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SSC Stenographer Previous Year Questions
SSC Stenographer Question No: 1
Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The doctor said to my mother, “Take your medicines regularly.”
Option A : The doctor advised my mother to take her medicines regularly.
Option B : The doctor told my mother take her medicines regularly.
Option C : The doctor ordered my mother to take your medicines regularly.
Option D : The doctor told my mother to take his medicines regularly.
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Option A: The doctor advised my mother to take her medicines regularly.
SSC Stenographer Exam Question No: 2
Given below are four sentences, three of which, are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the
correct order.
A. The shelves in the library were filled with thick volumes: dictionaries, encyclopedias and
other reference books.
B. This shelf was quite high and out of his reach, so he had to fetch a ladder to pick a book
that interested him.
C. Ritesh found nothing that interested him, until he came to a small section on
photography, which was one of his hobbies.
D. Unfortunately, as he was climbing down the ladder, the book that he had chosen slipped
from his hand and fell with a loud thud.
Option A : ACBD
Option B : ABCD
Option C : ABDC
Option D : ADCB
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Option A: ACBD
SSC Stenographer Previous Year Paper Question No: 3
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
We don’t know how the accident happened. We are ______ in the dark.
Option A : appropriately
Option B : thoroughly
Option C : accurately
Option D : completely
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Option D: completely
SSC Stenographer Question No: 4
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
Our leader does not make false promises, he walks the talk.
Option A : to talk while walking
Option B : to make empty promises
Option C : taking a long walk
Option D : to do what one says
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Option D: to do what one says
SSC Steno Previous Year Paper Question No: 5
Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
You will be asked some questions by the police now.
Option A : The police asked you some questions now.
Option B : The police ask you some questions now.
Option C : The police will be asking you some questions now.
Option D : The police will ask you some questions now.
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Option D: The police will ask you some questions now.
SSC Stenographer Question No: 6
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
mundane
Option A : exemplary
Option B : uncommon
Option C : exclusive
Option D : commonplace
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Option D: commonplace
Stenographer Exam Question No: 7
Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
What a surprise! I never expect to see my childhood friend after so many years.
Option A : after so many years
Option B : What a surprise!
Option C : I never expect
Option D : to see my childhood friend
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Option C: I never expect
SSC Stenographer Previous Year Question No: 8
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
speculate
Option A : deliberate
Option B : consider
Option C : dismiss
Option D : contemplate
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Option C: dismiss
Stenographer Previous Year Paper Question No: 9
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
tiresome
Option A : exhausting
Option B : energising
Option C : dull
Option D : boring
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Option B: energising
SSC Stenographer Previous Year Question No: 10
Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
I breathed a sigh of relief about my narrow escape.
Option A : a sigh of relief
Option B : I breathed
Option C : narrow escape
Option D : about my
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Option D: about my
SSC Stenographer Question No: 11
Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The manager said, “The meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow.”
Option A : The manager said that the meeting had been scheduled for tomorrow.
Option B : The manager said that the meeting has been scheduled for the next day.
Option C : The manager said that the meeting had been scheduled for the next day.
Option D : The manager said that the meeting was scheduled for the next day.
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Option C: The manager said that the meeting had been scheduled for the next day.
SSC Stenographer Question No: 12
Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
The receptionist asked me if I wanted to meet the accountant.
Option A : The receptionist said to me, “Did you want to meet the accountant?”
Option B : The receptionist said to me, “Do I want to meet the accountant?”
Option C : The receptionist said to me, “Have you met the accountant?”
Option D : The receptionist said to me, “Do you want to meet the accountant?”
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Option D: The receptionist said to me, “Do you want to meet the accountant?”
SSC Steno Previous Paper Question No: 13
Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
We is not going to take any action against him as it is his first mistake.
Option A : as it is
Option B : to take any action against him
Option C : We is not going
Option D : his first mistake
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Option C: We is not going
Stenographer Question No: 14
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Please come down for breakfast.
Option A : Requested you are to come down for breakfast.
Option B : You are request to come down for breakfast.
Option C : You are requested to come down for breakfast.
Option D : You are to come down for breakfast.
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Option C: You are requested to come down for breakfast.
SSC Stenographer Paper Question No: 15
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
There are three important things to keep in mind while trekking.
Option A : There are three important things keeping in mind while trekking.
Option B : There are three important things to be keep in mind while trekking.
Option C : There are three important things to be kept in mind while trekking.
Option D : There are three important things to be keeping in mind while trekking.
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Option C: There are three important things to be kept in mind while trekking.
Stenographer Previous Year Question No: 16
Given below are four sentences, three of which, are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the
correct order.
A. To spend the waiting hours at the airport, I walked into the bookstore and bought some
magazines.
B. It was Partha, an old friend.
C. I had hardly turned a few pages of a magazine when I felt a hand on my shoulder.
D. Then I found a comfortable seat and sat down to read.
Option A : ACDB
Option B : ABCD
Option C : ADBC
Option D : ACBD
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Option C: ADBC
Stenographer C and D Question No: 17
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
We all enjoyed the light show.11 : 119 : : 15 : ?
Option A : The light show was being enjoyed by all of us.
Option B : The light show was enjoy by all of us.
Option C : The light show is enjoyed by all of us.
Option D : The light show was enjoyed by all of us.
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Option D: The light show was enjoyed by all of us.
SSC Stenographer Question No: 18
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
He does not have money to pay back the loan, he is in a tight corner.
Option A : in a difficult situation
Option B : hiding in the house
Option C : in the prison
Option D : being bankrupt
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Option A: in a difficult situation
SSC Stenographer Last Year Paper Question No: 19
Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
The forest guard warned us that it was forbidden to light a fire in the forest.
Option A : The forest guard said to us, “It was forbidden to light a fire in the forest.”
Option B : The forest guard said to us, “It can be forbidden to light a fire in the forest.”
Option C : The forest guard said to us, “It will be forbidden to light a fire in the forest.”
Option D : The forest guard said to us, “It is forbidden to light a fire in the forest.”
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Option D: The forest guard said to us, “It is forbidden to light a fire in the forest.”
SSC Stenographer Group C and D Question No: 20
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution needed’.
From my opinion, her mother is smarter than her.
Option A : On my
Option B : No substitution needed
Option C : In my
Option D : By mine
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Option C: In my
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