Career SSC

Test 30 Apartheid is a powerful word, with ____(1)____ of the South African experience and with implications of crimes against humanity. The United Nations does not use this word ___(2)___. It rarely enters UN reports, and is not heard from the lips of UN officials. But now, in a report released on March 15 in Beirut, Lebanon, the UN has _____(3)____ that Israel ‘is guilty of the crime of apartheid’. This is a very significant judgment, one with important ____(4)___ for the UN, for the International Court of Justice and for the international community. 1. (a) evocations (b) explanations (c) mention (d) revision 2. (a) loosely (b) wisely (c) strongly (d) carefully 3. (a) proclaimed (b) programmed (c) derailed (d) order 4. (a) ramifications (b)/ solution (c) decision (d) aspects Test 31 The U.S. Federal Reserve has resumed normal ___(1)___ service by raising interest rates for the second time in three months. The Fed’s decision on Wednesday ___(2)___ its confidence in t...

Test 27 Providing benefits for women and children is a ___(1)___ responsibility which can be ___(2)___ in a large country ___(3)___ a combination of general taxation and contributory payments from those who have the ___(4)___. Health care should be treated as a right and deliveries handled without cost to women; the income guarantees during the 26-week period can be ensured through a universal social insurance system. 1. (a) society (b) societal (c) community (d) groups 2. (a) funding (b) funded (c) found (d) providing 3. (a) with (b) to (c) for (d) through 4. (a) meaning (b) problem (c) stake (d) means 5. (a) cared (b) catered (c) distributed (d) treated Test 28 Cloze Test – Business Line, March 13 – Economy Section The near-normal monsoon in 2016 may have helped most parts of the country come out of two successive ___(1)___ and perhaps propel foodgrain output to a new high, but not in the South. The drought has ___(2)___ its grip in the South, with the South-West mo...

Test 23 More than six months after the Constitution was ___(1)___ to enable the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Centre and States have managed to find considerable ___(2)___ ground on the long-debated indirect tax system, ___(3)___ seemingly irreconcilable differences that cropped ___(4)___ along the way. 1. (a) changed (b) altered (c) amended (d) invoked 2. (a) middle (b) same (c) common (d) fair 3. (a) Changing (b) ensuring (c) overcoming (d) declining 4. (a) on (b) down (c) for (d) up Test 24 North Korea’s ___(1)___ action of launching four missiles into the Sea of Japan a few hundred kilometres ___(2)___ the Japanese coastline has triggered fears of ___(3)___ tension between nuclear-armed powers. The launch seems timed to test the strategic ___(4)___ and tactical capabilities of new relationships in the broader power balance that reins in Pyongyang’s ___(5)___ ambitions. 1. (a) provocative (b) platitude (c) Wreck (d) fetter 2. (a) of (b) from (c) to (d) over 3...

Test 20 A childhood at a home surrounded with lavish greenery, birds feeling welcome in open spaces, lotuses ___(1)___ in little ponds; artiste Aasha Radhika’s latest series ‘Chalte Chalte Udte Udte’ at Minaaz Art Gallery, Jubilee Hills ___(2)___ nostalgia for these and more ___(3)___ the eyes of a girl. The fact that the exhibition is enveloped in similar environs makes it more ___(4)___. The series mirrors an identity of a woman at several ___(5)___ of her life, as much as it glorifies nature. The soul of it lies in the intimate conversations with a mother, both as a child and as a grown up woman. While one frame is a witness to a pigeon coming out of its shell, another has a girl readying for a swim, warming up to a peacock. One of the works shows her love for nose pins. 1. (a) bloom (b) blossoming (c) opening (d) decorating 2. (a) evokes (b) provokes (c) invokes (d) remember 3. (a) with (b) to (c) for (d) through 4. (a) better (b) look (c) fitting (d) glorifying 5. ...

Test 17  Development in any field is closely __(1)__ with the growth of technology. Cricket is __(2)__ exception. Technological advancement is an __(3)__ part of the game now. Analytics and numbers determine the __(4)__ of a player and every move is closely monitored __(5)__ his strengths and weaknesses. A small fault can be easily exploited with the assistance of sophisticated software.  1. (a) associated (b) relating (c) combined (d) connect  2. (a) not (b) any (c) some (d) no  3. (a) sacred (b) foment (c) indispensable (d) garrulous  4. (a) cost (b) price (c) value (d) rate  5. (a) to determine (b) in determining (c) to have determined (d) to determining  Test 18  The Economic Survey 2016-17 tabled in Parliament last month has proposed __(1)__ a universal basic income in India, and has devoted an entire chapter to __(2)__ new idea. A universal and unconditional income transfer to all citizens __(3)__ address the twin probl...

