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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 1 to 5: Fill in the blanks in each of the
following sentences with appropriate words. Choose the correct alternative out
of the four given for each question.

1. He _______ the clothes and hung them up on the
cloth-line.

(a) picked up          
(b) kept on           (c) blew
up         (d) cleared away

2. I know the girl _________ danced yesterday.

(a) which              
(b) whose             (c) who                (d) whom

3. She did not _________ the shock of her son’s death.

(a) get up             
(b) get through          (c) get
on            (d) get over

4. I promise to ________ you in your difficulty.

(a) stand with           (b) stand for           (c) stand against        (d) stand by

5. Mr Pal has ___________ been absent, but I wonder
why he has not come today.

(a) always                (b) usually             (c) often            (d) never

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Answers

1(a)   2(c)   3(d)   
4(d)    5(d)