Exercise 45: Fill in the Blanks with suitable words- for SSC CGL, CHSL, Bank Po, UPSC & GMAT Exams

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441 Q) The life-guard would not let the children _______ at the deep end of the pool.
(1) swims
(2) swim
(3) swam
(4) to swim 

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(2) Here, infinitive without to should be used. 

442 Q) The teacher let us_________.
(1) to go early
(2) to leave early
(3) go early
(4) early to go 

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(3) Let is followed by infinitive without to. 

443 Q) Hamid .......... in Mumbai for three years when his parents came to visit.
(1) had lived
(2) had lived
(3) was living
(4) had been living 

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(4) As period of time is given, past pecfect continuous should be used here. 

444 Q) We have been living in this house _________1990.
(1) when
(2) for
(3) before
(4) since 

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(4) Since is used for point of time. 

445 Q) She found a few good cards in a shop and she bought____cards last night.
(1) those
(2) that
(3) them
(4) this 

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(1) Here, those should be used. 

446 Q) He was not a man intelligence.
(1) lacking of
(2) devoid of
(3) absent of
(4) empty of

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(2) Devoid of something = completely lacking in something Look at the sentence : The letter was devoid of warmth and feeling. 

447 Q) My father is very ___ to me, we play football every evening.
(1) friendly
(2) friends
(3) friend-like
(4) friendship 

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(1) Friendly (Adjective) = behaving in a kind and pleasant way; treating somebody as a friend. 

448 Q) Ravichander was musing ............................ memories of the past.
(1) over
(2) about
(3) on
(4) from 

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(3) The word Muse means : to think carefully about something for a time ; ponder Look at the sentence : I sat quietly, musing on the events of the day. 

449 Q) His wife has a twin who resembles her so much that at first he had great trouble telling
(1) one from the other
(2) one from another
(3) each other
(4) who is which 

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(4) Who is which is used to talk about distinguishing one person or thing from another. 

450 Q) Sachin was standing_____me.
(1) aside
(2) next
(3) beside
(4) besides 

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(3) Beside = next to or at the side of somebody/something.