SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 20
	Now-a-days, under the ??(1)?? system of education, 
however good it may be, when a young man comes out of the 
University, there seems to be this ??(2)?? in him that the 
higher the standard of living rises, the less should a man 
work.  Thus, mathematically, higher the standard of living, 
according to this misconceived notion, the less the ??(3)?? 
Ultimately, what should be the highest standard of living 
then? ??(4)?? work!  This leads to an unhealthy ??(5)?? 
among the workers.  A typist who types over twenty letters 
a day asks his ??(6)?? how many letters he had typed that 
day.  The latter ??(7)?? ?Fifteen?.   The former 
thinks, ?Tomorrow I should type only fifteen or even ??(8)
?? .    This tendency is quite ??(9)?? and may ultimately 
lead to ??(10)?? Even one?s family life may be affected 
adversely due to such tendency. 
1.	(a)	developed
	(b)	extinct
	(c)	outdated
	(d)	proposed
	(e)	modern
	Ans:	( e ) 	modern
		
2.	(a)	anxiety
	(b)	misconception
	(c)	realisation
	(d)	worry
	(e)	apprehension
	Ans:	( b ) 	misconception
		
3.	(a)	salary
	(b)	comfort
	(c)	work
	(d)	energy
	(e)	time
	Ans:	( c ) 	work
	
4.	(a)	Minimum
	(b)	Maximum
	(c)	Less
	(d)	No
	(e)	Ample
	Ans:	( d ) 	No
	
5.	(a)	competition
	(b)	dispute
	(c)	delay
	(d)	jealousy
	(e)	ambition
	Ans:	( e ) 	ambition
		
6.	(a)	employee
	(b)	subordinate
	(c)	boss
	(d)	client
	(e)	colleague
	Ans:	( c ) 	boss
		
7.	(a)	suggests
	(b)	remembers
	(c)	replies
	(d)	types
	(e)	does
	Ans:	( c ) 	replies
		
8.	(a)	less
	(b)	all
	(c)	more
	(d)	few
	(e)	some
	Ans:	( a ) 	less
	
9.	(a)	discouraging
	(b)	heartening
	(c)	healthy
	(d)	unfortunate
	(e)	unnatural
	Ans:	( a ) 	discouraging
		
10.	(a)	evil
	(b)	retardation
	(c)	progress
	(d)	denial
	(e)	complexity
	Ans:	( b ) 	retardation
		

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 19
	Architecture is a unique ??(1)?? of art and science 
that has ??(2)?? out of man?s primary need for shelter.  It 
is concerned with the design and ??(3)?? of buildings in 
their sociological, technological and environmental 
context.  This field is not only ??(4)?? but also provides 
the ??(5)?? of designing and building pleasing and ??(6)?? 
refined structures to serve various needs.  ??(7)?? the 
fairly large number of practicing architects, the 
countrywide ??(8)?? in building activity offers scope for 
more.  And though the initial earnings in the field are 
relatively ??(9)?? what you make thereafter will depend 
entirely on your ??(10)??
1.	(a)	procedure
	(b)	process
	(c)	portion
	(d)	blend
	(e)	subject
	Ans:	( d ) 	blend
		
2.	(a)	drifted
	(b)	fizzled
	(c)	contrived
	(d)	earned
	(e)	arisen
	Ans:	( e ) 	arisen
		
3.	(a)	painting
	(b)	construction
	(c)	decoration
	(d)	repairing
	(e)	appearance
	Ans:	( b ) 	construction
	
4.	(a)	fatiguing
	(b)	strenuous
	(c)	encouraging
	(d)	vast
	(e)	rewarding
	Ans:	( d ) 	vast
	
5.	(a)	satisfaction
	(b)	facility
	(c)	infrastructure
	(d)	amenities
	(e)	decorum
	Ans:	( c ) 	infrastructure
		
6.	(a)	practically
	(b)	ideologically
	(c)	aesthetically
	(d)	principally
	(e)	readily
	Ans:	( c ) 	aesthetically
		
7.	(a)	Considering
	(b)	Having
	(c)	Assuming
	(d)	Regarding
	(e)	Despite
	Ans:	( e ) 	Despite
		
8.	(a)	variation
	(b)	slack
	(c)	lethargy
	(d)	spurt
	(e)	deterioration
	Ans:	( d ) 	spurt
	
