FILL IN THE BLANKS
 533. We heard that the Richards            544. It has been years since I last       556. The Supreme Court has ______
       _______ their house recently.             ______ him.                                 tourism in the core area of the
       (1) will shift   (2) are shifting         (1) had met        (2) met                  forest.
       (3) had shifted (4) have shifted          (3) meet           (4) have met             (1) propagated
 534. The more he remonstrated              545. These murals are typical ______             (2) encapsulated
       _______ the referee the worse             Tamil Nadu.                                 (3) forced
       the situation became.                     (1) for            (2) on                   (4) prohibited
       (1) with         (2) for                  (3) with           (4) of                   Directions (557-566) : In the
       (3) at           (4) to                                                        following questions sentences are
                                            546. The flight will land ______ six this
 535. Our teacher encouraged _____                                                    given with blanks to be filled in with
                                                 evening.
       setting the poem to music.                                                     an appr opriate words ). Four
                                                 (1) in             (2) on            alternatives are suggested for each
       (1) he           (2) he’s
                                                 (3) at             (4) upon          questi o n. Cho ose the correct
       (3) his          (4) him
                                                 Directions (547–556) : In the        alternative out of the four.
 536. He wou ld not have been              following questions, sentences are giv-         (SSC Multi-Tasking (Non-Tech.) Staff
       successful in the project but
                                           en with blanks to be filled in with an                 Exam. 23.02.2014, IInd Sitting)
       _____ my help.
                                           appropriate word(s). Four alternatives     557. He does not ______ any fixed
       (1) for          (2) off            are suggested for each question.                  principle.
       (3) of           (4) with           Choose the correct alternative out of             (1) go through (2) go about
      Directions (537–546) : In the        the four.                                         (3) go with       (4) go upon
following questions, sentences are given                    (SSC Multi-Tasking Staff  558. My finger is still ______ where I
with blanks to be filled in with an                       (Patna) Exam. 16.02.2014)          caught it in the door yesterday.
appropriate word(s). Four alternatives
are suggested for each question. Choose    547. Do not laugh ________ other’s                (1) broken        (2) wounded
the correct alternative out of the four as       mistakes.                                   (3) bruised       (4) injured.
your answer.                                     (1) at             (2) for           559. A trader was ______ at the city
           (SSC Multi-Tasking (Non-Tech.)        (3) against        (4) about                airport early on Thursday for
                  Staff Exam. 16.02.2014)  548. He could not cope _______ the                carrying gold jewellery worth
 537. Though this blanket is not made            heavy workload.                             over 1 crore.
      of wool, it has a ______ texture.          (1) in with        (2) up with              (1) hindered      (2) detained
      (1) wool            (2) woollen            (3) up             (4) with                 (3) retained      (4) blocked
      (3) woolly          (4) woolish                                                 560. A book’s a book ______ there is
                                           549. The garbage has been dis-
 538. None of the guests ate much at                                                         nothing in it.
                                                 posed________.
      the party because the food                                                             (1) because       (2) unless
                                                 (1) off            (2) of
      looked _______.                                                                        (3) till          (4) although
                                                 (3) with           (4) out
      (1) unapproachable                                                              561. ______ knocking at the gate, he
                                           550. She________college late that day.            demanded admission.
      (2) unauthorized
                                                 (1) was reaching (2) reaching               (1) Cruelly       (2) Kindly
      (3) unceremonious
                                                 (3) is reached (4) reached                  (3) Speedily      (4) Loudly
      (4) unappetizing
                                           551. The Sun ________ brightly.            562. I ______ the job if you had paid
 539. Trust ______ God and do the
                                                 (1) shone          (2) shining              me enough.
      right.
                                                 (3) shine          (4) is shine             (1) would have done
      (1) in              (2) with
                                           552. Lokesh was busy when we ____                 (2) had done
      (3) at              (4) by
                                                 to see him.                                 (3) will do
 540. The accused was _______as the
                                                 (1) go             (2) went                 (4) would do
      counsel could not produce a wit-
      ness.                                      (3) gone           (4) goes          563. As soon as he got the telegram,
                                                                                             he ______ in a taxi.
      (1) let out         (2) let off      553. The date of the function _____
                                                 not been decided yet.                       (1) would have left
      (3) let on          (4) let aside
                                                                                             (2) left
 541. ______ thousand species of but-            (1) have           (2) has
                                                                                             (3) had left
      terflies have been identified.             (3) was            (4) is
                                                                                             (4) has left
      (1) As many as (2) As many           554. India was a prosperous country
                                                                                      564. We had difficulty ______ finding
      (3) As much as (4) Much as                 ________the reign of King Asho-
                                                                                             a parking place.
 542. He ______ his mistake.                     ka.
                                                                                             (1) at            (2) about
      (1) understood (2) solved                  (1) between        (2) from
                                                                                             (3) in            (4) for
      (3) finished        (4) realised           (3) while          (4) during
                                                                                      565. The pea sant rebel li on was
 543. You will not be allowed to enter     555. Lemons are sold _____ the doz-               ______ with a high hand by the
      _______ you have an entry pass.            en in the market.                           Emperor.
      (1) if              (2) unless             (1) in             (2) at                   (1) put off       (2) put away
      (3) when            (4) but                (3) for            (4) by                   (3) put back      (4) put down
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