am going to meet my friend.”

Q.8. Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. Saaransh said he had solved the crossword the previous day.

(A) Saaransh said, “I solved the crossword yesterday.”

(B) Saaransh said, “He have solved the crossword yesterday.”

(C) Saaransh said, “I have solved the crossword the previous day.”

(D) Saaransh said, “He has solved the crossword the previous day.”

Q.9. 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’. We are coping the problems with the best of our ability.

(A) coping in the problems by

(B) No improvement

(C) coping with the problems to

(D) coping the problems at

Q.10. 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’. I have been working with children before, so I know what to expect.

(A) No improvement

(B) have worked

(C) am working

(D) work

Answers:-

Q.1 (B)

Q.2 (C)

Q.3 (B)

Q.4 (D)

Q.5 (C)

Q.6 (A)

Q.7 (D)

Q.8 (A)

Q.9 (C)

Q.10 (B)