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146. We warned her –––––– the              157. Like humans, zoo animals also          166. A wise man profits ..... the
       danger.                                    must have a dentist ______ their           mistakes of others.
       (1) from        (2) about                  teeth.                                     (1) through    (2) from
       (3) against     (4) of                     (1) to fill     (2) filled                 (3) with       (4) by
147. We all laughed ––––––– the                   (3) filling     (4) to be filled     167. My friend has written a .....
       affair.                             158. It was very kind of you to do                account of his journey to the
                                                  the washing-up, but you ____               Mars.
       (1) over        (2) about
                                                  it.                                        (1) factitious (2) factional
       (3) for         (4) on                     (1) didn’t have to do
148.The chairman, as well as the                                                             (3) fictional  (4) factual
                                                  (2) hadn’t to do                     168. Speed is ..... essence.
       members, ____ to blame for this            (3) mightn’t have done
       misfortune.                                                                           (1) in         (2) for
                                                  (4) mustn’t have done                      (3) about      (4) of
       (1) are         (2) were            159. He went ____ the sea alone.
       (3) is          (4) has                                                        169. I was washing my face as the
                                                  (1) in          (2) to                     insect ..... quietly into the
149. The streets are lighted –––––––              (3) into        (4) on                     bedroom.
       electricity.                        160. The _____ of our civilization                (1) crept
       (1) with        (2) by                     from an agricultural society to
                                                                                             (2) creeps
       (3) on          (4) in                     today’s complex industrial
                                                                                             (3) was creeping
150. Homoeopathic treatment, they                 world was accompanied by war.
                                                  (1) adjustment                             (4) has crept
       say, cuts ––––––– the need for
                                                  (2) migration                       170. During the recent floods two-
       operation and risk from surgery.
                                                  (3) route                                  thirds of our city ..... in ruins.
       (1) off         (2) out
                                                  (4) metamorphosis                          (1) are        (2) were
       (3) down        (4) away                                                              (3) is         (4) was
                                                Directions (161-165) : In the
151. My friends fail to see why I                                                          Directions (171–175) : In the
                                          following questions sentences are given
       should ride the ––––––– horse                                                  following questions sentences are given
                                          with blanks to be filled in with an
       just because I have won a prize!                                               with blanks to be filled in with an
                                          appropriate word(s). Four alternatives
       (1) great       (2) good           are suggested for each question.            appropriate word(s). Four alternatives
       (3) big         (4) high           Choose the correct alternative out of       are suggested for each question.
152. By –––––––– united struggle, we      the four.                                   Choose the correct alternative out of
       may achieve success.                    (SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-I    the four.
       (1) a           (2) an                         Exam.16.05.2010 (IInd Sitting)         (SSC CISF ASI Exam. 29.08.2010
       (3) the                             161. The court ______ cognizance of                                         (Paper-I)
       (4) None of the above                      the criminal’s words.                171. I have ______ Lakshmi for the
                                                  (1) took        (2) made                   past twelve years.
153. She feared that she __________.
                                                  (3) gave        (4) allowed                (1) know       (2) knew
       (1) will fail   (2) may fail
                                           162. ______ wins this civil war there             (3) known      (4) knows
       (3) might fail (4) would fail              will be little rejoicing at the      172. He did not qualify ______ the
154. He is the most generous man, I               victory.                                   job.
       –––––– him for a long time.                (1) Whichever (2) Whoever                  (1) for        (2) to
       (1) knew        (2) have known             (3) Whatever (4) Wherever                  (3) against    (4) with
       (3) know        (4) had known       163. As he got older his belief in          173. ______ the last ten years we
155. The sudden change in his                     these principles did not ______.           have been victims of abuse.
       behaviour came as a surprise               (1) wither      (2) shake                  (1) From       (2) For
       to me, I began __                          (3) waver       (4) dither                 (3) Before     (4) Since
       (1) to cut a sorry figure           164. Everyone in this world is              174. The strike has been called ___.
       (2) to smell a rat                         accountable to God _____ his
                                                                                             (1) of         (2) at
       (3) to turn a new leaf                     actions.
                                                                                             (3) off        (4) up
       (4) to blow hot and cold                   (1) about       (2) for
                                                                                       175. He is always angry ______ his
                                                  (3) to          (4) over
     Directions (156 -160) : Sentences                                                       children.
                                           165. Your father used to be the
are given with blanks to be filled in                                                        (1) with       (2) on
                                                  principal of this college, ____ ?
with an appropriate word(s). Four                                                            (3) over       (4) at
                                                  (1) did he ? (2) does he ?
alternatives are suggested for each                                                        Directions (176-180) : In the
                                                  (3) didn’t he ? (4) doesn’t he ?
question. Cho ose the correct                                                         following questions sentences are given
                                                Directions (166-170) : In the
alternative out of the four.                                                          with blanks to be filled in with an
                                          following questions sentences are given
    (SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-I   with blanks to be filled in with an         appropriate word(s). Four alternatives
         Exam. 16.05.2010 (First Sitting) appropriate word(s). Four alternatives      are suggested for each question,
156. The hotel was not too expensive,     suggested for each question. Choose         Choose the correct alternative out of
       _____                              the correct alternative out of the four.    the four.
       (1) was it ?    (2) wasn’t it ?                  (SSC SAS Exam. 26.06.2010              (SSC (South Zone) Investigators
       (3) is it ?     (4) isn’t it ?                                       (Paper-I)                       Exam.12.09.2010)
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