As SSC CGL & CHSL notification is out and candidates have started their preparation for this exam. Mahendras also has started special quizzes for this examination. This series of the quizzes is based on the latest pattern of the SSC CGL/CHSL examination. Regular practice of the questions included in the quizzes will boost up your preparations and it will be very helpful in scoring good marks in the examination.
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
An Italian mayor has been cleaning the streets along with his councilors after their town
(1)______ with no manual workers, it's reported. In fact, (2)______ was sweeping the piazza in front of the (3)______ church in preparation for market day, (4)______ the deputy mayor's father and a town councilor armed with a high-pressure hose. The town Zerfaliu's last (5)______ retired six months ago and nobody has been hired since then. "We can't do anything - we are blocked by bureaucracy," the mayor says.
Q1. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 1.
1 has left
2. leaves
3. was left
4. was leaving
Q2. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2.
1. he
2. she
3. they
4. it
Q3. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3.
1. local
2. next
3. neighbour
4. near
Q4. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4.
1. also
2. along
3. as well
4. alongside
Q5. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 5.
1. worker
2. Councillor
3. mayor
4. member
Q6. Select the wrongly spelt word.
1. comparable
2. comparison
3. compitition
4. communication
Q7. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
A person, animal or plant belonging originally to a place.
1. native
2. resident
3. occupant
4. alien
Q8. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
costs an arm and a leg
1. rarely available
2. easy to obtain
3. nothing to lose
4. very expensive
Q9. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
get out of hand
1. give up something
2. get out of control
3. to complete a task
4. get upset
Q10. Select the antonym of the given word.
TENDER
1. soft
2. warm
3. gentle
4. rough
Answers:
Q.1 (3)
Q.2 (1)
Q.3 (1)
Q.4 (4)
Q.5 (1)
Q.6 (3)
Q.7 (1)
Q.8 (4)
Q.9 (2)
Q.10 (4)
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