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 202. _______ she is clever, she often           Directions (211) : In the following   218. He is weak ___ he does a lot of
       makes mistakes.                      questions, sentences are given with               work.
       (1) Despite        (2) Since         blanks to be filled i n with an                   (1) and           (2) yet
       (3) Although (4) Yet                 appropriate word(s). Four alternatives            (3) because       (4) so
 203. Do you p refer _____               or are suggested for each question.           219. Mahesh showed an _____ for
       traditional art forms ?              Choose the correct alternative out of             sports at a very early stage.
       (1) archaic                          the four as your answer.                          (1) attitude      (2) aptitude
       (2) contemporary                                        (FCI Assistant Grade-II        (3) imagination (4) intuition
       (3) foreign                                         Exam. 22.01.2012 Paper-I)   220. For_______ sake don’t tell it to
       (4) simultaneous                     211. How did these things come                    others.
                                                   _______ ?                                  (1) haven         (2) heaven
 204. The far mers _______ th ei r
       farms, if they had known that               (1) about        (2) into                  (3) heavens       (4) heaven’s
       a thunderstorm was appro-                   (3) at           (4) down           221. Napoleon’s army ___ to the
       aching.                                   Directions (212–216) : In the                Russian soldiers without any
       (1) will leave                       following questions, sentences are                fight.
       (2) would leave                      given with blanks to be filled in with            (1) evaded        (2) decimated
       (3) will have left                   an appropriate word(s). Four                      (3) capitulated (4) cordoned
       (4) would have left                  alternatives are suggested for each              Directions (222-226) : In the
                                            question. Choose the correct               following questions, some of the
 205. The Paraly mp ics               is  a
                                            alternative out of the four as your        sentences are given with blanks to be
       competition for the ____.
                                            answer.                                    filled in with appropriate words. Four
       (1) disadvantaged
                                                               FCI Assistant Grade-III alternatives are suggested for each
       (2) discouraged
                                                                    Exam. 25.02.2012   question. Cho ose the correct
       (3) disabled
                                                   (Paper-I) North Zone (Ist Sitting)  alternative out of the four.
       (4) despised                                                                    222. The work was _____ by the rains.
                                            212. The news was _______ good to
     Directions (206 – 210) : In the               be true.                                   (1) restricted    (2) prevented
following questions, sentences are
                                                   (1) very         (2) too                   (3) hampered (4) obstructed
given with blanks to be filled in with
an appropriate word(s). Four                       (3) so           (4) as             223. He knows French and German
alternatives are suggested for each         213. How much longer __ this book ?               _____ Russian.
question. Cho ose the correct                      (1) you are needing                        (1) beside        (2) besides
alternative out of the four.                       (2) will you be needing                    (3) aside         (4) except
   (SSC CPO (SI, ASI & ntelligence Officer         (3) will you have needed            224. His reputation has been _____
             Exam. 28.08.2011 (Paper-I)                                                       by his foolish acts.
                                                   (4) have you needed
 206. She made her stepson her ____                                                           (1) increased     (2) decreased
                                            214. ______ you hear the President’s
       to her large fortune.                                                                  (3) retrieved     (4) tainted
                                                   speech ?
       (1) hare           (2) heir                                                     225. Meditation is _____ way to calm
       (3) hair           (4) here                 (1) Have         (2) Has
                                                                                              your nerves.
207. The stewardess showed the                     (3) Had          (4) Did
                                                                                              (1) a best      (2) one of the best
       passenger _____                      215. I ______ to the movie with some
                                                                                              (3) the best (4) an best
       (1) when to start travelling                friends last night.
                                                                                       226. The Prime Minister of England
       (2) where to land the plane                 (1) have gone (2) went
                                                                                              called _____ the President of
       (3) how to fasten the seat belt             (3) am gone (4) am going                   America.
       (4) how to judge the altitude of     216. She has only__________friends.               (1) in            (2) out
       the plane
                                                   (1) fewer        (2) less                  (3) on            (4) at
 208. Many people reported _____a
                                                   (3) more         (4) a few                Directions (227 – 236) : In the
       noise in the night.
                                                 Directions (217-221) : In the fol-    following questions, sentences, are
       (1) to hear
                                            lowing sentences are gi ven with           given with blanks to be filled in with
       (2) having heard
                                            blanks to be filled in with the appro-     an app r opriate word( s ). Fou r
       (3) to have heard
                                            priate word(s). Four alternatives are      alternatives are suggested for each
       (4) been hearing
                                            suggested for each question. Choose        questi o n. Cho ose the correct
 209. I am exhausted; let’s ____ a
                                            the correct alternative out of the four.   alternative out of the four.
       day.
                                                            (SSC Data Entry Operator           (SSC Stenographer (Grade"C" & "D")
       (1) call it        (2) call at
                                                                   Exam. 31.08.2008)                           Exam. 26.09.2010)
       (3) call off       (4) call in
                                            217. If I ____ a doctor, I would serve     227. Many a man _____ imprisoned
210. The worker used _____ to patch
                                                  the poor.                                   without trial in Fascist countries.
       up the hole in the wall.
                                                  (1) am            (2) had been              (1) are           (2) were
       (1) sand           (2) cement
       (3) soil           (4) grass               (3) were          (4) was                   (3) is            (4) have been
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