HSSC CET Exam (06.11.2022-Shift I)

Total Questions: 99

31. Street theatre________usually with issues of public importance.

Street theatre in India is a well established ancient art form. Despite the proliferation of modern means of entertainment and communication, street theatre continues to flourish in India.

Street theatre as a channel of communication has for centuries been propagating reforms by high lighting social, economic and political issues present in the society. Unlike in the olden days, its performance is no longer restricted to villages or small localities of the city. They create or raise awareness over a particular issue of public importance.

(1) does not deal
(2) is distanced
(3) is performed
(4) deals
(5) Not attempted

Correct Answer: (4) deals

Solution:According to the passage the street theatre usually deals with issues of public importance.

32. Choose the correct alternative to improve the underlined part of the following sentence. If no improvement is required, your answer is (4).

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that are planting.

(1) that you plant
(2) that will be plant
(3) when you plant
(4) No improvement
(5) Not attempted

Correct Answer: (1) that you plant

Solution:The first part of the sentence is in present indefinite tense, therefore, the second part must be in present indefinite tense to maintain the uniformity. Hence, that you plant will be the right usage.

33. Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.

The boy_____red hair is my brother.

(1) from
(2) of
(3) for
(4) with
(5) Not attempted

Correct Answer: (4) with

Solution:The preposition 'with' is used to express the sense of quality or features. Hence. 'with' will be the suitable preposition.

34. In the following sentence, a word is underlined. Beneath the sentence, four different ways of phrasing the underlined word are indicated.

Choose the best alternative among the four.

"Despite losing a lot of money in the stock market crash Suresh remained unphased.

(1) unfizzled
(2) unfazed
(3) unfaced
(4) unphazed
(5) Not attempted

Correct Answer: (2) unfazed

Solution:Here, the word unphased is the misspelling of unfazed. Unfazed maeans not disconcerted or perturbed: not surprised or worried.

35. Find out the correct indirect speech of the following sentence,

She said to her father, "Will you give me sweets"?

(1) She has asked her father if he would give her sweets.
(2) She requested her father to give her sweets.
(3) She requested her father if she would give her sweets.
(4) She asked her father if he would give her sweets.
(5) Not attempted

Correct Answer: (4) She asked her father if he would give her sweets.

Solution:The reported speech of the given sentence is an interrogative sentence. It will be changed into indirect speech as follows:

Direct speech	Indirect speech
said to	asked
,'' ''	If (because sentence is in interrogative form)
will	would
you	he
me	her

36. Pick out out correctly spelt word.

(1) nuisence
(2) privelege
(3) familiar
(4) usualy
(5) Not attempted

Correct Answer: (3) familiar

Solution:The correctly spelt word is familiar which means well known.

37. Pick out the antonym of the underlined word in the following sentence.

A little learning is a dangerous thing.

(1) smooth
(2) Innocuous
(3) devilish
(4) plain
(5) Not attempted

Correct Answer: (2) Innocuous

Solution:

Dangerous (Adjective) = able or likely to cause harm or Injury.

Innocuous (Adjective) = not harmful or offensive

Smooth (Adjective) = having an even and regular surface: without jerks.

Devilish (Adjective) = evil or morally bad; resembling or befitting a devil.

Plain (Adjective) = even; flat; clear; simple

Hence, innocuous is the antonym of dangerous.

38. Pick out the synonym of the underlined word in the following sentence:

The child longed for the mother's love.

(1) refused
(2) craved
(3) shouted
(4) fell
(5) Not attempted

Correct Answer: (2) craved

Solution:

Longed (Verb) = have a strong wish or desire.

Craved (Verb) = feel a powerful desire for something.

Refused (Verb) = indicate or adshow that one is not willing How to do something; rejected.

Shouted (Verb) = utttered a loud call or cry; screamed.

Fell (Verb) = lied flat; dropped.

Hence, craved is the synonym of longed.

39. Pick out the correctly spelt word.

(1) intitutionalize
(2) intutionalize
(3) institutionalize
(4) instutionalice
(5) Not attempted

Correct Answer: (3) institutionalize

Solution:The correctly spelt word is institutionalize which means establish something typically or practice or activity as a convention or norm in an organization or culture.

40. Pick out the correctly spelt word.

(1) suggession
(2) sugestion
(3) suggestion
(4) suggesstion
(5) Not attempted

Correct Answer: (3) suggestion

Solution:The correctly spelt word is suggestion which means an Idea or plan put forward for consideration: proposal.

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