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 310. Simon ___ very polite at the           318. He told me that he ______the          327. I haven"t ________ butter but I
       moment, because he wants to                 movie.                                     have a lot of bread.
       make a good impression.                     (1) is finished (2) was finished           (1) a lot of        (2) little
       (1) was being (2) has been                  (3) had finished (4) not finished          (3) much            (4) some
       (3) is behaving (4) is being.         319. I do my work ______ carefully to      328. People from ________ and near
                                                   make mistakes.                             came to see the final match of
 311. If I don’t ____advantage of this
                                                   (1) so             (2) very                the tournament yesterday.
       platform, then how dare I be a
                                                   (3) too            (4) more                (1) distance        (2) long
       film maker ?
                                             320. The cat and the dog have a                  (3) above           (4) far
       (1) make           (2) take
                                                   ______ enemy in the rat.             329. The student ________ book I still
       (3) bring          (4) find                 (1) same           (2) common              have, can take it from me.
      Directions (312–316) : In the                (3) mutual         (4) similar
                                                                                              (1) that            (2) whose
following questions, sentences are           321. He is very good ______ making
                                                                                              (3) which           (4) his
given with blanks to be filled in with             stories.
an appropriate word(s). Four alter                                                      330. Corruption should be ________
                                                   (1) in             (2) about
natives are suggested for each                                                                out with the utmost vigour.
                                                   (3) at             (4) for
question. Choose the correct alter                                                            (1) talked          (2) left
                                                  Directions (322–326) : In the
native out of the four as your answer.                                                        (3) rooted          (4) brought
                                             following questions, sentences are
 312. The old gentleman _____ to be a        given with blanks to be filled in with     331. Books are a great source ______
      very good friend of my grand           an appr opriate word( s ). Four                  happiness.
      father.                                alternatives are suggested for each              (1) of              (2) for
      (1) turned in       (2) turned over    questi o n. Cho ose the co rrect                 (3) into            (4) with
      (3) turned out (4) turned up           alternative out of the four.               332. He spoke ________ his travels.
                                                      (SSC Constable (GD) & Rifleman          (1) of              (2) on
 313. It"s a ______, that young people
      are inspired by celebrities.                  (GD) Exam. 22.04.1912 (Ist Sitting)       (3) about           (4) along
      (1) lie             (2) myth           322. That farmer may be old but he                Directions (333–337) : In the
                                                   is ________.                         following questions, sentences are
      (3) bluff           (4) mistake
                                                   (1) less energetic                   given with blanks to be filled in with
 314. Had I saved money, I _____ a                 (2) more energetic                   an appropriate word(s). Four
      new car.                                     (3) most energetic                   alternatives are suggested for each
      (1) will purchase                            (4) energetic                        question. Cho ose the correct
      (2) would purchase                     323. The mo ni tor take s care             alternative out of the four as your
      (3) would have purchased                     ______the cl ass _______ the         answer.
      (4) purchased                                absence of the teacher.                             (SSC Graduate Level Tier-II
 315. He decided to ____ for his matric            (1) in; at         (2) of; in                                Exam.16.09.2012)
      examination in order to get a                (3) during; in     (4) of; for        333. Man is essentially a _____ animal
      higher score.                          324. When he saw the fish swimming                and tends to associate with
      (1) redo            (2) reappear             ______ the river, he was extremely          others.
                                                   happy.                                      (1) sentimental (2) gregarious
      (3) rewrite         (4) remake               (1) on             (2) besides
 316. The police pushed the people                                                             (3) selfish         (4) perverse
                                                   (3) in             (4) at
      back to make _____ for Prime           325. The railway coaches______by            334. Why do we always have to
      Minister’s car to pass.                      the Integral Coach Factory,                 submit ______ his authority ?
      (1) passage         (2) way                  Chennai.                                    (1) under        (2) with
      (3) place           (4) area                 (1) is manufactured                         (3) for          (4) to
     Directions (317-321) : In the                 (2) are manufactured                  335. The master assured her _____
following questions, sentences are                 (3) are manufacture                         success in the examination.
given with blanks to be filled in with             (4) is being manufactured                   (1) of           (2) in
an appropriate word(s). Four                 326. The truck was _______ when                   (3) for          (4) with
alternatives are suggested for each                the bus rammed into it.               336. The child was so spoiled by her
question. Cho ose the correct                      (1) stationery     (2) machinary            indulgent parents that she
alternative out of the four.                       (3) machinery (4) stationary                became _____ when she did not
                                                  Directions (327–332) : In the                receive all of their attention.
              (SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
       Operator & LDC Exam. 11.12.2011
                                             following questions, sentences are
                                                                                               (1) sullen       (2) elated
                   (IInd Sitting (East Zone)
                                             given with blanks to be filled in with
                                             an appr opriate word( s ). Four                   (3) discreet (4) suspicious
317. The Chairman is ill and we’ll have                                                  337. His directions to the driver were
                                             alternatives are suggested for each
      to _________ the meeting for a         questi o n. Cho ose the co rrect                  ______ , and helped him to reach
      few days.                              alternative out of the four.                      on time.
      (1) put on          (2) put of                  (SSC Constable (GD) & Rifleman           (1) expletive (2) implicate
      (3) put away        (4) put off             (GD) Exam. 22.04.1912 (IInd Sitting)
                                                                                               (3) explicit     (4) implicit
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