Master Question Paper
(Exam- ASI (CPO) Conducted by SSC on 15 December 2017)
Q1. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. The gas 'is being seeping' out of the rocks.
A. Is seeping
B. Is seep
C. Was being seeping
D. No improvement
Q2. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. The conference "will been a" celebration of women's achievements.
A. Will be an
B. Would be an
C. Will be a
D. No improvement
Q3. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. Some children are much more 'aggressive then' others.
A. Aggressively than
B. Aggressive than
C. Aggressively then
D. No improvement
Q4. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. Our company aims 'on help' students with disabilities to live and study independently.
A. In help
B. At help
C. To help
D. No improvement
Q5. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. Sumathi was 'a industriously' and willing worker.
A. An industrious
B. A industrious
C. An industriously
D. No improvement
Q6. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. The black sky 'was illuminated' by forked lightning.
A. Was illuminate
B. Illuminating
C. Have illuminated
D. No improvement
Q7. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. Captain Ranjith 'safety navigated' his ship without accident for 100 voyages.
A. Safely navigate
B. Safety navigates
C. Safely navigated
D. No improvement
Q8. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. Martin Luther 'translated' the Bible into German.
A. Translate
B. Translating
C. Have Translated
D. No improvement
Q9. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. I was born 'in' 16 November in 1986.
A. On
B. At
C. For
D. No improvement
Q10. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. According to the best available information, the facts 'are' true.
A. Is
B. Has
C. Has been
D. No improvement
Q11. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. After a 'period for imprisonment' she renounced terrorism.
A. Period of imprisonment
B. Period out imprisonment
C. Period about imprisonment
D. No improvement
Q12. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. Chandra's good gestures "will highly appreciated".
A. Will be highly appreciate
B. Will be high appreciative
C. Will be highly appreciated
D. No improvement
Q13. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. The decision ''will leaving her" in a peculiar predicament.
A. Will left her
B. Will leave her
C. Leave
D. No improvement
Q14. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. Mridula seems almost impervious 'to' the criticism from all sides.
A. Off
B. In
C. Till
D. No improvement
Q15 . Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. Santhosh asked me where 'was my pen'.
A. My pen was
B. My pen are
C. Is my pen
D. No improvement
Q16. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. Sumithra 'would have missed' the cab if she had not hurried.
A. Would have missing
B. Would has been missing
C. Missed
D. No improvement
Q17. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. Everyone in the fraternity has his own 'set in' prejudices.
A. Set by
B. Set of
C. Set on
D. No improvement
Q18. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. Suraj as well as his friends 'was' arrested.
A. Were
B. Were being
C. Have been
D. No improvement
Q19. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. It is raining, "isn't it"?
A. Haven't it
B. Hasn't it
C. Weren't it
D. No improvement
Q20. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. The pedestrians 'should to be' cautious while crossing the road.
A. Must not
B. Should be
C. Should not
D. No improvement
Q21. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. Apple's new "operate" system for phones and tablets, iOS 11, is getting some much-sought-after updates.
A. Operating
B. Operationals
C. Operated
D. No improvement
Q22. Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes. Both Santhosh and Rohit have 167 English papers due 'in' Tuesday.
A. About
B. At
C. On
D. No improvement
Q23. Rewrite the sentence in direct speech. Anand said that he would be waiting for me.
A. Anand said, "I will be waiting for you"
B. Anand said, "I will wait for you "
C. Anand said, "I should be waiting for you"
D. Anand said, "I am waiting for you"
Q24. Rewrite the sentence in direct speech. Sumanth said that he would have called a doctor.
A. Sumanth said, "I will call a doctor"
B. Sumanth said, "I will be calling a doctor"
C. Sumanth said, "I will have called a doctor"
D. Sumanth said, "I should call a doctor"
Q25. Rewrite the sentence in direct speech. They said that they played cricket.
A. They said, "They plays cricket"
B. They said, "They are playing cricket"
C. They said, "They have been playing cricket"
D. They said, "We play cricket"
Q26. Rewrite the sentence in direct speech. Rajesh told Sumithra that he loved his parents.
