fill in the blanks single fillers Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ssc cgl tier 1

Directions:

Fill in the blanks with the correct word or group of words given below each sentence.

Question :6

The higher you go, the more difficult it ________ to breathe.

Answer: (c)

'Go' is in simple present, so 'becomes', in the simple present, must be used. Always keep the tense of the verb consistent in a simple sentence.

Question :7

Kanak is endowed ________ many great qualities.

Answer: (c)

'Endowed with' means 'having a gift' or 'ability'.

Question :8

In large cities, people are cut ________ from nature.

Answer: (d)

To be cut off is 'to be excluded from something'. Refer to Learning Curve I, Essential Vocabulary Review, Idiomatic Expressions, List I (see under cut).

Question :9

He is the friend ________ I trust most.

Answer: (c)

Options (a) and (d) can be eliminated straightaway.

To check whether the right word should be 'who' (interrogative personal pronoun in the subjective), or 'whom' (interrogative personal pronoun in the objective) we will see which of these apply: is it 'I trust he most' or 'I trust him most'.

Obviously, the latter. As the personal pronoun in the objective is appropriate, the answer will be 'whom'

Question :10

What a sensation it would cause if it ________ now discovered that such a man had left behind a diary.

Answer: (b)

'Were' is more likely than 'was' in conditional sentences in formal English.

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