multiple fillers Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ssc chsl tier 1

Answer: (b)

Deftly, Eventually

Deftly: – Quickly, skillfully

Eventually: – in the end; finally

(A) Deepak was lauded for deftly handling India's trade talks with RCEP, the China-led body that India didn't eventually join.

(B) Saif Ali Khan and Alaya F deftly play unwilling dad and persistent daughter, though Nitin Kakkar's film eventually runs out of gas.

Answer: (a)

Personnel, douse

Personnel: – the people who work for a large organization or one of the armed forces.

Douse: – to stop a fire from burning by pouring liquid over it.

(A) A major fire gutted a leading textile showroom in Chennai, with fire and rescue services personnel struggling to douse the blaze in an operation extending for over 10 hours.

(B) Lake Marshals and Sarjapur fire personnel reached the spot to douse the blaze. Officials brought the fire under control with the help of three fire engines.

Answer: (a)

Investors, Constraints

Liberty: – the freedom to go where you want, do what you want, etc.

Constraints: – something that limits you

(A)Maintaining the status quo on tax rates also sends a strong signal to the investors that the government is committed to a long-term stable and predictable tax policy, despite the current fiscal constraints.

(B) With institutional clients to worry about, the pros duly cut positions across the board while retail investors, who are free from such constraints, charged on.

Answer: (d)

Fanned, Spread

Unroll: – to open (something) from a rolled position

Fanned: – Encourage, incite

Vexed: – causing difficulty, worry, and a lot of discussion

Proliferate: – to increase quickly in number

(A) The 'Pathalgadi' movement in Jharkhand is being fanned in such a way that it could spread like forest fire

(B) India's poultry industry is in dire need of cash after prices slumped earlier this year on speculation fanned by social media that chickens could spread the coronavirus.

Answer: (a)

Curated, Content

Curated: – (of online content, merchandise, information, etc.) selected, organized, and presented using professional or expert knowledge.

(A) Alphabet's Google will start paying select media outlets to display curated content on its news app in a concession to the industry which has accused the search engine and other tech giants of unfairly using content for years

(B) The code rolled out Friday evening and likely to be implemented over the next 60 days, is applicable to players who make curated content available and not to those working with user-generated content.