9.	(a)	escalating
	(b)	modest
	(c)	unpredicatable
	(d)	negligible
	(e)	exorbitant
	Ans:	( b ) 	modest
		
10.	(a)	ambition
	(b)	appearance
	(c)	expectation
	(d)	experience
	(e)	need
	Ans:	( d ) 	experience
		

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 18
	Each year, middle class Indian children ??(1)?? 
hundreds of crores of rupees in pocket money and ??(2)?? a 
heavy burden on parental ??(3)?? like adults, these kids 
have ??(4)?? connected with budgeting and saving money.  
Unfortunately, basic money ??(5)?? is ??(6)?? taught in 
schools.  At home, very few parents ??(7)?? money matters 
with their children.  Kids who ??(8)?? about money ??(9)?? 
have been found to be way ahead of their peers.  Indeed, 
learning to ??(10)?? with money properly fosters 
discipline, good work habits and self respect.
1.	(a)	spend
	(b)	steal
	(c)	save
	(d)	give
	(e)	invest
	Ans:	( a ) 	spend
		
2.	(a)	move
	(b)	take
	(c)	risk
	(d)	put
	(e)	lift
	Ans:	( d ) 	put
		
3.	(a)	promises
	(b)	payments
	(c)	demands
	(d)	attitudes
	(e)	incomes
	Ans:	( e ) 	incomes
	
4.	(a)	expenses
	(b)	experience
	(c)	problems
	(d)	guidance
	(e)	necessiteis
	Ans:	( c ) 	problems
	
5.	(a)	availability
	(b)	inflation
	(c)	economics
	(d)	problem
	(e)	management
	Ans:	( e ) 	management
		
6.	(a)	carefully
	(b)	rarely
	(c)	generally
	(d)	always
	(e)	thoroughly
	Ans:	( b ) 	rarely
		
7.	(a)	discuss
	(b)	understand
	(c)	teach
	(d)	reveal
	(e)	advise
	Ans:	( a ) 	discuss
		
8.	(a)	quarrel
	(b)	ask
	(c)	learn
	(d)	waste
	(e)	spend
	Ans:	( c ) 	learn
	
9.	(a)	slowly
	(b)	early
	(c)	timely
	(d)	lately
	(e)	regularly
	Ans:	( c ) 	timely
		
10.	(a)	decide
	(b)	earn
	(c)	control
	(d)	deal
	(e)	pay
	Ans:	( d ) 	deal
		

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 17
	In the large shops ??(1)?? for Diwali are begun ??
(2)?? or six weeks before ??(3)?? actual day.  Shop owners 
??(4)?? Diwali because lots of ??(5)?? are given, which 
means ??(6)?? goods are bought than ??(7)?? any other time 
of ??(8)?? year.  The main shops ??(9)?? decorated many 
weeks before ??(10)?? to tempt people to buy things.
1.	(a)	preparations
	(b)	shopping
	(c)	purchases
	(d)	preparing
	Ans:	( a ) 	preparations
		
2.	(a)	two
	(b)	five
	(c)	few
	(d)	couple
	Ans:	( b ) 	five
		
3.	(a)	a
	(b)	an
	(c)	the
	(d)	which
	Ans:	( c ) 	the
	
4.	(a)	hate
	(b)	anticipate
	(c)	recommend
	(d)	like
	Ans:	( d ) 	like
	
5.	(a)	purchases
	(b)	prizes
	(c)	presents
	(d)	presentation
	Ans:	( c ) 	presents
		
6.	(a)	many
	(b)	more
	(c)	few
	(d)	less
	Ans:	( b ) 	more
		
7.	(a)	at
	(b)	in
	(c)	on
	(d)	for
	Ans:	( a ) 	at
		
8.	(a)	any
	(b)	a
	(c)	the
	(d)	this
	Ans:	( c ) 	the
	
9.	(a)	were
	(b)	are
	(c)	have been
	(d)	will be
	Ans:	( b ) 	are
		
10.	(a)	occasion
	(b)	festival
	(c)	festivities
	(d)	Diwali
	Ans:	( d ) 	Diwali
		

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 16
	Desire and action are often coordinated in that 
desire may ??(1)?? the person to action or that desire may 
be ??(2)?? from action.  If P is seen as trying to do X, it 
is often inferred that P desires X.  However, desire and 
action are not ??(3)?? coordinated.  The person may desire 
X without ??(4)?? in any action directed towards the 
attainment of X.  This even happens when X appears ??(5)?? 
or when the other effects resulting from the action ??(6)?? 
to attain X are sufficiently undesirable as to ??(7)?? the 
desire for X.  Sometimes, of course, no action in 
necessary; the desire may or may not be ??(8)?? quite 
independently of P?s action.  Furthermore, a given desire 
may lead to different actions, depending upon the 
environmental requirements.  Actions are ??(9)?? not only 
by desire but also by the way the person ??(10)?? the 
causal structure of the environment. 
1.	(a)	dampen
	(b)	hinder
	(c)	indulge
	(d)	arouse
	(e)	prohibit
	Ans:	( d ) 	arouse
		