A. Rajesh said to Sumithra, "I am loving my parents"
B. Rajesh said to Sumithra, "I love my parents"
C. Rajesh said to Sumithra, "I have been loving my parents"
D. Rajesh said to Sumithra, "I loves my parents"
Q27. Rewrite the sentence in direct speech. Prabhu said that he was not going to college.
A. Prabhu said, "He was not going to college"
B. Prabhu said, "I am not going to college"
C. Prabhu said, "I will not go to college"
D. Prabhu said, "He had not gone to college"
Q28. Rewrite the sentence in direct speech. Anjana said that she was waiting for her friends.
A. Anjana said, "I have been waiting for my friends"
B. Anjana said, "I had been waiting for my friends"
C. Anjana said, "I waiting for my friends"
D. Anjana said, "I am waiting for my friends"
Q29 . Rewrite the sentence in direct speech. He asked me what I was doing.
A. He said to me, "What are you doing?
B. He said to me, "What you are doing?
C. He said to me, "What I am doing?
D. He said to me, "What were you doing?
Q30. Rewrite the sentence in direct speech. Malini said that she would go for the meeting.
A. Malini said, "I go for the meeting"
B. Malini said, "I am going for the meeting"
C. Malini said, "I will go for the meeting"
D. Malini said, "I went for the meeting"
Q31. Rewrite the sentence in direct speech. Akshai said that he was playing drums.
A. Akshai said, "I had been playing drums"
B. Akshai said, "I have been playing drums"
C. Akshai said, "I am playing drums"
D. Akshai said, "I play drums"
Q32. Rewrite the sentence in direct speech. He exclaimed sadly that he was undone.
A. He said, "Alas! I am undone"
B. He said, "Alas! He is undone"
C. He said, "Alas! He was undone"
D. He said, "Alas! I have been undone"
Q33. Rewrite the sentence in direct speech. She said that she would be playing with her kids.
A. She said, "I have played with my kids"
B. She said, "I will play with my kids"
C. She said, "I played with my kids"
D. She said, "I will be playing with my kids"
Q34. Rewrite the sentence in direct speech. Sanjay said that he was going to Delhi then.
A. Sanjay said, "I am going to Delhi now"
B. Sanjay said, "I was going to Delhi now"
C. Sanjay said, "I am going to Delhi then"
D. Sanjay said, "He is going to Delhi now"
Q35. Rewrite the sentence in indirect speech. Kumar said, "I am unwell."
A. Kumar said that he had been unwell
B. Kumar said that he is unwell
C. Kumar said that he has been unwell
D. Kumar said that he was unwell
Q36. Rewrite the sentence in indirect speech. Anbu said to Suresh, "Priya is playing in the garden."
A. Anbu told Suresh that Priya was playing in the garden
B. Anbu told Suresh that Priya played in the garden
C. Anbu told Suresh that Priya plays in the garden
D. Anbu told Suresh that Priya play in the garden
Q37. Rewrite the sentence in indirect speech. Vasanth said to Praveen, "I have eaten three apples."
A. Vasanth told Praveen that he ate three apples
B. Vasanth told Praveen that he has eaten three apples
C. Vasanth told Praveen that he had eaten three apples
D. Vasanth told Praveen that he eats three apples
Q38. Rewrite the sentence in indirect speech. Anitha said, "I've been learning Bharatanatyam for the past six months."
A. Anitha said that she had been learning Bharatanatyam for the past six months
B. Anitha said that she has been learning Bharatanatyam for the past six months
C. Anitha said that she is learning Bharatanatyam for the past six months
D. Anitha said that she learnt Bharatanatyam for the past six months
Answer key of Qs, Published in issue 17 - 23 February, 2018
1 B
2 C
3 C
4 B
5 A
6 B
7 A
8 A
9 B
10 D
11 C
12 A
13 C
14 C
15 B
16 D
17 C
18 C
19 A
20 B
21 A
22 A
23 C
24 B
25 C
26 B
27 A
28 A
29 D
30 D
31 D
32 C
33 A
34 D
35 D
36 C
37 A
38 B
39 A
40 C
41 B
42 A
43 C
44 C