Fill in the blanks 1000+ MCQ with answer for SSC CHSL

1. It is difficult to speak a language fluently unless ______ regularly.
A. it is in practice
B. it is by practising
C. it will be practised
D. it is practised
Answer : D

2. Precautions are to be taken with any one who seems ______.
A. contagious
B. infectious
C. diseased
D. defiled
Answer : B

3. Mohans career has taken some __________ twists and turns.
A. incentive
B. interesting
C. interactive
D. intuitive
Answer : B

4. His rude behaviour is a _________ his organisation.
A. disgrace for
B. disgrace on
C. disgrace upon
D. disgrace to
Answer : D

5. The car we were travelling in _________ a mile from home.
A. broke off
B. broke down
C. broke into
D. broke up
Answer : B

6. In his address to the teachers, the Vice-Chancellor____certain measures being taken for improving the quality of college education.
A. declined
B. directed
C. advised
D. highlighted
Answer : D

7. She had a terrible night caused by a(n)_____ during her sleep.
A. incubus
B. debility
C. obsession
D. delusion
Answer : A

8. When indecision grips a nation, free men feel the need for an _____ruler and are prepared to throw democracy overboard.
A. optimistic
B. autocratic
C. eccentric
D. energetic
Answer : B

9. Although there is ______________ gunfire, there is no stiff resistance to the revolutionary army.
A. bitter
B. meagre
C. continuous
D. sporadic
Answer : C

10. Football evokes a ___________ response in India compared to cricket, that almost ___________ the nation.
A. tepid, boiling
B. lukewarm, electrifies
C. turbid, fascinating
D. apocryphal, genuinely fascinates
Answer : B

11. The master dispensed_______the services of his servant.
A. up
B. with
C. from
D. through
Answer : B

12. Every one will admit that swindling ones fellow beings is a necessary practice; upon it, is based really sound commercial success ___________.
A. sell what you cannot buy back
B. buy what you will sell to another at a higher price
C. buy cheap and sell dear
D. sell what you can, do not buy from a competitor
Answer : C

13. The statue _________ a global symbol of freedom
A. stands against
B. stands to
C. stands for
D. stands as
Answer : D

14. This approach would ________ the enormous illiteracy problem to be ________ in a holistic manner.
A. enable, tackled
B. focus, viewed
C. envision, dealt
D. combine, judged
Answer : A

15. Lack of financing options, __________ with HR and technological __________ , make small and medium enterprises sector the most vulnerable component of our economy.
A. except, loophole
B. coupled, challenges
C. armed, benefits
D. registered, strategies
Answer : B

16. He is a popular teacher. He seems to be ______ for that profession.
A. cut down
B. cut off
C. cut in
D. cut out
Answer : D

17. Education is an essential means of_________women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to fully_________ in the development process.
A. empower- include
B. empowering - participate
C. empowered - participating
D. empowerment - participate
Answer : D

18. There is no ______ evidence to support your assertion.
A. facile
B. fictitious
C. facetious
D. factual
Answer : D

19. The speaker did not properly use the time as he went on_______ on one point alone.
A. devoting
B. deliberating
C. diluting
D. distributing
Answer : B

20. Turn the lights ______ before you go to bed.
A. on
B. off
C. out
D. down
Answer : B

21. I had a vague _________ that the lady originally belonged to Scotland.
A. notion
B. expression
C. imagination
D. theory
Answer : A

22. It is the role of the state to ____ crime and protect people and property. If the state is unable to prevent a crime it falls upon the state to __ the victim.
A. prevent-support
B. preventing-encourage
C. prevent-supporting
D. forbid-discourage
Answer : B

23. His residence is on the______ of Hyderabad.
A. rim
B. core
C. periphery
D. outskirts
Answer : D

25. A group of agitators ____ the mob to break down the Vice-Chancellors door.
A. wished
B. excited
C. threatened
D. incited
Answer : D

26. The petitioner had ______ an immediate stay form the court on allotment of the Hats ________ of investigation into the alleged irregularities.
A. asked file process
B. sought, completion
C. propagated, finish
D. demanded, course
Answer : B

