CLOZE TEST
219. (1) old             (2) ordinary        234. (1) no              (2) neither         people (252) a continuous way of life.
        (3) latest       (4) outdated                (3) not          (4) nor             Such (253) expresses itself (254) var-
220. (1) pieces          (2) peace           235. (1) spy             (2) rely            ious ways in common traditions and
                                                                                          (255) of conduct.
        (3) whole        (4) block                   (3) occupy       (4) reply
                                                                                          246. (1) civilization (2) culture
221. (1) lies            (2) charges                Directions (236-245) : In the
                                             following passage, some of the words                (3) idea          (4) philosophy
        (3) facts        (4) blame
                                             have been left out. First read the pas-      247. (1) at              (2) what
222. (1) starts          (2) stops
                                             sage over and try to understand what                (3) when          (4) as
        (3) passes       (4) drives
                                             it is about. Then fill in the blanks with    248. (1) individual      (2) nature"s
223. (1) no              (2) neither
                                             the help of the alternatives given.                 (3) society"s     (4) collective
        (3) nor          (4) nothing               (SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-I    249. (1) different       (2) difficult
224. (1) by that way                                       Exam. 26.06.2011 (Ist Sitting)
                                                                                                 (3) other         (4) many
        (2) in any way                              The Solar System has been a com-
        (3) from the side                                                                 250. (1) distinctive (2) unique
                                             plicated wonder for the astronomers.
        (4) in addition to                   This is a (236) to which we may nev-                (3) clear         (4) foggy
225. (1) to lie          (2) to speak        er have the exact answer. Man has            251. (1) phase           (2) existence
        (3) to sleep     (4) to do           wondered (237) the age of the Earth                 (3) action        (4) thinking
       Directions (226 – 235) : In the       (238) ancient times. There were all          252. (1) develop         (2) create
following passage, some of the words         kinds of (239) that seemed to have
                                             the (240). But man could not begin to               (3) follow        (4) end
have been left out. First read the pas-
                                             (241) about the question scientifical-       253. (1) inconsistency
sage over and try to understand what
it is about. Then fill in the blanks with    ly until about 400 years (242), when                (2) uniqueness
the help of the alternatives given.          it was proved that the (243) revolved               (3) greatness
      (SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-I
                                             round the Sun and the Earth was a
                                                                                                 (4) continuity
             Exam. 19.06.2011 (IInd Sitting) (244) of our Solar System, then sci-
                                             entists knew where to (245) .                254. (1) in              (2) of
       Almost every full moon night, the
                                             236. (1) problem         (2) question               (3) with          (4) at
officials in Andaman and Nicobar Is-
lands take part in a cautious ritual.                (3) matter       (4) query           255. (1) rules           (2) regulations
The tribesmen watch from a safe dis-         237. (1) around          (2) out                    (3) norms         (4) laws
tance as the officials (226) the island              (3) about        (4) on                    Directions (256–265) : In the fol-
in a boat (227) gifts for them. The is-      238. (1) since           (2) during          lowing passage, some of the words
landers come (228) hesitantly only af-               (3) around       (4) from            have been left out. First read the pas-
ter the officials (229) dumped the co-                                                    sage over and try to understand what
                                             239. (1) ideas           (2) opinions
conuts brought (230) them onto the                                                        it is about. Then fill in the blanks with
beach and begin (231) away from their                (3) stories      (4) matters
                                                                                          the help of the alternatives given.
small island. On some nights the trib-       240. (1) solution        (2) novel
                                                                                                    (SSC CPO (SI, ASI & Intelligence
als even (232) up enough courage to                  (3) book         (4) answer
                                                                                                  Officer Exam. 28.08.2011 (Paper-I)
swim upto a few feet (233) from the          241. (1) read            (2) think
boat. The officials maintain that they                                                          Martin Luther King, Jr., was born
                                                     (3) open         (4) guess           Michael Luther King, Jr., (256) his
do (234) want to interfere with the way      242. (1) now             (2) time
of life of the tribals. The islanders                                                     grandfather had his name (257) to
                                                     (3) then         (4) ago             Martin. Martin Luther attended seg-
(235) heavily on the mainland for most
goods.                                       243. (1) Moon            (2) time            regated public schools in Georgia,
226. (1) approach        (2) depart                  (3) Earth        (4) Mars            (258) from high school at the age of
                                             244. (1) part            (2) division        fifteen; he received the B.A. degree in
        (3) present      (4) absent
                                                     (3) opening      (4) centre          1948 (259) Morehouse College, a dis-
227. (1) coming          (2) leaving
                                                                                          tinguished Negro institution of Atlanta
        (3) carrying     (4) relieving       245. (1) end             (2) begin
                                                                                          from which both his father and grand-
228. (1) forward         (2) backward                (3) think        (4) work
                                                                                          father had graduated. After three years
        (3) sides        (4) upward                 Directions (246 – 255) : In the       of (260) study at Crozer Theological
229. (1) has             (2) have            following passage, some of the words         Seminary in Pennsylvania where he
        (3) had          (4) be              have been left out. First read the pas-      was elected president of a (261) white
                                             sage over and try to understand what         senior class, he was awarded the B.D.
230. (1) by              (2) to
                                             it is about. Then fill in the blanks with    in 1951. (262) a fellowship won at
        (3) in           (4) for
231. (1) watching        (2) seeing          the help of the alternatives given.          Ebenezer he enrolled in graduate stud-
        (3) sailing      (4) stopping              (SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-I    ies at Boston University, completing
                                                         Exam. 26.06.2011 (IInd Sitting)  his residence (263) the doctorate in
232. (1) leave           (2) muster
                                                    A (246) becomes a flowing stream      1953 and receiving the degree in 1955.
        (3) come         (4) present
                                             only (247) there is continuity of (248)      In Boston he (264) and married Cor-
233. (1) correctly       (2) distantly                                                    etta Scott, a young woman of (265)
                                             life in a society. In (249) words, a
        (3) near         (4) away            (250) culture comes into (251) when          intellectual and artistic attainments.
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