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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. 1-10) In the following passage, each of
the blanks has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and
against each four words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks
appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Amid
rumours of the government planning a crackdown on stock speculation, the
Shanghai stock index ….(1)…. 8.8 per cent on February 27th, its ….(2)….
one-day drop in a decade. ….(3)…. usual for China’s stock markets,
investors in New York’s equity markets saw this and sent the Dow Jones
industrial index down more than 400 points. The drop in New York’s index in
turn ….(4)…. fear in markets across Asia the following day and suddenly
stock indices across the world ….(5)…. This chain reaction plainly
….(6)…. the increasingly ….(7)…. place that China now occupies in the
minds of global investors. Its extraordinary economic run has been the key
reason for ….(8)…. demand for everything from copper to cars much to the
….(9)…..of multinational  and Chinese
investors alike. But while investors are right about China’s growing economic
importance to the world they are still confused about how to …..10…a decline in
Chinese stocks.

1. 
(a) plunged              (b)
fallen                   (c) triggered                 (d) gained

2. 
(a) substantial         (b)
significant          (c) dismal                    (d) biggest

3. (a) However              (b) Being                  (c)
Despite                (d) Though

4. 
(a) heighten             (b)
fuelled                (c) predicted              (d) ignored

5. 
(a) stumble               (b)
corrected           (c) tumbled               (d) stabilised

6. (a) reflect                   (b) strengthened    (c) caused                (d) demonstrated

7. 
(a) privileged            (b)
prominent         (c) tangible              (d) feasible

8. 
(a) variable                (b)
risen                 (c) fallen                       (d) soaring

9. (a) risk                         (b) detriment         (c) benefit                   (d) impact

10. (a) interpret             (b) deal                    (c) cope                      (d) welcome

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Answers:

1(a)             2(d)          3(d)          4(b)          5(c)         6(d)        7(b)        8(d)      9(c)    
10(a)