SSC SI & ASI (Delhi Police, CAPF, CISF) Exam paper – 2015

61. 1. As a boy, Charles Darwin showed no promise to be a good student
P. He was a failure at school.
Q. He had greater interest in flowers, birds and stories about them.
R. The narrow old-fashioned syllabus of his school was dull to him.
S. So he was a problem for his parents.
6. His father then sent him to study medicine to carry on the family profession.
A. PRSQ
B. RPQS
C. QSRP
D. SQPR

62. 1. The programme examines the four great Inventions.
P. cell phones, cars, planes and skyscrapers
Q. the people, processes, ideas and eureka moments.
R. the programme celebrates
S. that define and continually shape the modern world
6. that have led to their development.
A. SPRQ
B. SRPQ
C. SRQP
D. SPQR

63. 1. Many people like to eat pizza, but not everyone knows how to make it.
P. However, these are ways for making a basic version at home.
Q. Then you must add sauce and cheese.
R. Making the perfect pizza can be complicated.
S. When you make pizza, begin with the crust.
6. The best part of making pizza at home is that you can customise it.
A. RSQP
B. PSRQ
C. SQPR
D. RPSQ

64. 1. Archimedes was a famous Greek mathematician. physicist and inventor.
P. Then attached one end of the rope over it to a heavily laden ship.
Q. King Hiero had doubts about Archimedes’ claim that he could lift great weights with ease with the help of pulleys.
R. He handed the other end of the rope to the king and asked him to pull it gently.
S. To prove him right, Archimedes constructed a multiple pulley.
6. The king pulled it and to his great astonishment, the ship was lifted out of water.
A. SQRP
B. PRQS
C. QSPR
D. RQPS

65. 1. Valence sat behind driver’s seat in her blue car.
P. The marchers suddenly broke out into a noise like a cheering football crowd.
Q. As she watched, a loud racket began.
R. It went on and on.
S. The men swung their spoons and ladles and spatulas and drummed on cars and canisters.
6. An endless monotonous ‘clang-clang-clang’ rose up from all sides.
A. SPRQ
B. RSPQ
C. QPSR
D. QSRP

66. 1. Most libraries divide the catalogue cards into two.
P. On the other hand, if one wishes to find a book on a specific subject, subject cards can be consulted.
Q. Apart from author, title and subject, these cards can also contain other necessary information.
R. If one knows the author or title, the book can be located with the author cards.
S. They are author and title cards in one and the subject cards in the other.
6. This includes publisher and year of publication.
A. RSPQ
B. QSRP
C. SRPQ
D. PQRS

67. 1. I stopped just outside the door of the hut.
P. It was made dimmer by a thick pall of smoke that filled the room.
Q. The first thing I did then was to dash towards the boarded window and tear down the boards.

R. Before venturing Into it, I allowed a minute to pass to get my eyes accustomed to the dim light.
S. As I finally stepped in to the murky space, I could discern the wasted frame of my old friend on the bed.
6. The dingy room, dangerously suffocating so far, was being filled with fresh air and pale sunbeams.
A. QSRP
B. PSQR
C. SPRQ
D. RPSQ

68. 1. Nicolas Chauvin,
P. he became the laughing stock of all Europe thereafter
Q. a soldier of French empire so vociferously and uneasingly
R. and this exaggerated and blatant patriot was
S. aired his veneration of Napoleon Bonaparte that
6. known as a chauvinist.
A. QSPR
B. PRQS
C. RQSP
D. SRPQ

69. 1. Alternative medicine is, by definition, an alternative to modern, western medicine.
P. Rather, they consider their disciplines as supplementary to orthodox medicine.
Q. The problem is that many doctors refuse to recognise alternative medicine.
R. But the term ‘alternative’ can be misleading
S. Few practitioners of homeopathy, ayurveda, etc. regard their therapies as substitutes for modern medicine.
6. However, the demand for alternative forms of medical therapy is stronger than ever before.
A. SRPQ
B. QPSR
C. PQRS
D. RSPQ

