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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 -5) : Read the passage carefully and fill
in the blanks with suitable words out of the four alternatives given.
New York’s tallest building is the Empire
State Building, which stands on Fifth Avenue, New York, between 33rd Street and
34th Street. It was (1) on the site of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and took 410
days at the rate of 4 ½ floors a week (2) complete. The building was opened on
1 May 1931 by remote control, when President Herbert Hoover (3) a button in
Washington DC. The Empire State Building towers 381 m above ground and measures
443.2 m to the top of the TV tower. A further 16.7 m is below ground. The spire
on top was designed as an airship mooring mast, but after German airship, the
Hindenburg, burned at its mooring mast in New Jersey in 1937, the mast was (4)
used. For more than 40 years, the Empire State held the (5) as the world’s
tallest office or apartment building.
(1)
(a) building
(b) erected
(c) built
(d) build
(2)
(a) from
(b) into
(c) for
(d) to
(3)
(a) press
(b) pressed
(c) pressing
(d) press
(4)
(a) frequently
(b) often
(c) always
(d) never
(5)
(a) record
(b) title
(c) position
(d) place
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Answers
1(c) 2(d)
3(b) 4(d) 5(a)