CHSL Mini Mock English (18 June 2024)

Question 1:

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. 
Poetry and novels became very (1) ____ in the 18th century. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe was published in 1719. This is regarded as the first successful English novel. It is partly based on the true life adventures of a traveller called Alexander Selkirk. Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's travels was written in 1726 and (2) _____four imaginary journeys of a ship's doctor named Gulliver. Poetry (3) ____ around British people and places. Poets also considered nature as a source of (4) ___. The poets wrote in a simple style and language so that the (5) _____ masses could understand it.

• ordinary

• modern

• typical

• traditional

Question 2:

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

Combine to form a whole

• Disjoin

• Integrate 

• Scatter

• Create

Question 3:

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

Very careful and precise

• Meticulous

• Tumultuous

• Garrulous

•  Tremulous

Question 4:

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

A group of ships sailing together.

• Fleet

• Cruisers

• Vessels

• Navy

Question 5:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions

Tit for tat

• Prepare to leave

• Counter attack

• Go smoothly

• A wild guess

Question 6:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions

She was within a hair's breadth of winning.

• narrow margin

• certain

• desirous

• accomplished

Question 7:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions

Once in a blue moon  

• Very rarely

• At one time in space

• On a full moon night

• Blue sky

Question 8:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the word given in Bold/Underline.

Persecution

• Affliction

• Oppression

• Perfection

• Stimulation

Question 9:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the word given in Bold/Underline.

Mandate

• Official order

• Man-made

• Last trip

• Broken promise

Question 10:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the word given in Bold/Underline.

Rowdy

• Boisterous

• Charming

• Amenable

• Calm