70. 1. Small is big for quick service restaurants.
P. Raising product prices may not fare well now.
Q. Companies are luring consumers by introducing ‘affordable’ products.
R. They are also shedding their ‘niche image’.
S. Companies admit that sales are lower compared to the previous year.
6. Companies are focusing on small packs to boost volume growth.
A. SPQR
B. PRQS
C. QSPR
D. PQRS

71. 1. This practitioner is a member
P. by massage and other manipulative procedures, a technique
Q. of the profession that originated in 1874 when Andrew T. Still
R. based on the theory that illness may be caused by the undue pressure
S. who devised a drugless technique of curing diseases
6. of displaced bones on nerves and blood vessels.
A. QSPR
B. RPSQ
C. RQSP
D. QRSP

72. 1. Few men can exert the full power of their intellect
P. and, of course, the injury done to the health
Q. at the time when nature prescribes sleep
R. must, in the long run, have a bad effect
S. without ruining their health thereby
6. on the quality of work done.
A. QSPR
B. SQPR
C. SQRP
D. SRQP

73. 1. Derozio was a very bright student who often stood first in English and other subjects and got gold medals.
P. Derozio was a brilliant teacher.
Q. Students had great respect for this young teacher.
R. He became a teacher of Hindu College (now Presidency University) in the year 1826.
S. He was 17 years old then and some of his students were even older than him.
6. Some students of senior classes also came to attend his lectures.
A. QPSR
B. PQRS
C. SRQP
D. RSPQ

74. 1. Shark fin soup is one of the cruelest dishes in the world.
P. Then they are thrown back into the water.
Q. The poor sharks are trapped.
R. They usually bleed to death or drown.
S. Their fins are sliced off.
6. As many as 73 million sharks meet this fate every year.
A. QSPR
B. RSQP
C. QSRP
D. SQPR

75. 1. It is not uncommon for close synonyms to be understood to share the same memory.
P. The difference between words like ‘hard’ and ‘difficult’ goes unnoticed.
Q. One may employ one or the other with complete indifference.
R. In general, this is well and good.
S. Most people lack the linguistic sense to quibble over such trifles.
6. But for most of us, it is of no less significance.
A. PQRS
B. SRQP
C. QRSP
D. PRSQ

76. 1. It is surprising to note that
P. AIDS and SARS may hog news headlines
Q. that kill the most
R. but it is heart attacks
S. people in India every year
6. This is something to be noted
A. RQSP
B. RPSQ
C. PRQS
D. SQPR

77. 1. The new government was formed.
P. Now an administrator runs the show.
Q. The secretary has now announced a change of intentions.
R. Then the earlier board was disbanded.
S. They plan to hand down the cooperative to some private player.
6. Thus, the state transport minister plans to revive the water transportation system.
A. RPQS
B. PQSR
C. QSPR
D. SPQR

78 1. The government on Thursday
P. which was Imposed to check
Q. that led to exodus of North-East people
R. withdrew the ban on bulk SMS and MMS
S. the spread of rumours related to the violence in Assam
6. from Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Pune.
A. RPSQ
B. QSPR
C. QPSR
D. RPQS

79. 1. Trees have many uses.
P. They give us fruit, wood, gum, oil, medicines and spices.
Q. Forests keep the air cool and bring rain.
R. Trees give us many other useful things.
S. Trees give out oxygen and maintain the level of oxygen in the air.
6. We can take shelter under the trees in the scorching summer sun.
A. RPQS
B. QPSR
C. PQRS
D. SRPQ

Directions (Q. 80-89): In the following passage, some words have been left out. First read the passage and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
PASSAGE
All the political parties of India appear lost in the __(80)__ exercise of fighting elections. There is nothing__(81)__ about a __(82)__ for votes in a democracy as India is and must __(83)__. But democracies defeat themselves when they are __(84)__ with the __(85)__ of politics and must forget its __(86)__ The growing political __(87)__ in India __(88)__ from the political parties’ __(89)__ contempt for any real development.
80. A. physical

B. barren
C. dreary
D. bleak

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