Exercise 11: Fill in the Blanks with suitable words- for SSC CGL, CHSL, Bank Po, UPSC & GMAT Exams

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101 Q) The gypsies do not live _____ at a particular place.
(1) broadly
(2) willingly
(3) permanently
(4) voluntarily

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(3) Gypsy = a member of moving/travelling race 

102 Q) I asked him for some paper, but he______ .
(1) had not
(2) has not
(3) had none
(4) has none 

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(3) None = not one of a group of people or things; not any. Look at the sentence : He told me all the news but none of it was very exciting. 

103 Q) Our teacher encouraged _______ setting the poem to music.
(1) he
(2) he’s
(3) his
(4) him 

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(3) Remember : Possessive case + Gerund (verb + ing). 

104 Q) The old gentleman ___to be a very good friend of my grand father.
(1) turned in
(2) turned over
(3) turned out
(4) turned up 

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(3) Turn out means : to be discovered to be; to prove to be. Look at the sentences : The job turned out to be harder than we thought. It turned out that she was a friend of my sister. 

105 Q) The teacher said disappointedly, 'There is______ in my class who can solve this problem."
(1) anybody
(2) somebody
(3) everybody
(4) nobody 

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(4) According to the sense of the sentence, none/nobody should be used. 

106 Q) He__before the court that he was innocent of the crime.
(1) denied
(2) denounced
(3) demanded
(4) declared

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(4) Demand = request firmly Declare = to say firmly. 

107 Q) I haven't_______ butter but I have a lot of bread.
(1) a lot of
(2) little
(3) much
(4) some 

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(3) Much is used to show quantity, 

108 Q) Sheila gained an advantage________me.
(1) from
(2) on
(3) over
(4) upon 

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(3) Look at the sentence : Being tall gave him an advantage over the other players. 

109 Q) He was an ........ swimmer, but was swept away by a strong..............
(1) eligible; water
(2) able; stream
(3) old; river
(4) expert; current 

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(4) expert current 

110 Q) Our monthly expenditure_____by five hundred rupees when we decided to buy milk from the milkman.
(1) shot up
(2) got up
(3) lifted up
(4) grew up 

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(1) Shoot up = to grow very quickly; to rise suddenly by a large amount.