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 115. The bride settled ____ very well          Directions (126–135) : In the              Directions (136–145) : In the
       in the new environment.             following questions, sentences are         following questions, sentences are
       (1) on           (2) down           given with blanks to be filled in with     given with blanks to be filled in with
                                                                                      the appropriate word( s). Four
       (3) up           (4) off            an appropriate and suitable word.
                                                                                      alternatives are suggested for each
       Directions (116-125) : In the       Four alternatives are suggested for        question. Cho ose the correct
following questions, sentences are         each question. Choose the correct          alternative out of the four.
given with blanks to be filled in with     alternative out of the four alternative.          (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax &
an appropriate and suitable word. Four                   (SSC Section Officer (Audit)         Central Excise) Exam.14.12.2008)
alternatives and suggested for each                              Exam. 30.11.2008)     136. When I was speaking to Rani
question. Cho ose the correct                                                                over the phone suddenly we
                                           126. The food that an average Indian              were ____.
alternatives out of the four.
                                                  eats has been found to be                  (1) hung up        (2) run out
              (SSC Section Officer (Audit)
                       Exam.10.12.2006)           deficient ________ vitamins and            (3) broken down(4) cut off
 116. Are you really desirous _____               proteins.                            137. The farmer had ____ land and
       visiting Japan ?                           (1) of          (2) from                   many servants.
       (1) of           (2) in                    (3) with        (4) in                     (1) very little (2) some
       (3) to           (4) about          127. The pati ent i s _ _ __ _ _ _ of             (3) a lot of     (4) many
 117. When Indians from the south                 stomach ache.                        138. The tribes lived ____ customs
       move north, they find certain                                                         different from anything the
                                                  (1) suffering                              English had ever seen.
       aspects of life quite ____ from
                                                  (2) experiencing                           (1) on           (2) by
       their own.
       (1) strange      (2) separate              (3) complaining                            (3) off          (4) with
       (3) different (4) divergent                (4) afflicting                       139. The criminal together with his
                                           128. A good teacher should ______                 associates ____ arrested.
 118. The sky is overcast, we _____
                                                                                             (1) are          (2) was
       the storm will soon burst.                 responses from the students.
       (1) expect       (2) hope                                                             (3) were         (4) have
                                                  (1) elicit      (2) provoke
                                                                                       140. By the time I reach America, it
       (3) trust        (4) suspect               (3) command (4) infer                      ___ morning.
 119. Population increase ____ with        129. Had he taken his degree five                 (1) is           (2) would be
       depletion of foreign reserves
                                                  years ago he _ _ __ _ _ got a              (3) must be (4) was
       has led to great daily hardships.
                                                  promotion by now.                    141. When he got married he ____ a
       (1) joined       (2) mixed
                                                  (1) might       (2) would have             life insurance policy.
       (3) added        (4) coupled                                                          (1) took up      (2) took out
 120. The National Anthem is _____                (3) will be     (4) was
                                                                                             (3) took in      (4) took over
       at every official function.         130. There will be a rush for seats
                                                                                       142. In the last few days, ____ to
       (1) uttered      (2) sung                  when the train _______.                    help him ?
       (3) whispered (4) chanted                  (1) will arrive (2) arrived                (1) anything has been done
 121. The doctor took out his _____               (3) is arriving (4) arrives                (2) is anything done
       to examine the patient.                                                               (3) something is done
                                           131. He drove the car very fast,
       (1) horoscope (2) microscope                                                          (4) has anything been done
                                                  ____.
       (3) telescope (4) stethoscope                                                   143. While picking a rose she _____
                                                  (1) did he ? (2) does he ?
 122. The candidate’s exposition was                                                         her hand on a thorn.
       ____ for its brevity and clarity.          (3) didn’t he ? (4) was he ?               (1) stung        (2) scratched
       (1) complimentary                   132. He _______ wants to succeed                  (3) cut          (4) damaged
       (2) conspicuous                            in life must be prepared to          144. The child did not approve ____
       (3) incomprehensible                       work hard.                                 the father’s plan.
       (4) remarkable                             (1) whoever (2) whom                       (1) to           (2) by
 123. The new India that Nehru led                (3) who         (4) whose                  (3) of           (4) with
       called itself a Sovereign _____                                                 145. None of the food was wasted,
                                           133. It is time you ______ home.
       Democratic Republic.                                                                  _____
       (1) capitalist (2) revisionist             (1) go          (2) went                   (1) wasn’t ? (2) was it ?
       (3) populist (4) Socialist                 (3) come        (4) reach                  (3) weren’t ? (4) were it ?
 124. _____ you work hard, you won’t       134. _______ a walk in the morning              Directions (146-155) : In the
       be able to cl ear even the                 will improve your health.           following questions, sentences are
       preliminaries.                             (1) Going to (2) Go to              given with blanks to be filled in with
       (1) If           (2) Until                 (3) Go for      (4) Going for       an appropriate and suitable word. Four
       (3) Unless       (4) Lest                                                      alternatives are suggested for each
                                           135. Government must ______ the
 125. Last year our company made a                                                    question. Cho ose the correct
                                                  rise in prices.
       ____ of several lakhs of rupees.                                               alternative out of the four alternatives.
                                                  (1) cheque      (2) check                  (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax &
       (1) profit       (2) gain
       (3) rise         (4) raise                 (3) cease       (4) seize                   Central Excise) Exam.29.03.2009)
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