As SSC 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 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
(A)______ with no manual workers, it's reported. In fact, (B)______ was sweeping the piazza in front of the (C)______ church in preparation for market day, (D)______ the deputy mayor's father and a town councilor armed with a high-pressure hose. The town Zerfaliu's last (E)______ retired six months ago and nobody has been hired since then. "We can't do
anything - we are blocked by bureaucracy," the mayor says.
Q.1. Select the most appropriate option for blank No. A.
1. has left
2. leaves
3. was left
4. was leaving
Q.2 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. B.
1. he
2. she
3. they
4. it
Q.3 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. C.
1. local
2. next
3. neighbour
4. near
Q.4 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. D.
1. also
2. along
3. as well
4. alongside
Q.5 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. E.
1. worker
2. councilor
3. mayor
4. member
Q.6 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.
I look for a better job for the last two months, but nothing is insight.
1. have been looking for a better job
2. have looked for a better job
3. No improvement
4. looked for a better job
Q.7 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
Q.8. In the question given below out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given sentence and mark it as your answer.
A person, animal or plant belonging originally to a place.
1. native
2. resident
3. occupant
4. alien
Q.9. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Due to the Cyclone Idai vast areas of land have been flooded, roads destroyed and communications disrupting in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
1. vast areas of land have been flooded
2. and communications disrupting
3. Due to the Cyclone Idai
4. roads destroyed
Q.10. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
The State Government argued that it could not ______ the increase in the teachers' salaries as awarded by the court.
1. stand
2. afford
3. spare
4. get
Answers
1. (3)
2. (1)
3. (1)
4. (4)
5. (1)
6. (1)
7. (4)
8. (1)
9. (2)
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