Instructions :
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

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Comprehension :
A (1)______ of trucks carrying soldiers was coming down the mountain road. The trucks (2) ______ slowly as there had been heavy snowfall in that area . Suddenly, with a (3) ______ a huge tree on the hill side fell bringing along with it boulders and mud. (4) ______, the driver of first truck stopped in time. The soldiers got down and started (5) ______ the road.

221)

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 5

SSC CGL 2020

A)

clearing

B)

altering

C)

changing

D)

moving

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

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Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka, wild and domestic animals (1) _____ to know what was about to happen. (2) ____ fled to safety. According to eyewitness (3) _____ , elephants screamed and ran for (4) ____ grounds, dogs refused to go outdoors, flamingoes abandoned (5) _____ low-lying breeding areas and zoo animals rushed into their shelters.

222)

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 1.

A)

seeming

B)

were seemed

C)

seemed

D)

seem

223)

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 2.

A)

They

B)

Them

C)

Us

D)

We

224)

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 3.

A)

accounts

B)

explanations

C)

statement

D)

narrations

225)

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 4.

A)

high

B)

highest

C)

higher

D)

more high

226)

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 5.

A)

her

B)

our

C)

their

D)

theirs

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

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The doctor left some medicines with the instructions for giving them. One was to (1) ______ down the fever and another to overcome an acid condition. “The germs (2) _____ influenza can exist only in acid condition,” he explained. He said there was (3) ______ to worry if the fever did not go up above 103 degrees. This was an (4) ______ of flu and there was no danger if pneumonia could be (5) ______.

227)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 1.

A)

bring

B)

shrink

C)

reduce

D)

decrease

228)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 2.

A)

on

B)

at

C)

to

D)

of

229)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 3.

A)

nothing

B)

anything

C)

nobody

D)

everything

230)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 4.

A)

explosion

B)

erosion

C)

epidemic

D)

epidermis