27. Drawing attention to the pitfalls of _________ solely on Uranium as a fuel for nuclear reactors, Indian scientists warned that Uranium will not last for long and thus research on Thorium as its must be revived _________.
A. using, substitute
B. believing, replacement
C. depending, reserve
D. relying, alternative
Answer : A

28. When you want to digitalise a city __________ with millions, you dont bet __________ the odds.
A. proceeding, into
B. teeming, against
C. undergoing, adhere
D. dangling, for
Answer : B

29. Among the factors_____ to the low productivity in agriculture, the first place is occupied by irregular water supply.
A. producing
B. showing
C. resulting
D. contributing
Answer : D

30. The Himalayas ran from east to west and cut off the cold winds from the north. This allowed agriculture to prosper and _____________ wealth, but it also ____________ barbarian invaders from the north.
A. attracted, dissipated
B. created, attracted
C. created, restricted
D. attracted, evicted
Answer : B

31. Throw a stone ______ the fierce dog.
A. at
B. upon
C. on
D. above
Answer : A

32. I could hardly recognize him ________ I saw him.
A. after
B. but
C. and
D. when
Answer : D

33. The carriage foundered in a snowdrift and it took two hours to_____ it.
A. exert
B. pillage
C. exacerbate
D. extricate
Answer : D

34. Real friends, genuinely wanting the best for the organisation, ___________ different garbs.
A. come in
B. clad in
C. dressed in
D. clothed in
Answer : A

35. The water transport project on the west coast is ____ to get a shot in the arm with a new plan in which the Road Development Corporation will build the infrastructure and ___ a private party to operate the service.
A. scheduled, let
B. verge, permit
C. set, sanctions
D. bound, task
Answer : D

36. Skeptics would not ___________ that the earth actually moves, let alone that it ___________ around the sun.
A. permit, orbits
B. accept, revolves
C. experience, circles
D. assume, went
Answer : B

37. It is a story of two men and a batch of ______________ armoured cars.
A. deceased
B. diseased
C. decrepit
D. defeated
Answer : B

38. The treasure was hidden ______ a big shore.
A. on
B. underneath
C. toward
D. off
Answer : D

39. It is raining __________ . Do not go out.
A. heavily
B. fast
C. soundly
D. strongly
Answer : A

40. Infant mortality rate in China has____ from 200 per thousand to 14 per thousand.
A. retarded
B. declined
C. contracted
D. minimised
Answer : B

41. Cellular phone service has______ in a new phase of communication.
A. called
B. ushered
C. resulted
D. started
Answer : B

42. Undoubtedly, English is the most___spoken language in the world today.
A. elaborately
B. greatly
C. widely
D. broadly
Answer : C

43. Although he is ___________ person, he occasionally loses his ___________
A. quiet, power
B. cheerful, grief
C. balanced, temper
D. thoughtful, Anxiety
Answer : C

44. His remarks were filled with _____ , which sounded lofty but presented nothing new to the audience.
A. aphorisms
B. platitudes
C. bombast
D. adages
Answer : B

45. I. The report ended on a .......... note.
II. They must take .......... steps to deal with the problem.
A. criticising
B. huge
C. positive
D. fancy
Answer : C

46. It will take some time for many South Koreans to ___________ the conflicting images of North Korea, let alone to___________ what to make of their northern cousins.
A. reconcile, decide
B. understand, clarify
C. make out, decide
D. reconcile, understand
Answer : A

47. She was remarkably __________ in singing ad dancing.
A. accomplished
B. conducive
C. fluctuating
D. cooperative
Answer : A

48. It is not ______________ for a man to be confined to the pursuit of wealth.
A. healthy
B. easy
C. possible
D. common
Answer : B

49. There are different and ________ versions about what happened in the city, but one thing is certain. It is a dastardly act that must be condemned ________
A. Dissimilar, concertedly
B. Contrary, obviously
C. Conflicting, unequivocally
D. Unique, without conflict
Answer : C

50. _____ between labour and management is inevitable in any industrial society.
A. co-ordination
B. competition
C. friction
D. association
Answer : C