STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED
MANAGEMENT TRAINEE-2011
General English Solved Paper
Fill in the Blanks with appropriate Words
Q.1.‘Please’ and ‘Thank you’ are the little courtesies by which we keep the…….. of life oiled and running smoothly.
- river
- garden
- path
- machine
Q.2.The bright colour of this shirt has………. away.
- gone
- disappeared
- faded
- paled
Q.3.One major ……….between the Election Commission and the Union Government is related to the powers of the former in respect of the deployment of central police forces at places where an election isheld.
- conflict
- pain
- irritant
- culprit
Q.4.Even a ………glance will reveal the mystery
- crude
- cursory
- critical
- curious
Q.5.His standard of living has……. since his son joined service.
- lifted
- increased
- risen
- heightened
Q.6.The passengers were afraid but the captain …….them that there was no danger.
- instructed
- advised
- promised
- assured
Q.7.His first failure did not…… him from making another attempt.
- interfere
- forbid
- frighten
- deter
Q.8.No one will ……….. you for having been rude to your teacher.
- exclaim
- admire
- advise
- recommend
Q.9.The doctor …….. the patient from taking certain medicines.
- banned
- prohibited
- prescribed
- proscribed
Q.10.I ……..a car to be absolutely necessary these days.
- think
- regard
- consider
- agree
Q.11.He didn’t have the……….. idea of villager’s problems.
- smallest
- finest
- faintest
- feeblest
Q.12.This is a………… translation of the speech.
- verbatim
- verbal
- literal
- Literary
Q.13.The news of the secret deal soon despite official silence.
- discovered
- disclosed
- leaked out
- divulged
Q.14.No man had a more ………..love for literature, or a higher respect for it, than Samuel Johnson.
- arduous
- ardent
- animated
- adroit
Q.15.I have often ………why he went to live abroad.
- puzzled
- wondered
- thought
- surprised
Q.16.He lives near ……………a lonely of countryside.
- piece
- length
- stretch
- section
Q.17.To nobody else did the story seem ………
- contingent
- credible
- credulous
- creditable
Q.18.The transfer of territories could not take place because one state ……….the findings of the Commission.
- objected
- questioned
- rejected
- disputed
Q.19.Anticipating renewed rioting, the authorities erected …………….to block off the streets.
- dykes
- barrages
- barricades
- barracks
Q.20.When their examinations were over, the children gleefully……. the books they had been reading.
- despised
- neglected
- shelve
- overthrow
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