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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 we’ll soon let you know the correct answers!

Directions 1 to 5: In the questions given below read
the passage carefully and fill in the blanks with suitable words out of the
four alternatives.

Left-handed persons can do certain things better than
those who are right-handed. They generally find it more (1) to learn
languages and Mathematics, but have an advantage when it (2) to music or
sports. Recent research shows that the reason for (3) or
right-handedness, and the qualities (4) go with each of these, (5)
lie in differences in the construction of brain.

1.  (a)
easy             (b) difficult               (c)
hard             (d) rigid

2.  (a)
come            (b) came               (c) comes           (d)   coming

3.  (a)
left                (b) right               (c) lame              (d) handicapped

4.  (a)
those             (b) these              (c) who               (d) that

5.  (a)
might            (b) must               (c) may                (d) need

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Answers

1(b)   2(c)   3(a)   
4(d)    5(c)