2.	(a)	expelled
	(b)	ceased
	(c)	abstained
	(d)	refrained
	(e)	inferred
	Ans:	( e ) 	inferred
		
3.	(a)	invariably
	(b)	hopefully
	(c)	deliberately
	(d)	purposely
	(e)	negatively
	Ans:	( a ) 	invariably
	
4.	(a)	wanting
	(b)	associating
	(c)	engaging
	(d)	supporting
	(e)	exhibiting
	Ans:	( c ) 	engaging
	
5.	(a)	manageable
	(b)	valuable
	(c)	unattainable
	(d)	reachable
	(e)	approachable
	Ans:	( c ) 	unattainable
		
6.	(a)	hostile
	(b)	necessary
	(c)	incidental
	(d)	insensible
	(e)	detrimental
	Ans:	( b ) 	necessary
		
7.	(a)	express
	(b)	appreciate
	(c)	reciprocate
	(d)	damage
	(e)	negate
	Ans:	( e ) 	negate
		
8.	(a)	realised
	(b)	hypothesised
	(c)	verbalised
	(d)	criticised
	(e)	actualised
	Ans:	( a ) 	realised
	
9.	(a)	projected
	(b)	determined
	(c)	controlled
	(d)	galvanised
	(e)	pronounced
	Ans:	( b ) 	determined
		
10.	(a)	downgrades
	(b)	fabricates
	(c)	develops
	(d)	sees
	(e)	enlarges
	Ans:	( c ) 	develops
		

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 15
	??(1)?? can be injected ??(2)?? human blood for ??
(3)?? diptheria, pneumonia and severe wounds ??(4)?? 
surgical operations, penicillin is given to ??(5)?? to  ??
(6)? the bacterial infections from spreading.  After this ??
(7)?? several other antibiotics ??(8)?? discovered.  Today, 
these antibiotics are ??(9)?? the lives of lakhs of ??(10)
?? all over the world.
1.	(a)	Antibiotics
	(b)	Penicillin
	(c)	Streptomycin
	(d)	Teramycin
	(e)	Medicine
	Ans:	( b ) 	Penicillin
		
2.	(a)	within
	(b)	through
	(c)	on
	(d)	into
	(e)	over
	Ans:	( d ) 	into
		
3.	(a)	treating
	(b)	operating
	(c)	discovering
	(d)	spreading
	(e)	monitoring
	Ans:	( a ) 	treating
	
4.	(a)	In
	(b)	Over
	(c)	While
	(d)	After
	(e)	During
	Ans:	( d ) 	After
	
5.	(a)	children
	(b)	injured
	(c)	patients
	(d)	doctors
	(e)	nurses
	Ans:	( c ) 	patients
		
6.	(a)	study
	(b)	prevent
	(c)	dismiss
	(d)	spread
	(e)	remove
	Ans:	( b ) 	prevent
		
7.	(a)	treatment
	(b)	patient
	(c)	cause
	(d)	discovery
	(e)	operation
	Ans:	( d ) 	discovery
		
8.	(a)	were
	(b)	may be
	(c)	have
	(d)	are
	(e)	would be
	Ans:	( a ) 	were
	
9.	(a)	multiplying
	(b)	providing
	(c)	saving
	(d)	infecting
	(e)	growing
	Ans:	( c ) 	saving
		
10.	(a)	children
	(b)	species
	(c)	women
	(d)	medicos
	(e)	people
	Ans:	( e ) 	people

