CHSL Mini Mock English (24 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.

While I was sitting there (1) _________ over my failure to keep from having to spend (2) _______ glistering summer months on the freaking Cote of Azur, Grandmere started (3) __________ me from the phone. She kept (4) _________ her fingers on the phone to catch my attention. I just sat there blinking at her until finally she put her hand over the receiver and (5) _______ (so that nobody listens), "Amelia! In my bedroom, there is something for you".

2.

• mine

• ours

• me

• my

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.

While I was sitting there (1) _________ over my failure to keep from having to spend (2) _______ glistering summer months on the freaking Cote of Azur, Grandmere started (3) __________ me from the phone. She kept (4) _________ her fingers on the phone to catch my attention. I just sat there blinking at her until finally she put her hand over the receiver and (5) _______ (so that nobody listens), "Amelia! In my bedroom, there is something for you".

3.

• disconcerting

• upsetting

• beckoning

• dismissing

Question 3:

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.

While I was sitting there (1) _________ over my failure to keep from having to spend (2) _______ glistering summer months on the freaking Cote of Azur, Grandmere started (3) __________ me from the phone. She kept (4) _________ her fingers on the phone to catch my attention. I just sat there blinking at her until finally she put her hand over the receiver and (5) _______ (so that nobody listens), "Amelia! In my bedroom, there is something for you".

4.

• tapping

• peering

• piquing

• snapping

Question 4:

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.

While I was sitting there (1) _________ over my failure to keep from having to spend (2) _______ glistering summer months on the freaking Cote of Azur, Grandmere started (3) __________ me from the phone. She kept (4) _________ her fingers on the phone to catch my attention. I just sat there blinking at her until finally she put her hand over the receiver and (5) _______ (so that nobody listens), "Amelia! In my bedroom, there is something for you".

5.

• hissed

• lauded

• cheered

• commended

Question 5:

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

In exactly the same words as were used originally

• Duplication

• Repetition  

• Verbatim

• Recurrence

Question 6:

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

Animal that can live both on land and in water

• mammal

• arboreal

• vertebrate

• amphibian

Question 7:

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

Make big time

• Reach earlier than expected

• Attain fame and success

• Spend more than one earns

• Earn more than needed

Question 8:

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

A good turn

• A lucky chance

• A helpful act

• A great opportunity

• A pleasant experience

Question 9:

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

Cove

• Hollow

• Bay

• Pit

• Crater

Question 10:

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

Resilient

• Lazy

• Furious

• Supple

• Baseless