Fill in the Blanks · SSC CGL previous year questions

Select the correct option: Scarcely had the satellite deployed ____ it transmitted its first data packet.

1. A.than
2. B.when
3. C.before
4. D.until

Select the correct option: ____ having completed the feasibility study, the team requested additional funding.

1. A.Having
2. B.On
3. C.Upon
4. D.Despite

Select the correct option: The scientist's hypothesis was not only radical but also diametrically ____ to the foundational assumptions of her discipline.

1. A.opposed
2. B.opposing
3. C.opposite
4. D.averse

Select the correct option: Only after a decade of fieldwork ____ fully grasp the dialect's nuances.

1. A.she had
2. B.did she
3. C.had she
4. D.she did

Select the correct option: The professor's remarks were so dense with jargon that they bordered on _____.

1. A.opacity
2. B.opaque
3. C.opacus
4. D.opalescent

Select the correct option: Her rebuttal, though eloquent, failed to ____ the central issue raised by the opposition.

1. A.address
2. B.digress
3. C.circumvent
4. D.elude

Select the correct option: The analyst found the correlation to be ____ marginal to influence policy.

1. A.too
2. B.very
3. C.so
4. D.as

Select the correct option: Had it not been for her timely intervention, the discussion might well have ____ into an acrimonious stalemate.

1. A.evolved
2. B.devolved
3. C.emerged
4. D.absorbed

Select the correct option: Neither the editor nor the contributors ____ willing to accept the changes unconditionally.

1. A.was
2. B.were
3. C.has been
4. D.is

Select the correct option: The startup scaled so rapidly that its infrastructure could ____ keep pace.

1. A.barely
2. B.merely
3. C.scarcely
4. D.all but

Select the correct option: While the proposal appeared pragmatic on paper, its implementation proved ____ complicated than expected.

1. A.less
2. B.more
3. C.much
4. D.rather

Select the correct option: The board will convene next Friday, ____ final approval is expected.

1. A.at which
2. B.on which
3. C.when
4. D.whereupon

Select the correct option: Nothing short of a paradigm shift will ____ the entrenched bureaucratic inertia.

1. A.persuade
2. B.dislodge
3. C.dissuasion
4. D.disillusion

Select the correct option: The reforms, while ostensibly motivated by economic exigencies, were in effect a veiled attempt to ____ dissent under the guise of austerity.

1. A.quell
2. B.swell
3. C.rebut
4. D.impugn

Select the most appropriate verb / verb phrase to fill in the blank. Akshaya __________ hard for the entrance exam and received a high score.

1. A.Studies
2. B.Has studied
3. C.Studied
4. D.Was studied

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

1. A.irregular
2. B.routine
3. C.different
4. D.similar

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No 3

1. A.have emerged
2. B.had emerged
3. C.has emerged
4. D.was emerged

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

1. A.seems to
2. B.keeps to
3. C.assess to
4. D.access to

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 5.

1. A.minor
2. B.foremost
3. C.almost
4. D.most

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Just bite the ______ and tell him the truth.

1. A.shot
2. B.gun
3. C.dust
4. D.bullet

Select the most appropriate verb / verb phrase to fill in the blank. The team __________ the championship before their star player got injured.

1. A.has won
2. B.was won
3. C.win
4. D.had won

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. I like bread made up of corn ______.

1. A.failure
2. B.floor
3. C.flour
4. D.flower

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

1. A.cannot
2. B.may not be
3. C.should
4. D.shall

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

1. A.neutral
2. B.alien
3. C.foreign
4. D.common

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

1. A.can
2. B.were
3. C.that
4. D.have been