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 14
	Four cases of burglary have been ??(1)?? with the 
arrest of one ??(2)?? criminal.  The police have ??(3)?? 
gold and silver jewellery from him.  The police increased 
their public contacts with the residents of the area after 
following a spate of burglaries.  They held corner meetings 
to ??(4)?? the residents on steps to ??(5)?? prevention.  
They were ??(6)?? to inform their neighbours if they had to 
??(7)?? their houses unattended.  Consequently, some ??(8)
?? of the locality observed one ??(9)?? leaving an empty 
house.  He was ??(10)?? and a cases was registered. 
1.	(a)	connected
	(b)	adjusted
	(c)	solved
	(d)	deferred
	(e)	dealt
	Ans:	( c ) 	solved
		
2.	(a)	notorious
	(b)	more
	(c)	thief
	(d)	imprisoned
	(e)	extremely
	Ans:	( a ) 	notorious
		
3.	(a)	withdrawn
	(b)	amassed
	(c)	sold
	(d)	recovered
	(e)	stolen
	Ans:	( d ) 	recovered
	
4.	(a)	harass
	(b)	arrest
	(c)	probe
	(d)	threaten
	(e)	educate
	Ans:	( e ) 	educate
	
5.	(a)	loss
	(b)	crime
	(c)	its
	(d)	burglar
	(e)	their
	Ans:	( b ) 	crime
		
6.	(a)	required
	(b)	forbidden
	(c)	instructed
	(d)	entrusted
	(e)	forced
	Ans:	( a ) 	required
		
7.	(a)	paint
	(b)	sell
	(c)	protect
	(d)	leave
	(e)	build
	Ans:	( d ) 	leave
		
8.	(a)	criminals
	(b)	neighbours
	(c)	burglars
	(d)	pedestrians
	(e)	residents
	Ans:	( e ) 	residents
	
9.	(a)	stranger
	(b)	resident
	(c)	neighbour
	(d)	entrant
	Ans:	( a ) 	stranger
		
10.	(a)	misled
	(b)	apprehended
	(c)	neglected
	(d)	boycotted
	(e)	informed
	Ans:	( b ) 	apprehended

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 13
	An old scholar ??(1)?? that Truth was in the 
country.  He ??(2)?? to find her, as he had devoted his 
life to studying her in all her ??(3)?? .  He came upon the 
cottage in the ??(4)?? where Truth lived.  He  ??(5)?? on 
the door.  Truth ??(6)?? what he wanted.  The scholar ??(7)
?? who she was.  He added that he had ??(8)?? a thousand 
times ??(9)?? she really was ??(10)??
1.	(a)	hard
	(b)	herd
	(c)	heard
	(d)	hired
	Ans:	( c ) 	heard
		
2.	(a)	decide
	(b)	decides
	(c)	decided
	(d)	decision
	Ans:	( c ) 	decided
		
3.	(a)	firms
	(b)	forms
	(c)	farms
	(d)	ferns
	Ans:	( b ) 	forms
	
4.	(a)	maintain
	(b)	fountain
	(c)	mountain
	(d)	plantain
	Ans:	( c ) 	mountain
	
5.	(a)	locked
	(b)	shocked
	(c)	knocked
	(d)	pocked
	Ans:	( c ) 	knocked
		
6.	(a)	told
	(b)	said
	(c)	asked
	(d)	advised
	Ans:	( c ) 	asked
		
7.	(a)	explored
	(b)	exhorted
	(c)	explained
	(d)	exported
	Ans:	( b ) 	exhorted
		
8.	(a)	wandered
	(b)	wondered
	(c)	wondrous
	(d)	wounded
	Ans:	( b ) 	wondered
	
9.	(a)	which
	(b)	what
	(c)	whom
	(d)	whose
	Ans:	( b ) 	what
		
10.	(a)	like
	(b)	lake
	(c)	lick
	(d)	lack
	Ans:	( a ) 	like
		

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 12
	The last decade has been ??(1)?? for management 
education and development.  When the economies of most 
western countries were ??(2)?? in the early 1980s there 
were ??(3)?? cuts both in corporate training and in higher 
education.  During the boom years of the mid 1980s there 
was some ??(4)?? in both areas.  In early 1990s 
industrialized countries were in the ??(5)?? of another 
severe recession and a  ??(6)?? retrenchment was to be 
reasonably ??(7)?? throughout the training world.  But this 
is not the case so far.  Many leading companies are ??(8)?? 
their belief in training as the key to future 
competitiveness and governments have ??(9)?? an era of 
rapid ??(10)??
1.	(a)	dogmatic
	(b)	paradoxical
	(c)	outstanding
	(d)	sluggish
	(e)	praiseworthy
	Ans:	( c ) 	outstanding
		
