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

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

2. The flood of brilliant ideas has not only ___ us, but has also encouraged us to ___ the last date for submission of entries.
A. overwhelmed, extend
B. enjoyed, stretch
C. dismayed, decide
D. scared, scrap
Answer : A

3. In these bleak and depressing times of ___________ prices, non-performing governments and ___________ crime rates, Sourav Ganguly has given us, Indians , a lot to cheer about
A. escalating, increasing
B. spiralling, booming
C. spiralling, soaring
D. ascending, debilitating
Answer : C

4. Alexander Solzhepitsyns works will be_______ by every lover of liberal thought and they will bring home to him how restrictive freedom is in the Russian system.
A. rejected
B. skimmed
C. compiled
D. perused
Answer : D

5. The law prohibits a person from felling a sandalwood tree, even if it grows on ones own land, without prior permission from the government. As poor people cannot deal with the government this legal provision leads to a rip-roaring business for ___________, who care neither for the ___________ , nor for the trees
A. middlemen, rich
B. the government, poor
C. touts, rich
D. touts, poor
Answer : D

6. The stock market is very_____ at the moment.
A. sensible
B. sensitive
C. intensive
D. remunerative
Answer : B

7. Traffic problems in Bombay are as serious as in any other city in India and they are complicated by digging of roads by the corporation on this or that ____.
A. aspect
B. pretext
C. intention
D. instance
Answer : B

8. The window of our room ____ he rear.
A. overlooks
B. opens
C. opposes
D. adjoins
Answer : A

9. 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

10. ________ pollution control measures are expensive, many industries hesitate to adopt them.
A. Although
B. However
C. Because
D. Despite
Answer : A

11. Nordisk have recently ___________ a product called Glucometer.
A. started
B. commissioned
C. launched
D. begun
Answer : C

12. Few professions can ___________ the sheer variety and constant ___________ of being a doctor.
A. like, struggle
B. share, enthusiast
C. match, challenge
D. draw, work-load
Answer : C

13. As the weekend finally rolled around. the city folk were only ___ happy to settle down and laugh their cares _____.
A. just, afar
B. too, away
C. extremely, off
D. very, up
Answer : A

14. AIDS is not a disease that can be___through the air or by insects.
A. circulated
B. transferred
C. transmitted
D. conducted
Answer : C

15. 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

16. When she retired, she handed __________ the charge to the Vice-President.
A. over
B. out
C. across
D. off
Answer : A

17. As navigators, calendar makers, and other _________ of the night sky accumulated evidence to the contrary, ancient astronomers were forced to __________ that certain bodies might move in circles about points, which in turn moved in circles about the earth.
A. scrutinizers, believe
B. observers, agree
C. scrutinizers, suggest
D. observers, concede
Answer : D

18. ____ at the major ports has led planners to develop satellite ports near them.
A. density
B. containment
C. transportation
D. congestion
Answer : D

19. The influence of the environment on man is revealed by an_____ study.
A. anthropological
B. ecological
C. epigraphic
D. numismatic
Answer : B

20. The tunnel was so ___________ and congested, that we became ___________.
A. long, enthusiastic
B. deep, Cautious
C. dark, frightened
D. crowded, isolated
Answer : C

21. The _______ of criminalisation of politics needs to be _________ far more seriously.
A. lacuna, dealt
B. issue, addressed
C. system, broken
D. continuation, suppressed
Answer : B

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. Raj was _____________ introvert and would prefer to sit in the library rather than go out with friends.
A. the
B. a
C. like
D. an
Answer : D

26. We have not yet fully realised the _________ consequences of the war.
A. happy
B. pleasing
C. grim
D. exciting
Answer : C

27. Our _______________ diversity may also be of some value. Because we have always learned to live with pluralism, it is possible that we may be better prepared to _____________ the diversity of global economy.
A. stupefying, negotiate
B. plural, alleviate
C. variegated, annihilate
D. dreary, exasperate
Answer : A

28. Since the British were masters of the seas, no ____ power could venture into Indian waters under British rule.
A. territorial
B. continental
C. maritime
D. geo-political
Answer : C

29. It is not fair to cast___on honest and innocent persons.
A. aspirations
B. aspersions
C. inspiration
D. adulation
Answer : B

30. Survival of mankind itself is in danger due to__________of atomic weapons.
A. perpetuation
B. regularisation
C. provocation
D. proliferation
Answer : D

31. Opinions concerning him had remained nearly ____, his daily habits had presented scarcely any visible change.
A. static
B. biased
C. limpid
D. stationary
Answer : D

32. A controversial issue was_____ by a member of the Opposition in the Assembly, but there was no time to discuss it.
A. risen
B. raised
C. arose
D. aroused
Answer : B

33. His attitude to his boss was so_____ that it caused a good deal of repulsion.
A. refulgent
B. arrogant
C. sycophantic
D. hybrid
Answer : C

34. Your present statement does not _________ what you said last week.
A. accord to
B. accord in
C. accord with
D. accord for
Answer : C

35. 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

36. India has the_______ of high saving and low growth rates.
A. irony
B. similarity
C. difference
D. paradox
Answer : D

37. Growth under this government has been ________ high and remarkably ________ even during the worst global economic crisis.
A. Impededly, flippant
B. Relatively, intractable
C. Obstructedly, rigid
D. Sustainedly, resilient
Answer : D

38. I. The area under our eyes in connected to our kidneys, so any .......... change in the dark circles indicates dehydration or accumulating toxins.
II. Many Indian adults are struggling with weight, thus indulging in weight loss programmes that require .......... changes in their current lifestyle.
A. drastic
B. frequent
C. ambiguous
D. severe
Answer : A

39. 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

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

41. Satyajitrays films ________ all barriers of caste, creed and religion. They are universal.
A. transcend
B. transcends
C. trancend
D. transend
Answer : C

42. Unpredictable __________ of the child could not lead the consultants to any ___________.
A. performance, setting
B. belief, judgment
C. operation, purpose
D. behaviour, conclusion
Answer : D

43. The move to allow dumping of mercury _________ An outcry from residents of the area who _________ that high levels of mercury will affect their health and destroy ecologically sensitive forest area.
A. resulted, insist
B. provoked, fear
C. incited, determined
D. activated, accept
Answer : C

44. Gokhales patriotic speeches____ people to dedicate their lives to the nation.
A. forced
B. inspired
C. instigated
D. prompted
Answer : B