Test 13 The __(1)__ to find life outside the solar system got a big __(2)__ with the discovery of seven Earth-size extra-solar planets, or exoplanets, orbiting a dwarf star about 40 light __(3)__ away. Unlike __(4)__ discoveries of exoplanets, all seven planets could possibly have liquid water — a key to life as we know it on Earth — with three planets having the greatest __(5). 1. (a) request (b) plan (c) quest (d) jest 2. (a) boost (b) bang (c) best (d) boast 3. (a) year (b) years (c) lifes (d) time 4. (a) former (b) erstwhile (c) earlier (d) expunge 5. (a) earth (b) sand (c) water (d) chance Test 14 Indians do not have the patience to focus on a problem for an __(a)__ period of time. We do not think of institutions in the long __(b)__. We __(3)__ when there is a crisis but when a crisis __(4)__, we lose our focus. As a result, we are __(5)__ at institution-building. 1. (a) extra (b) extending (c) extended (d) longest 2. (a) run (b) distance (c) time (d) act 3. (a...

Cloze test on The Hindu Article 10 , Test 11 Test 10  The Trump administration’s aggressive __(a)__ towards China, hesitations over extended security guarantees in East Asia and the withdrawal from the TPP could __(2)__ a series of geopolitical developments in the __(3)__. First, Chinese influence will increase __(4)__ its smaller neighbours would have no option but to acquiesce. Second, the rise of Russian and Chinese geopolitical influence and their bilateral partnership will __(5)__ the entire region, including India. Third, with China and North Korea in their neighbourhood, both South Korea and Japan will be forced to increase their own military build-up.  1. (a) pestering (b) posturing (c) posturing (d) playing  2. (a) trigger (b) started (c) close (d) derail  3. (a) reason (b) legion (c) areas (d) region  4. (a) and (b) but (c) however (d) farther  5. (a) effect (b) impact (c) play (d) find  Test 11  Sometimes, it se...

Test 8 For an economy that relies on public __(a)__ and private consumption to __(b)__ private investment and growth, the last round of official statistics on prices and industrial activity signal testing times ahead. First, industrial output __(c)__ by 0.4% in December 2016, led by a 2% decline in manufacturing (just five of 22 industries registered positive growth) and a 6.8% decline in consumer goods. Now, wholesale prices have risen at the fastest pace in two and a half years this January, at 5.25%. This is particularly __(4)__ since the pace of price rise at the consumer level slowed to 3.2% in the __(5)__ month.  1. (a) conscience (b) demand (c) investment (d) relations  2. (a) do (b) clean (c) stay (d) revive  3. (a) fall (b) plummeted (c) felt (d) grown  4. (a) large (b) noteworthy (c) available (d) claimed  5. (a) exact (b) coming (c) same (d) new Test 9  The extraordinary sight of a lake in Bengaluru on fire, with a massiv...

Test 7 The Indian Space Research Organisation boosted its reputation __(1)__ when it successfully launched a record 104 satellites in one mission from Sriharikota on Wednesday by __(2)__ on its workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket. An earth observation Cartosat-2 series satellite and two __(3)__ nano satellites were the only Indian satellites launched: the __(4)__ were from the United States, Israel, the UAE, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan and Switzerland. __(5)__ the 101 foreign satellites launched, 96 were from the U.S. and one each from the other five countries.  1. (a) further (b) farther (c) ahead (d) more 2. (a) relaying (b) relying (c) depended (d) staying  3. (a) others (b) other (c) more (d) another  4. (a) back (b) last (c) remain (d) remaining  5. (a) from (b) to (c) of (d) by _____________________________________________________________ Answer -  test 7.  ABBDC                  Engl...

Test 5 Several commentators have remarked that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s budget for 2017-18 lacks much __(1)__. But everything has to be viewed in __(2)__. This year’s Budget was presented at a time when there are several __(3)__ clouds hanging over the economy. We are still reeling __(4)__ the effects of demonetisation, which must have earned a prominent place in the record books as one of the biggest policy ____(5)___ disasters of all time. 1. (a) Confidence (b) Fizz (c) work (d) effort 2. (a) place (b) perspective (c) distance (d) mirror 3. (a) white (b) storm (c) clean (d) black  4. (a) to (b) off (c) of (d) from 5. (a) produced (b) induced (c) related (d) after Test 6 In 1996, Subramanian Swamy filed a criminal complaint under the Act, __(1)__ accumulation of vast wealth __(2)__ corrupt acts by the __(3)__ Chief Minister abetted by her close __(4)__. What is required under Section 13(1)(e) is for the prosecution to prove that the assets of the public servan...

