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SSC Stenographer Previous Year Questions
SSC Stenographer Question No: 1
Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Sagarika said, “I have passed my examination.”
Option A : Sagarika said that she have passed her examination.
Option B : Sagarika said that I have passed my examination.
Option C : Sagarika said that I had passed my examination.
Option D : Sagarika said that she had passed her examination.
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Option D: Sagarika said that she had passed her examination.
SSC Stenographer Exam Question No: 2
Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
The chemist said, “We do not have stock of this medicine now.”
Option A : The chemist said that we do not have stock of this medicine now.”
Option B : The chemist said that they are not having stock of that medicine now.
Option C : The chemist said that we did not have stock of this medicine then.
Option D : The chemist said that they did not have stock of that medicine then.
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Option D: The chemist said that they did not have stock of that medicine then.
SSC Stenographer Previous Year Paper Question No: 3
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
DUBIOUS
Option A : notable
Option B : uncertain
Option C : impressive
Option D : unwilling
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Option A: notable
SSC Stenographer Question No: 4
Which one of the following is different from other three?
Option A : 57 – 47
Option B : 30 – 29
Option C : 19 – 9
Option D : 59 – 39
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Option B: 30 – 29
SSC Steno Previous Year Paper Question No: 5
Select the correct active voice of the given sentence.
Quite a racket was being created on the mango tree in the park by the parakeets.
Option A : The parakeets create quite a racket on the mango tree in the park.
Option B : The parakeets were creating quite a racket on the mango tree in the park.
Option C : The parakeets are creating quite a racket on the mango tree in the park.
Option D : The parakeets will be creating quite a racket on the mango tree in the park.
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Option B: The parakeets were creating quite a racket on the mango tree in the park.
SSC Stenographer Question No: 6
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
Option A : Proud of one’s achievements
Option B : To be ambitious
Option C : Cut off from reality
Option D : To be quite tall
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Option C: Cut off from reality
Stenographer Exam Question No: 7
In the sentence, identify the segment that contains the grammatical error.
No sooner had the lockdown been announced when people began to do panic shopping.
Option A : No sooner had
Option B : the lockdown been announced
Option C : when people began
Option D : to do panic shopping
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Option C: when people began
SSC Stenographer Previous Year Question No: 8
Select the correct active voice of the given sentence.
They were shown some rare photographs by their cousin.
Option A : Their cousin has shown them some rare photographs.
Option B : Their cousin was showing them some rare photographs.
Option C : Their cousin had showed them some rare photographs.
Option D : Their cousin showed them some rare photographs.
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Option D: Their cousin showed them some rare photographs.
Stenographer Previous Year Paper Question No: 9
Select the correct active voice of the given sentence.
All the clients are being informed by the Bank Manager through an SMS about the change in bank timings.
Option A : The Bank Manager informs all the clients through SMS about the change in bank
timings.
Option B : The Bank Manager had informed all the clients through SMS about the change in
bank timings.
Option C : The Bank Manager is informing all the clients through SMS about the change in
bank timings.
Option D : The Bank Manager has informed all the clients through SMS about the change in
bank timings.
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Option C: The Bank Manager is informing all the clients through SMS about the change in
bank timings.
SSC Stenographer Previous Year Question No: 10
Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Pallavi said, “I am going to bake a sponge cake tomorrow.”
Option A : Pallavi said that I will bake a sponge cake the next day.
Option B : Pallavi said that she would be baking a sponge cake tomorrow.
Option C : Pallavi said that she is going to bake a sponge cake tomorrow.
Option D : Pallavi said that she was going to bake a sponge cake the next day.
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Option D: Pallavi said that she was going to bake a sponge cake the next day.
SSC Stenographer Question No: 11
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
Wait at this billing counter unless I have bring some items I still need to get.
Option A : until and unless I have bring
Option B : unless I have brought
Option C : until I bring
Option D : No substitution
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Option B: unless I have brought
SSC Stenographer Question No: 12
Select the correct passive voice of the given sentence.
This brochure gives instructions on how to use the gadget.
Option A : Instructions on how to use the gadget will be given by this brochure.
Option B : Instructions on how to use the gadget have given by this brochure.
Option C : Instructions on how to use the gadget are given by this brochure.
Option D : Instructions on how to use the gadget were given by this brochure.
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Option C: Instructions on how to use the gadget are given by this brochure.
SSC Steno Previous Paper Question No: 13
Select the correct direct narration of the given sentence.
The circular asked all the residents to keep their garbage ready by 11am for the corporation staff to collect.
Option A : “All residents have been requested to keep their garbage bags ready by 11 am for the corporation staff to collect,” the circular said.
Option B : “All residents can keep their garbage bags ready by 11 am for the corporation staff to collect,” the circular said.
Option C : The circular said, “All residents will be requested to keep their garbage bags ready by 11 am for the corporation staff to collect.”
Option D : The circular said, “All residents are requested to keep their garbage bags ready by 11 am for the corporation staff to collect.”
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Option D: The circular said, “All residents are requested to keep their garbage bags ready by 11
am for the corporation staff to collect.”
Stenographer Question No: 14
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
But somewhat over-ambitious, he is a hardworking employee.
Option A : Though somewhat
Option B : If somehow
Option C : Unless somewhat
Option D : No substitution
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Option A: Though somewhat
SSC Stenographer Paper Question No: 15
In the sentence identify the segment that contains the grammatical error. From all perspectives, the current situation is an unprecedented and unfortunate ones for the country.
Option A : the current situation
Option B : unfortunate ones for the country
Option C : From all perspectives
Option D : is an unprecedented and
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Option B: unfortunate ones for the country
Stenographer Previous Year Question No: 16
Select the correct passive voice of the given sentence.
The plumber has not yet fixed the leakage in the tap
Option A : The leakage in the tap has not yet fixed the plumber.
Option B : The leakage in the tap had not yet been fixed by the plumber.
Option C : The leakage in the tap have not yet been fixed by the plumber.
Option D : The leakage in the tap has not yet been fixed by the plumber
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Option D: The leakage in the tap has not yet been fixed by the plumber
Stenographer C and D Question No: 17
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
SEIZE
Option A : waste
Option B : capture
Option C : release
Option D : snatch
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Option C: snatch
SSC Stenographer Question No: 18
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
We turned into the lane because there was a stationery shop ______the end of it for us to buy the pencils we needed.
Option A : in
Option B : at
Option C : by
Option D : on
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Option B : at
SSC Stenographer Last Year Paper Question No: 19
Given below are four sentences, three of which, are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order.
A. It was the first instrument to combine a reed (as in a clarinet) with a brass bell (as in a trumpet).
B. Without its unique sound, we would never have heard jazz, or any of the music styles that followed in its footsteps.
C. While some musical instruments have been around for centuries, the saxophone is a relatively recent invention.
D. The first saxophone was patented by Antoine-Joseph Sax in Paris in 1846.
Option A : CDAB
Option B : CADB
Option C : CDBA
Option D : CABD
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Option A: It was the first instrument to combine a reed (as in a clarinet) with a brass bell (as in a
trumpet).
SSC Stenographer Group C and D Question No: 20
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
SUSTAIN
Option A : design
Option B : plan
Option C : generate
Option D : support
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Option D: support
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