SSC CHSL 2016 (Tier-I) Question Paper (15-Mar-2018) ( Shift 2)

A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.
The contractor said, "She has finished the designs."

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
The abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, __________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English __________ bad English.

For the first blank: "can be checked __________ diligent exercises"

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
The abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, __________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English __________ bad English.

Note: Based on the full context of the sentence structure, the second sentence begins with an implied reference to the exercises, accompanied by a coordinating modifier.

For the second blank: "this book provides. __________ exercises," (or selecting the appropriate demonstrative pronoun/determiner to begin the new idea/phrase):

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
The abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, __________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English __________ bad English.

For the third blank: "in conjunction __________ others to be found"