Test 4 President Donald Trump’s stated commitment to __(1)__ the One China policy signals a softening of his administration’s approach towards Beijing. Earlier, Mr. Trump had given enough indications that he would pursue a radically different policy towards Beijing by __(2)__ the One China policy, a cornerstone of Sino-U.S. relations. First, he __(3)__ a congratulatory call from the Taiwanese President, breaking 37 years of American practice and thereby __(4)__ Beijing. Later, in an interview, he declined to endorse the One China policy unless he saw progress from Beijing in its trade and currency policies, triggering __(5)__ that he would improve ties with Taiwan and use the policy as a bargaining chip.  1. (a) Honour (b) Claim (c) kill (d) supporting  2. (a) Finding (b) reviewing (c) declaring (d) saying 3. (a) called (b) asked (c) declined (d) accepted  4. (a) praising (b) infuriating (c) ignoring (d) signalling 5. (a) solution (b) speculation (c) clause (d) contrac...

Test 3                                                 Under India’s constitutional structure, both the Central and State governments can make laws on animal __(1)__, but if the latter’s statute is contrary to the former’s, such an act must secure the President’s __(2)__. And this is precisely the approach adopted by Tamil Nadu in __(3)__ its law last month. This Statute, which secured the President’s assent on January 31, amends the PCA Act and creates a specific __(4)__ for jallikattu. This means that the petitioners in the Supreme Court have to do more than just show that the PCA Act stands __(5)__ by jallikattu; they would have to prove that its practice infarcts at least one of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution.  1. (a) welfare (b) cruelty (c) problems (d) care 2. (a) consent (b) decent (c) assent (d) approved  3. (a) e...

Test 1 1. Our lives are being transformed by ___(1)___ daily. We are keenly aware of new ___(2)___ like smart phones and the Internet, but much more lies under the surface. Novel devices, materials and technologies have ___(3)___ enormous benefits to our physical well-being in the context of medicine, housing, nutrition, security and sanitation, and to our mental well-being ___(4)___ transforming communication and socialisation. Though we are happy to purchase smart devices and use medical equipment, we are less ___(5)___ about how those technologies came into existence. 1. (a) developments (b) changes (c) progressing (d) technology 2. (a) Techniques (b) tools (c) things (d) trends 3. (a) been (b) mattered (c) brought (d) changed  4. (a) in (b) by (c) from (d) to 5. (a) curious (b) known (c) worried (d) aware Test 2 There are a number of ways of looking at the International Cricket Council’s newly acquired __(1)__. By rolling __(2)__ the “Big Three” formula that...

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Find Error  1. I will discuss the matter (A)/ with him when (B)  I will see him. (C)/ No error. (D) 2.  Dhoni is one of the finest batsmen (A)/ that has won many (B)/ laurels for India.(C)/ No error. (D) 3. He is not an artist (A) nor he is (B)/ a musician.(C)/ No error. (D) 4. Everyone of my friends (A)/ know two languages (B)/ besides his mother tongue. (C)/ No error. (D) 5. His coat was (A)/ laying on (B)/ the chair. (C)/ No error. (D 6.The pilot showed (A)/great talent in keeping (B)/the crashing plane off the populated area. (C)/No error (D) 7.Tea grow (A)/both in Assam (B)/and Nepal. (C)/ No error (D) 8.The boy was driven (A)/ into a deserted house (B)/where it was slewed by the fanatics. (C)/ No error(D) 9. . A rise in rents and fares (A)/have been found (B)/rising sharply in Mukherjee Nagar. (C)/ No error (D) 10. . Of the two metropolitan cities (A)/the former is (B)/biggest. (C)/No error (D) One word substitution 11.Act of injuring anothe...

Delhi High Court Junior Judicial Assistant Exam  was scheduled on 27th August.  As examination has already been conducted, it is time to go for Exam Analysis of Delhi High Court Junior Judicial Assistant Exam. Let’s have a look at the detailed Section-Wise and analysis of the first slot of Delhi High Court Junior Judicial Assistant Exam. Some Questions of General Knowledge section  1. First Woman Judge of High court - Leila Seth, Delhi High Court  2. international family day 2017 theme  “Families, education and well-being”  3. Year of establishment of  International Court of Justice -1945 4. Newly appointed judge in Madras High Court-  Hon'ble Ms. Justice Indira Banerjee, Chief Justice 5. Voting age in India changed from 21 to 18 - 61st amendment in 1988 6. Nelson Mandela day - 18 July 7. Protons and neutrons are in the center of the atom, making up the nucleus 8. Discovery of X...