CHSL Mini Mock English (01 June 2024)

Question 1:

Direction :-Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words,

The action of examining with care or reading carefully

• Persiflage

• Persuade

• Perverse

• Perusal

Question 2:

Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Many of the major supermarket chains have come under fire with accusations of (1) _________ unethical acts over the past decade. They've wasted tonnes of food, they've underpaid their suppliers and they've contributed to excessive plastic waste in their packaging, which has had its impact on our environment. But supermarkets and grocers are (2) ____________ to sit up and take notice. In response to (3) ______________ consumer backlash against the huge amounts of plastic waste generated by plastic packaging, some of the largest UK supermarkets have (4) __________ up a pact promising to transform packaging and cut plastic wastage. In a pledge to reuse, recycle or compost all plastic wastage by 2025, supermarkets are now beginning to take (5) ____________ responsibility for the part they play in contributing to the damage to our environment, with one major supermarket announcing their plan to eliminate all plastic packaging in their own-brand products by 2023.

2.

• start

• being start

• being starting

• starting

Question 3:

The following sentence has been divided into parts, which contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

Amphan, the more severe cyclone in the Bay of Bengal Since the super cyclone of 1999, made landfall in the afternoon on Wednesday.

• the more severe cyclone

• made landfall

• since the super cyclone

• in the afternoon

Question 4:

Direction:- Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the given word.

Salubrious

• Septic

• Vicarious

• Beneficial

• Insidious

Question 5:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Famous

• Obscure

• Concert

• Affluent

• Quiet

Question 6:

Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Many of the major supermarket chains have come under fire with accusations of (1) _________ unethical acts over the past decade. They've wasted tonnes of food, they've underpaid their suppliers and they've contributed to excessive plastic waste in their packaging, which has had its impact on our environment. But supermarkets and grocers are (2) ____________ to sit up and take notice. In response to (3) ______________ consumer backlash against the huge amounts of plastic waste generated by plastic packaging, some of the largest UK supermarkets have (4) __________ up a pact promising to transform packaging and cut plastic wastage. In a pledge to reuse, recycle or compost all plastic wastage by 2025, supermarkets are now beginning to take (5) ____________ responsibility for the part they play in contributing to the damage to our environment, with one major supermarket announcing their plan to eliminate all plastic packaging in their own-brand products by 2023.

1.

• most

• same

• various

• much

Question 7:

Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Many of the major supermarket chains have come under fire with accusations of (1) _________ unethical acts over the past decade. They've wasted tonnes of food, they've underpaid their suppliers and they've contributed to excessive plastic waste in their packaging, which has had its impact on our environment. But supermarkets and grocers are (2) ____________ to sit up and take notice. In response to (3) ______________ consumer backlash against the huge amounts of plastic waste generated by plastic packaging, some of the largest UK supermarkets have (4) __________ up a pact promising to transform packaging and cut plastic wastage. In a pledge to reuse, recycle or compost all plastic wastage by 2025, supermarkets are now beginning to take (5) ____________ responsibility for the part they play in contributing to the damage to our environment, with one major supermarket announcing their plan to eliminate all plastic packaging in their own-brand products by 2023.

5.

• some

• any

• every

• little

Question 8:

Direction:- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.

Vishnu and family are looking around into the possibility of moving to Canada.

• are looking around to

• look into

• are looking into

• are looking upto

Question 9:

The following sentence has been divided into parts, which contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

Amphan, the more severe cyclone in the Bay of Bengal Since the super cyclone of 1999, made landfall in the afternoon on Wednesday.

• in the afternoon

• made landfall

• since the super cyclone

• the more severe cyclone

Question 10:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Famous

• Concert

• Obscure

• Affluent

• Quiet