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SSC Stenographer Previous Year Questions
Direction for questions 1 to 9: In the following passage, some words have been deleted.
Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
The first murder ever _____(1) in the United States occurred in September 1630, shortly after the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts. John Billington was the father of two sons, _____(2) the first to settle in the new Plymouth Colony near what is today Boston, and one of the people who signed the Mayflower Compact and he was also the colony’s first murderer. Billington, in fact, was the first person to commit any _____(3) in the colony, as far as we know today. He was also the first to be executed by the state in the New World. Billington’s crime was to _____(4) a man named John Newcomen, for reasons which are lost to history. But Billington’s problems had not begun on the soil of North America. He and his sons had nearly caused a mutiny aboard the Mayflower _____(5) the arduous trip across the ocean. One of his sons, in fact, _____(6) his gun aboard the Mayflower near an open keg of gunpowder! The flash from the gun could easily have ignited the powder, which would _____(7) have sunk the ship. Once in Plymouth Colony, Billington’s behaviour did not improve. He _____(8) to serve any form of military duty under the leadership of Miles Standish, a duty that was seen by the colonists as part of every man’s responsibilities in the New World. He was later suspected to be guilty, in a plot to overthrow the entire leadership of Plymouth Colony, _____(9) a lack of evidence prompted the town’s leaders to let him go free. In the end, Billington’s rebellious and angry nature caught up with him. He was found _____(10) of the murder of John Newcomen and died in disgrace on the gallows.
SSC Stenographer Question No: 1
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank no 2)
Option A : none of
Option B : one of
Option C : any of
Option D : some of
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Option D: some of
SSC Stenographer Exam Question No: 2
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank no 3)
Option A : mistake
Option B : crime
Option C : problem
Option D : mischief
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Option D: mischief
SSC Stenographer Previous Year Paper Question No: 3
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank no 4)
Option A : shoot
Option B : injured
Option C : hurt
Option D : wound
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Option C: hurt
SSC Stenographer Question No: 4
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank no 5
Option A : beneath
Option B : during
Option C : across
Option D : besides
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Option B: during
SSC Steno Previous Year Paper Question No: 5
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank no 6.
Option A : threw
Option B : flung
Option C : shot
Option D : fired
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Option A: threw
SSC Stenographer Question No: 6
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank no 7.
Option A : frankly
Option B : probably
Option C : truthfully
Option D : unlikely
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Option C: truthfully
Stenographer Exam Question No: 7
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank no 8.
Option A : accepted
Option B : requested
Option C : refused
Option D : rejected
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Option A: accepted
SSC Stenographer Previous Year Question No: 8
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank no 9.
Option A : hence
Option B : therefore
Option C : but
Option D : and
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Option C: but
Stenographer Previous Year Paper Question No: 9
Select the most appropriate option to fill blank no 10.
Option A : unhappy
Option B : guilty
Option C : sorrowful
Option D : shameful
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Option A: unhappy
SSC Stenographer Previous Year Question No: 10
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Who is making this chaos?
Option A : Who has been made this chaos?
Option B : By whom has this chaos been made?
Option C : By whom this chaos is being made?
Option D : By whom is this chaos being made?
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Option D: By whom is this chaos being made?
SSC Stenographer Question No: 11
What is an antonym of the word ‘belittle’?
Option A : Demean
Option B : Humiliate
Option C : Extol
Option D : Deprecate
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Option D: Deprecate
SSC Stenographer Question No: 12
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.
Rohan was______ from appearing in the examination.
Option A : debarred
Option B : restricted
Option C : banned
Option D : rusticated
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Option D: rusticated
SSC Steno Previous Paper Question No: 13
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
We should avoid excess use of mobile in order to have a peaceful life.
Option A : Excess use of mobile should be avoided by us in order to have a peaceful life.
Option B : Excess use of mobile had been avoided by us in order to have peaceful life.
Option C : Excess use of mobile should be avoiding by us in order to have a peaceful life.
Option D : Excess use of mobile should have been avoided by us in order to have a peaceful life.
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Option C: Excess use of mobile should be avoiding by us in order to have a peaceful life.
Stenographer Question No: 14
Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Pride leads to the destruction of the growth of an individual and creates a vacuum dividing of genuine relationships.
Option A : Pride leads to destruction
Option B : dividing of
Option C : and creates a vacuum
Option D : of an individual
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Option D: of an individual
SSC Stenographer Paper Question No: 15
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
You were responsible to prepare food at twelve O’clock.
Option A : It was your responsibility to prepare food at twelve O’clock.
Option B : The food was responsible to be prepared by you at twelve O’clock.
Option C : The food is to be prepared responsibly by you at twelve O’clock.
Option D : Preparing food at twelve O’clock has been your responsibility.
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Option D: Preparing food at twelve O’clock has been your responsibility.
Stenographer Previous Year Question No: 16
Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
The common advice that the doctor offers to patient is to take preventive measures such as proper intake of water,
have a hygienic food habit, and do regular exercise.
Option A : that the doctor
Option B : and regular exercise
Option C : such as proper intake of
Option D : to patient is to
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Stenographer C and D Question No: 17
Given below are four sentences, three of which, are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order.
A. A three-year old boy disappeared from home.
B. When found, he was sleeping on the bench.
C. Someone left the gate open and he wandered out.
D. He crossed the road and went into the park.
Option A : ABDC
Option B : ACDB
Option C : ADBC
Option D : ACBD
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Option B: ACDB
SSC Stenographer Question No: 18
Select the alternative that will improve the underlined part of the sentence in case there is no improvement select
“No improvement”.
‘I Am Malala’ is an international Booker Prize bestseller book that has been translated into more than 12
languages.
Option A : had been translated
Option B : will translate
Option C : is translated
Option D : No improvement
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Option C: is translated
SSC Stenographer Last Year Paper Question No: 19
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
The problem of global warming has become a hard nut to crack for the world.
Option A : a frivolous problem
Option B : a tough challenge
Option C : a democratic problem
Option D : a futuristic target
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Option D: a futuristic target
SSC Stenographer Group C and D Question No: 20
What is an antonym of the word ‘profusion?
Option A : Scarcity
Option B : Abundance
Option C : Confusion
Option D : Distraction
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Option D: Distraction
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