1)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The car cleaner expressed his inability to continue cleaning my car from 1st July due to his ______ .

SSC CGL 2019

A)

ill feeling

B)

ill health

C)

disease

D)

disorder

2)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The sky is quite overcast. We’re ______ to have rain today.

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A)

likely

B)

mostly

C)

surely

D)

probably

3)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
When my friend suggested going to the mall for lunch, I agreed ______ .

SSC CGL 2019

A)

at once

B)

at large

C)

at most

D)

at ease

4)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The business prospect seemed quite ______ so I convinced my friend to partner with me to start the venture.

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A)

lucrative

B)

dubious

C)

flourishing

D)

prosperous

5)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The company gave in to the demands of the employees as it found them ______ .

SSC CGL 2019

A)

illegal

B)

irrational

C)

legitimate

D)

formidable

6)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I have visited several places in India, but I ______ the Andaman and Nicobar Islands yet.

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A)

haven’t been visiting

B)

didn’t visit

C)

haven’t visited

D)

don’t visit

7)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The rescue team dug out a soldier from the snow ______ how he could have survived for seven days buried under it.

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A)

wondering

B)

wondered

C)

to wonder

D)

wonder

8)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Bhanu made a working model of an airplane ______ when he was sixteen.

SSC CGL 2019

A)

itself

B)

himself

C)

oneself

D)

herself

9)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
In view of the excessive heat, schools in Delhi remained closed ______a week in July.

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A)

for

B)

about

C)

in

D)

to

10)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Right from the beginning ______ government’s focus has been on ______ development of the country.

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A)

the, the

B)

a, the

C)

the, a

D)

a, no word required