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As we all know, Verbal Aptitude is an
important component of a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC
Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC CGL/CHSL
Examination, MBA Entrance Examination, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc.
In order to help you practise and improve your verbal ability, we provide you
this English Quiz.

Given below are a few questions from
SSC examinations held in the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in
the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!

Directions (Q. Nos. 1 to 5) Each question below has two
blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted.  Choose the set of words / phrases for each
blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

1. ……… is China the world’s most populous
country, with nearly 1.3 billion people, it is also the world’s fastest-growing
economy, ……… more than fourfold every year.

(a) Not only; expanding

(b) Merely; developing

(c) Hardly; growing

(d) Surprisingly; flourishing

(e) An example; evolving

2. Bengaluru has ………. beyond recognition
into an IT-propelled metropolis from a laidback city that it ……… .

(a) changed; was

(b) developed;
should be

(c) constructed;
used to be

(d) progressed;
claims to be

(e) morphed;
once was

3. While the agricultural revolution ………
the earth’s surface, the industrial revolution is changing the earth’s ……….

(a)
changed; as well

(b)
suffered; air

(c)
benefitted; condition

(d)
transformed; atmosphere

(e)
predicted; circumstances

4. The findings of a recent study to ……….
the factors which influence successful primary school completion …….. that
extreme poverty is responsible for ninety per cent of the school dropout cases.

(a) study;
proves

(b) establish;
examine

(c) construct;
show

(d) explore;
reveal

(e) reveal;
object to

5. ……….. the concept of environmentally
sustainable development …….. a quarter-century ago, there is not a single
country today which has a strategy to build and eco-economy.

(a) Eventhough;
built

(b) Although;
evolved

(c) Hardly; growing

(d) Surprisingly; flourishing

(e) An example; evolving

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Answers

1(a)    2(a)   
3(d)    4(d)    5(b)