Model Questions For एसएससी - सीजीएल परीक्षा (SET-29)
English Comprehension
Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has
been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each,
four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out
appropriate words in each case.
It looks like the trail that leads to a magical land. The path climbs out
of the forest … (1)… white and yellow butterflies flutter …(2)… the hanging
creepers. It emerges on a …(3)… meadow basking in the sun. …(4)… this is no
fairy-tale country. The …(5)… inhabitants of the meadows …(6)… barely living
human skeletons, with sunken, fevered …(7)… and clothed in filthy and …(8)…
rags. They are the refugees who have …(9)… to flee deeper into Thailand and have
… (10) … instead to stay close to their Cambodian homeland, inspite of all the
dangers and hardships they face everyday.
1. (a) that
(b) when
(c) where
(d) which
2. (a) among
(b) at
(c) on
(d) in
3. (a) stony
(b) beautiful
(c) gaudy
(d) dry
4. (a) As
(b) And
(c) But
(d) So
5. (a) happy
(b) only
(c) erstwhile
(d) cheerful
6. (a) were
(b) are
(c) have
(d) being
7. (a) eyes
(b) ears
(c) feet
(d) hand
8. (a) fluttered
(b) cluttered
(c) tattered
(d) battered
9. (a) denied
(b) asked
(c) wanted
(d) refused
10. (a) wondered
(b) refused
(c) chosen
(d) needed
Answer
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (a)
6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (c)