SSC CPO Tier 1 (23 June 2024)

Question 1:

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

It is indeed (1) ___________ to create an urban forest to control air pollution. It is like a child's play if (2) ________ awareness is created among people of all ages. Just (3) ___________ a mango seed or a jackfruit seed into fertile ground or make seed bombs for the seed to sprout during rainy season. Authorities must take (4) __________ measures to ensure a part of the town or city is allocated to plant trees. This ensures the (5) ________ of adequate oxygen to people.

3.

• throw

• peel

• pick

• pull

Question 2:

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

It is indeed (1) ___________ to create an urban forest to control air pollution. It is like a child's play if (2) ________ awareness is created among people of all ages. Just (3) ___________ a mango seed or a jackfruit seed into fertile ground or make seed bombs for the seed to sprout during rainy season. Authorities must take (4) __________ measures to ensure a part of the town or city is allocated to plant trees. This ensures the (5) ________ of adequate oxygen to people.

4.

• glamorous

• lethargic

• time-consuming

• necessary

Question 3:

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

It is indeed (1) ___________ to create an urban forest to control air pollution. It is like a child's play if (2) ________ awareness is created among people of all ages. Just (3) ___________ a mango seed or a jackfruit seed into fertile ground or make seed bombs for the seed to sprout during rainy season. Authorities must take (4) __________ measures to ensure a part of the town or city is allocated to plant trees. This ensures the (5) ________ of adequate oxygen to people.

5.

• availability

• mix

• lack

• shortage

Question 4:

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

A person who is unduly anxious about his/her health

• disciplinarian

• antiquarian

• valetudinarian

• egalitarian

Question 5:

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

An extreme fear of darkness

• Hemophobia

• Acrophobia

• Hydrophobia

• Nyctophobia

Question 6:

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

A state governed by old people

• Gerontocracy

• Autocracy

• Bureaucracy

• Democracy

Question 7:

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

Repetition of an initial sound in two or more words of a line

• Assonance

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Rhythm

Question 8:

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

A plantation of grapes

• Grove

• Nursery

• Vineyard

• Orchard

Question 9:

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

A song sung at a burial

• Hymn

• Ballad

• Sonnet

• Dirge

Question 10:

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

A period of ten years

• Fortnight

• Century

• Decade

• Millennium