FILL IN THE BLANKS
      (1) nightmare      (2) night school  787. He completed all projects on time            (3) momentary
      (3) pride          (4) pleasantry          except for two of them, which               (4) immortal
      Directions : (780-781) : The fol-          he found too difficult to ______ .   796. Many important projects have
lowing sentence is given with a blank            (1) embrace                                 reached the final stage of ___.
to be filled in with an appropriate              (2) comprehend                              (1) accomplishment
word. Four alternatives are suggest-             (3) acknowledge                             (2) initiation
ed. Choose the correct alternative out           (4) discern                                 (3) resolution
of the four.                               788. The mother looked _____ as her               (4) implementation
        (SSC CPO SI & ASI Online Exam.           child began to walk much before      797. _____ you live long!
                   06.06.2016 1st sitting)       the month prescribed by the                 (1) Might         (2) May
780. The burglar was ______ when he              doctors.                                    (3) Shall         (4) Should
      broke into the house and found             (1) astonishingly (2) predictably           Directions (798–801) : In each
      himself surrounded by police               (3) irately          (4) menacingly  of these questions, a sentence is giv-
      officers.                            789. She was so ______ in her man-         en with a blank to be filled in with an
      (1) flabbergasted                          ner that he was mesmerised by        appropriate word(s). Four alternatives
      (2) unimpressed                            her.                                 are suggested for each question.
      (3) bored                                  (1) deferential                      Choose the correct alternative out of
      (4) unruffled                              (2) disputatious                     the four alternatives.
781. Appropriate manners are from                (3) impertinent                                           (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
      society’s _____ behaviour.                 (4) insolent                                     Exam. 27.08.2016 (IInd sitting)
      (1) system        (2) style               Directions (790–794) : In the fol-    798. The waiter hasn’t brought the
      (3) cannons       (4) shrewd         lowing questions, sentences are given             coffee _________ I’ve been here
      Directions : (782-784) : The fol-    with blanks to be filled in with an ap-           for an hour.
lowing sentence is given with a blank      propriate word(s). Four alternatives are          (1) still          (2) yet
to be filled in with an appropriate        suggested for each question. Choose               (3) up             (4) till
word. Four alternatives are suggest-       the correct alternative out of the four.   799. I always fall __________ old
ed. Choose the correct alternative out              (SSC (10+2) Stenographer Grade           friends in times of need.
of the four.                                              "C" & "D" Exam. 31.07.2016)        (1) over           (2) through
                    (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)  790. The specialist _____ you want to             (3) back on        (4) off
                       Exam. 06.06.2016)         meet is available only on Thurs-     800. A person came in with a baby
782. I appreciate my neighbour’s                 days.                                       who, she said, _________ a safety
      ______ as she explained the rea-           (1) whom            (2) whose               pin.
      son for selling her house.                 (3) who             (4) which               (1) swallowed
      (1) candid        (2) candour        791. Do not look _____ on women.                  (2) just swallowed
      (3) care          (4) capacity             (1) down            (2) right               (3) had just swallowed
783. I was happy to receive my fa-               (3) left            (4) up                  (4) was just swallowing
      ther’s ______ books.                 792. I ____ him on this point.             801. The farmers suffered because
      (1) dog face      (2) dogleg               (1) agreeing with                           the monsoon did not arrive
      (3) dogging       (4) dog-eared            (2) agreed with                             _________ time.
784. ____ minds see new angles to                (3) admitted to                             (1) at             (2) by
      everyday things.                           (4) agree to                                (3) on             (4) after
      (1) Dull          (2) Creative       793. The stranger ____in through the             Directions (802-804) : The sen-
      (3) Difficult     (4) Realistic            window last night.                   tences given with blanks are to be
      Directions (785-789) : In the              (1) creep           (2) crept        filled with an appropriate word(s). Four
following question, a sentence given             (3) creeping        (4) creeps       alternatives are suggested for each
with a blank has to be filled in with an   794. They _____ living here since          question. For each question, choose
appropriate word(s). Four alternatives           2000.                                the correct alternative.
                                                 (1) have been (2) are                                     (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
are suggested. Choose the correct al-
                                                                                                  Exam. 28.08.2016 (IInd sitting)
ternative out of the four.                       (3) will be         (4) are still
                                                                                      802. The passengers were afraid but
                    (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)       Directions (795–797) : The sen-
                                                                                             the captain ______ them that
           Exam. 06.06.2016 (IInd Sitting) tences given with blanks are to be filled
                                                                                             there was no danger.
785. He had wonderful gifts of____,        with an appropriate word(s). Four al-
                                                                                             (1) suggested      (2) pleaded
      and spoke to the birds.              ternatives are suggested for each ques-
                                           tion. For each question, choose the               (3) advise         (4) assured
      (1) uptight        (2) folly
                                           correct alternative.                       803. I insisted _______ his leaving the
      (3) insight        (4) dullness                                                        place.
                                                                (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
786. Rahul was surprised to see a                                                            (1) on             (2) about
                                                       Exam. 27.08.2016 (Ist sitting)
      ____smile on Tarun’s face.
                                           795. What a _____ holiday!                        (3) in             (4) with
      (1) ugly           (2) symbolic                                                 804. Please don’t ______ me when I’m
                                                 (1) momentous
      (3) opaque         (4) genuine                                                         speaking.
                                                 (2) memorable
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