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.
Comprehension:
The Matryoshka doll is also called the Russian nesting doll. It is a set (1)______ wooden dolls decreasing in size and (2)______ inside one another. The first such set (3)______ in 1890. The figures inside may be of (4)______ gender. The smallest doll is the baby, made from (5)______ single piece of wood.
SSC CGL 202091)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (5).
a
Look = a/an + singular countable noun.
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.Comprehension:
There are certain spheres of one's life in which one should go by one's own (1)______ rather than follow another's counsel. The choice (2)______ one's subject of study is one such sphere. (3)______ one is genuinely interested in a subject, one (4)______ never opt for it. India is already full of (5)______ pegs in round holes, who are unfit for their roles and are doing more harm than good.
SSC CGL 202092)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (1).
choice
Choice (noun) = liking; preference; the power to choose,
SSC CGL 202093)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (2).
of
Of is used to show possession, belonging or origin.
SSC CGL 202094)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (3).
Unless
Unless = It is a conditional conjunction. Even if = whether or not; Although = in spite of the fact that; but adds contradictorystatements. Since shows cause/reason.
SSC CGL 202095)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (4).
should
Here, advice is obvious. Hence should = ought to.... should be used.
SSC CGL 202096)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (5).
square
Square pegs in round holes = unsuitable for the job.
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.Comprehension:
Advertising is the promotion of goods and services. It provides an (1)______ to the manufacturing companies to sell their (2)______ better than their competitors. Every time we switch (3)______ the television we find some product or the other (4)______ pushed towards us. It cannot be denied that the (5)______ behind commercial advertising is to increase sales and earn more profit.
SSC CGL 202097)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (1).
opportunity
Opportunity (noun) = chance; favourable condition. Excuse (noun) = justification; defence; reason.
SSC CGL 202098)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (2).
products
Product(noun) = something that is made to be sold. Outcome(noun) = result; consequence. Creation(noun) = innovation; invention.
SSC CGL 202099)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (3).
on
Switch on = make something start working. Switch off = stop something working.
SSC CGL 2020100)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (4).
being
The sentence should be in Passive form. Hence, being will be used.