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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. 1-5) Fill in the
blanks of the following sentences with an appropriate word(s) from the four
alternatives given.

1. The ……… of our civilization from
an agricultural society to today’s complex industrial world was accompanied by
war.

(a) adjustment             (b)  migration      
(c)     route          (d) metamorphosis

2. The hotel was not too expensive,
………..

(a)
was it ?        (b) wasn’t it ?        (c) is it                (d) Isn’t ?

3. Like
humans, zoo animals must have a dentist ……….. their teeth.

(a)
fill             (b) filled                 (c) filling             (d) to be filled

4. It was very kind of you to do the washing up, but you ……. it.

(a) didn’t have to do

(b) hadn’t to do

(c) mightn’t have done

(d) mustn’t have done

5. He went ………sea alone.

(a) in         (b) to                   (c) into                  (d) on

Answers

1(d)     2(a)    
3(c)     4(a)     5(b)

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