2.	(a)	galvanised
	(b)	privatised
	(c)	dominant
	(d)	faltering
	(e)	developing
	Ans:	( d ) 	faltering
		
3.	(a)	severe
	(b)	judicious
	(c)	marginal
	(d)	proportionate
	(e)	dramatic
	Ans:	( c ) 	marginal
	
4.	(a)	proactivity
	(b)	curiosity
	(c)	downsizing
	(d)	slashing
	(e)	reactivity
	Ans:	( e ) 	reactivity
	
5.	(a)	area
	(b)	mood
	(c)	grip
	(d)	light
	(e)	context
	Ans:	( c ) 	grip
		
6.	(a)	critical
	(b)	light
	(c)	profound
	(d)	possible
	(e)	tough
	Ans:	( b ) 	light
		
7.	(a)	fabricated
	(b)	projected
	(c)	lamented
	(d)	expected
	(e)	advocated
	Ans:	( d ) 	advocated
		
8.	(a)	managing
	(b)	asserting
	(c)	criticising
	(d)	rejecting
	(e)	developing
	Ans:	( b ) 	asserting
	
9.	(a)	encouraged
	(b)	established
	(c)	preached
	(d)	circulated
	(e)	directed
	Ans:	( b ) 	established
		
10.	(a)	degradation
	(b)	communication
	(c)	expansion
	(d)	projection
	(e)	exhibition
	Ans:	( c ) 	expansion

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 11
	From that moment his life became intolerable.  He 
passed his days in apprehension of each succeeding night.  
And ??(1)?? night the vision ??(2)?? back again.  In a room 
he ??(3)?? locked himself up and in that room he ??(4)?? to 
struggle; but in vain.  An  ??(5)?? force lifted him up and 
pushed him  ??(6)?? the glass, as if to call the phantom, 
and before long he saw it ??(7)?? in the spot where the 
crime was ??(8)?? lying with arms and legs outspread the 
way the body ??(9)?? found.  Then the dead girl ??(10)?? 
and came towards him with little steps just as the child 
had done when she came out of the river.
1.	(a)	all
	(b)	each
	(c)	every
	Ans:	( c  ) 	every
		
2.	(a)	comes
	(b)	come
	(c)	came
	Ans:	( c  ) 	came
		
3.	(a)	had been
	(b)	had
	(c)	was
	Ans:	( b  ) 	had
	
4.	(a)	strives
	(b)	strived
	(c)	strove
	Ans:	( c  ) 	strove
	
5.	(a)	compelling
	(b)	irresistible
	(c)	overwhelming
	Ans:	( b  ) 	irresistible
		
6.	(a)	upon
	(b)	towards
	(c)	against
	Ans:	( b  ) 	towards
		
7.	(a)	laid
	(b)	lying
	(c)	laying
	Ans:	( b  ) 	lying
		
8.	(a)	perpetrated
	(b)	done
	(c)	committed
	Ans:	( c ) 	committed
	
9.	(a)	has been
	(b)	had been
	(c)	was
	Ans:	( b ) 	had been
		
10.	(a)	stood up
	(b)	raised up
	(c)	rose up
	Ans:	( a ) 	stood up

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 10
	Recent discoveries have ??(1)?? that Indians of the 
early days ??(2)?? to have been ??(3)?? civilised ??(4)?? 
many ways.   They had massive public buildings and 
comfortable dwelling houses, ??(5)?? mostly of brick.  They 
had ??(6)?? arrangements ??(7)?? good sanitation, and an 
elaborate drainage system.  They knew how to write ??(8)?? 
their language, which has not yet been ??(9)?? was not 
alphabetic but syllabic ??(10)?? the Sumerian language. 
1.	(a)	shown
	(b)	derived
	(c)	investigated
	(d)	seen
	(e)	reflected
	Ans:	( a ) 	shown
		
2.	(a)	intend
	(b)	decided
	(c)	behave
	(d)	proved
	(e)	appear
	Ans:	( e ) 	appear
		
3.	(a)	intermittently
	(b)	highly
	(c)	positively
	(d)	rarely
	(e)	consistently
	Ans:	( b ) 	highly
	
4.	(a)	on
	(b)	under
	(c)	through
	(d)	in
	(e)	to
	Ans:	( d ) 	to
	
5.	(a)	designed
	(b)	formulated
	(c)	built
	(d)	construct
	(e)	building
	Ans:	( c ) 	built
		
