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26. The teacher gi ves many                  Directio ns (36-45) : In the                Direction s (46-55) : In the
    examples to....the idea contained   following questions, sentences are          following questions sentences are given
    in the poem.                        given with blanks to be filled in with      with blanks to be filled in with an
    (1) bring about (2) bring in        an appropriate word(s). Four                appropriate word. Four alternatives
                                        alternatives are suggested for each         are suggested for each question.
    (3) bring forth (4) bring out
                                        question. Choose the correct                Choose the correct alternative out of
27. The more electricity you use, ..... alternative out of the four.                the four.
    (1) your bill will be higher               (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax &                    (SSC Section Officer (Audit)
    (2) will your bill be higher               Central Excise) Exam. 05.12.2004)                           Exam. 05.06.2005)
    (3) will be higher your bill          36. It’ll rain soon, ............ ?        46. A person who ________ on his
    (4) the higher your bill will be          (1) won’t it        (2) bought it           own effort has the best chance
28. The rich parents decided to send          (3) isn’t it        (4) may it              to win.
    their two sons to Eton, the           37. My book is the new one;                      (1) makes      (2) puts
    stronghold of the.....of the rich.        ............ is the torn one.                (3) relies     (4) runs
    (1) parents       (2) ancestry            (1) your
                                                                                     47. When he di ed, Ramanujan
    (3) pedigree (4) progeny                  (2) the book of you                         ________ behind 3 notebooks.
                                              (3) yours                                   (1) was leaving (2) had left
29. She stood.....the crowd quite
    amazed.                                   (4) the book your
                                                                                          (3) left            (4) leaves
                                          38. They needn’t worry, ...........?
    (1) in            (2) within                                                     48. For all his ________, he is a
                                              (1) isn’t it        (2) doesn’t it
    (3) among         (4) into                                                            _______.
                                              (3) don’t it        (4) need they
30. The magnificent.....temple was                                                        (1) wealth, miser
                                          39. He is indifferent ............ praise
    constructed by the Chinese.                                                           (2) health, player
                                              and blame.
    (1) eight-centuries-old                                                               (3) tricks, cheat
                                              (1) in              (2) to
    (2) eight-century’s-old                   (3) for             (4) about               (4) stupidity, fool
    (3) old-eight centuries               40. King George V’s accession              49. In a classroom students are to
    (4) eight-century-old                     ............ the throne was                 be trained to love _______.
31. There were two small rooms in             celebrated with great pomp.                 (1) each other (2) all others
    the beach house, .....served as           (1) for             (2) with                (3) one another (4) altogether
    a kitchen.                                (3) against         (4) to             50. Mr. Obi put his whole life_______
    (1) the smaller of which              41. We are all very i ndignant                  the work.
    (2) the smallest of which                 ........... the injustice done to           (1) on           (2) in
    (3) the smaller of them                   him.                                        (3) into         (4) upon
                                              (1) for             (2) of             51. All decisions, ____________, are
    (4) smallest of that
                                              (3) to              (4) at                  likely to be taken by consensus.
32. Madhu has not been able to recall     42. If she ............ a bird, she
    where.....                                                                            (1) anyhow       (2) forever
                                              would fly.
    (1) does she live.                                                                    (3) somehow (4) however
                                              (1) is              (2) are
    (2) she lived.                                                                   52. Kumar _________ boy swam
                                              (3) were            (4) was
    (3) did she live.                                                                     across the sea for safety.
                                          43. The greater the demand,
                                                                                          (1) a 17-years-old
    (4) lived the girl.                       ............ the price.
                                                                                          (2) a 17-year-old
33. You.....mad if you think I’m going        (1) higher          (2) high
                                                                                          (3) a 17-year-aged
    to show my answer-sheet.                  (3) the higher (4) the high
                                          44. Si nce Elizabeth Barrett                    (4) the 17-year-old
    (1) are supposed to be
                                              Browni ng’ s father never              53. She is beautiful ______ brave.
    (2) must be
                                              approved of ............ Robert             (1) but          (2) and
    (3) will be
                                              Browning, the couple eloped to              (3) yet          (4) so
    (4) ought to be
                                              Italy where they lived and wrote.      54. Gandhiji will _________ in history
34. If I hadn’t come along at that            (1) her to marry                            as one of the greatest men, that
    moment, Rahi m.....the one                (2) her marrying                            ever lived.
    arrested instead of the real thief.
                                              (3) she marrying                            (1) go by        (2) go on
    (1) might been                            (4) she to marry                            (3) go down (4) go through
    (2) may have been                     45. Canada does not require that           55. All the applicants _______ and the
    (3) can have been                         U.S. citizens obtain passports to           results will be announced next
    (4) could have been                       enter the country, and ............         week.
35. Wheat is not native to India and          (1) Mexico does neither                     (1) rank
    barley.....                               (2) Mexico doesn’t either                   (2) are to rank
    (1) isn’t either (2) is either            (3) neither Mexico does                     (3) are to be ranked
    (3) is neither    (4) isn’t neither       (4) either does Mexico
                                                                                          (4) are ranking
                                                          SEE–436