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.In a way, adult education is an educational movement through the medium (1)______ village schools. In the beginning, the (2)______ were suspicious. It was hard to persuade (3)______ to realise that they were really getting something (4)______ the schools. They were not at all sure that they wanted their (5)______ to leave their homes.
SSC CGL 202081)Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 5.
children
Children = sons or daughters of any age.
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill each blank.
When you enter a restaurant, you take your (1)______ and you are served a glass of water. You take your (2)______ to decide what you should order. When a (3)______ appears, you ask him the routine question, “(4)______ do you have?” The waiter will begin to recite (5)______ day’s menus, generally with nothing new in it, but you like to hear it all over again.
SSC CGL 202082)Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 1.
seat
SSC CGL 202083)Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 2.
time
SSC CGL 202084)Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 3.
waiter
SSC CGL 202085)Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 4.
What
SSC CGL 202086)Select the most appropriate option for the blank numbered 5.
the
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 202087)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (1)
of
A set of something = a group of similar things.
SSC CGL 202088)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (2)
placed
Place (verb) = to put something carefully.
SSC CGL 202089)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (3).
was made
Here, passive voice is required as dolls are not made themselves but by others. Hence, was made is approproate.
SSC CGL 202090)Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (4).
either
Either (determiner) = one or the other of two. Hence, dolls may be either males or females.