6.	(a)	less
	(b)	ignored
	(c)	made
	(d)	started
	(e)	not
	Ans:	( c ) 	made
		
7.	(a)	in spite
	(b)	against
	(c)	by
	(d)	from
	(e)	for
	Ans:	( e ) 	for
		
8.	(a)	but
	(b)	because
	(c)	while
	(d)	since
	(e)	perhaps
	Ans:	( a ) 	but
	
9.	(a)	written
	(b)	deciphered
	(c)	formed
	(d)	talked
	(e)	used
	Ans:	( b ) 	deciphered
		
10.	(a)	across
	(b)	closely
	(c)	before
	(d)	like
	(e)	similarly
	Ans:	( d ) 	like
		

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 9
	Do women ??(1)?? leadership differently than men 
do?  And if so, will feminine leadership ??(2)?? where ??(3)
?? leadership does not?  A recent study suggests somewhat 
paradoxically that female managers ??(4)?? their male ??(5)
?? even when the personal characteristics of both are very 
??(6)??   Of the two schools of thought, the structualist 
theory argues that men and women do net receive the same 
treatment in the workplace and that stamping out ??(7)?? 
bias would stamp out the observed ??(8)??   In contrast, 
the socialization theory contends that men and women 
experience work differently because men see work as more ??
(9)?? to their lives.  These ??(10)?? explanations apart, 
today business appears to be undergoing a feminisation of 
leadership.
1.	(a)	exercise
	(b)	undertake
	(c)	authorise
	(d)	empower
	(e)	tolerate
	Ans:	( b ) 	undertake
		
2.	(a)	affect
	(b)	succeed
	(c)	compete
	(d)	progress
	(e)	dominate
	Ans:	( b ) 	succeed
		
3.	(a)	traditional
	(b)	charismatic
	(c)	masculine
	(d)	benevolent
	(e)	authoritarian
	Ans:	( c ) 	masculine
	
4.	(a)	out-live
	(b)	out-cast
	(c)	out-work
	(d)	out-stand
	(e)	out-do
	Ans:	( e ) 	out-do
	
5.	(a)	employees
	(b)	subordinates
	(c)	managers
	(d)	counterparts
	(e)	superiors
	Ans:	( d ) 	counterparts
		
6.	(a)	minimal
	(b)	distinct
	(c)	unique
	(d)	similar
	(e)	constant
	Ans:	( d ) 	similar
		
7.	(a)	employment
	(b)	culture
	(c)	gender
	(d)	class
	(e)	category
	Ans:	( c ) 	gender
		
8.	(a)	variations
	(b)	discriminations
	(c)	resemblances
	(d)	distortions
	(e)	equalities
	Ans:	( b ) 	discriminations
	
9.	(a)	needy
	(b)	desperate
	(c)	preliminary
	(d)	trivial
	(e)	central
	Ans:	( e ) 	central
		
10.	(a)	contradictory
	(b)	corresponding
	(c)	discriminating
	(d)	analogical
	(e)	identical
	Ans:	( a ) 	contradictory

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 8
	Each species has its special place or habitat.  An 
??(1)?? bird-watcher can look at ??(2)?? forest, meadow, 
lake, swamp or field and ??(3)?? almost exactly what birds 
he ??(4)?? find there ??(5)?? birds are found all over the 
world; others ??(6)?? themselves to certain areas.  Still ??
(7)?? migrate from one country to another in ??(8)?? in 
search of warmth and ??(9)?? and then return in spring, ??
(10)?? the season is more favourable. 
1.	(a)	expert
	(b)	experienced
	(c)	advanced
	(d)	active
	Ans:	( a ) 	expert
		
