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As we all know, Verbal Aptitude is an
important component of a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC
Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC CGL/CHSL
Examination, MBA Entrance Examination, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc.
In order to help you practise and improve your verbal ability, we provide you
this English Quiz.
Given below are a few questions from
SSC examinations held in the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in
the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!
Directions (Q. Nos. 1 to 5) Each question below has two
blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words / phrases for each
blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1. ……… is China the world’s most populous
country, with nearly 1.3 billion people, it is also the world’s fastest-growing
economy, ……… more than fourfold every year.
(a) Not only; expanding
(b) Merely; developing
(c) Hardly; growing
(d) Surprisingly; flourishing
(e) An example; evolving
2. Bengaluru has ………. beyond recognition
into an IT-propelled metropolis from a laidback city that it ……… .
(a) changed; was
(b) developed;
should be
(c) constructed;
used to be
(d) progressed;
claims to be
(e) morphed;
once was
3. While the agricultural revolution ………
the earth’s surface, the industrial revolution is changing the earth’s ……….
(a)
changed; as well
(b)
suffered; air
(c)
benefitted; condition
(d)
transformed; atmosphere
(e)
predicted; circumstances
4. The findings of a recent study to ……….
the factors which influence successful primary school completion …….. that
extreme poverty is responsible for ninety per cent of the school dropout cases.
(a) study;
proves
(b) establish;
examine
(c) construct;
show
(d) explore;
reveal
(e) reveal;
object to
5. ……….. the concept of environmentally
sustainable development …….. a quarter-century ago, there is not a single
country today which has a strategy to build and eco-economy.
(a) Eventhough;
built
(b) Although;
evolved
(c) Hardly; growing
(d) Surprisingly; flourishing
(e) An example; evolving
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Answers
1(a) 2(a)
3(d) 4(d) 5(b)