2.	(a)	the
	(b)	some
	(c)	a
	(d)	certain
	Ans:	( c ) 	a
		
3.	(a)	predict
	(b)	suggest
	(c)	prophesy
	(d)	calculate
	Ans:	( d ) 	calculate
	
4.	(a)	should
	(b)	must
	(c)	might
	(d)	will
	Ans:	( b ) 	must
	
5.	(a)	more
	(b)	some
	(c)	most
	(d)	all
	Ans:	( b ) 	some
		
6.	(a)	keep
	(b)	entrust
	(c)	confine
	(d)	involve
	Ans:	( c ) 	confine
		
7.	(a)	some
	(b)	others
	(c)	few
	(d)	all
	Ans:	( a ) 	some
		
8.	(a)	winter
	(b)	summer
	(c)	spring
	(d)	autumn
	Ans:	( a ) 	winter
	
9.	(a)	seeds
	(b)	crops
	(c)	fruit
	(d)	food
	Ans:	( d ) 	food
		
10.	(a)	while
	(b)	until
	(c)	after
	(d)	when
	Ans:	( d ) 	when

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 7
	The North-East India is Asia in miniature, a place 
??(1)?? the brown and yellow races ??(2)?? and mingle.  
There are at least 262 ??(3)?? ethnic groups and the region 
is home to more than 150 million people, if one includes 
Bangladesh.  Take ??(4)?? example the state of Manipur, 
which ??(5)?? Burma, with a population of 1.8 million 
people.  It is home to about 30 separate linguistic and 
ethnic groups including the Taraos, ??(6)?? number less 
than 400 individuals ??(7)?? the ages and the mountains, 
the people of this winding trail ??(8)?? an anthropological 
and sociological ??(9)?? to South East Asia, where the 
roots of many ??(10)?? lie.
1.	(a)	when
	(b)	although
	(c)	where
	(d)	to
	(e)	if
	Ans:	( c ) 	where
		
2.	(a)	meet
	(b)	desert
	(c)	form
	(d)	find
	(e)	went
	Ans:	( a ) 	meet
		
3.	(a)	identical
	(b)	closed
	(c)	corresponding
	(d)	homogeneous
	(e)	separate
	Ans:	( d ) 	homogeneous
	
4.	(a)	from
	(b)	for
	(c)	again
	(d)	besides
	(e)	to
	Ans:	( b ) 	for
	
5.	(a)	holds
	(b)	stretches
	(c)	rules
	(d)	borders
	(e)	side
	Ans:	( d ) 	side
		
6.	(a)	who
	(b)	though
	(c)	amidst
	(d)	hence
	(e)	which
	Ans:	( a ) 	who
		
7.	(a)	Bringing
	(b)	Demanding
	(c)	Beginning
	(d)	Allowing
	(e)	Straddling
	Ans:	( d ) 	Allowing
		
8.	(a)	construct
	(b)	form
	(c)	broke
	(d)	settled
	(e)	found
	Ans:	( b ) 	form
	
9.	(a)	problem
	(b)	anathema
	(c)	bridge
	(d)	window
	(e)	series
	Ans:	( b ) 	anathema
		
10.	(a)	opportunities
	(b)	sadly
	(c)	since
	(d)	still
	(e)	diseases
	Ans:	( e ) 	diseases

SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
CLOSET TEST
 	TEST ? 6
	Watermelons ??(1)?? to India by the 4th century 
A.D. Sushruta, the great Indian physician ??(2)?? wrote 
Sushruta Samhita, mentions that watermelons were grown ??(3)
?? the banks of the river Indus ??(4)?? are also mentioned 
in ancient books.  Sushruta calls it as Kalinda or Kalinga 
(hence Kalingad in Marathi).  It was ??(5)?? to China in 
the 10th or 11th century and ??(6)?? it is grown throughout 
the tropics.
	Wild watermelons are ??(7)?? compared to huge 
cultivated ones: some of which weight up to 25 kg.   The 
heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at Hope, 
Arkansas, USA the State to which President Clinton ??(8)??
1.	(a)	came
	(b)	go
	(c)	arrived
	(d)	grew
	(e)	grew
	Ans:	( a ) 	came
		
2.	(a)	did
	(b)	when
	(c)	certainly
	(d)	who
	(e)	whom
	Ans:	( d ) 	whom
		
3.	(a)	above
	(b)	outside
	(c)	from
	(d)	ahead
	(e)	along
	Ans:	( e ) 	along
	
4.	(a)	It
	(b)	They
	(c)	Some
	(d)	That
	(e)	Those
	Ans:	( b ) 	They
	
5.	(a)	took
	(b)	gave
	(c)	taken
	(d)	take
	(e)	taking
	Ans:	( c ) 	taken
		
6.	(a)	also
	(b)	though
	(c)	now
	(d)	tomorrow
	(e)	soon
	Ans:	( c ) 	now
		
7.	(a)	heavier
	(b)	small
	(c)	thinner
	(d)	smaller
	(e)	shorter
	Ans:	( d ) 	shorter
		
8.	(a)	rules
	(b)	belongs
	(c)	grew
	(d)	elects
	(e)	elected
	Ans:	( b ) 	belongs