Fill in the blanks – English – WBPSC Miscellaneous Main Question Paper
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Fill in the blanks – English – WBPSC Miscellaneous Main Question Paper
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2019
- Fill in the blanks in each sentence with the correct alternative from options within brackets: 2×5=10
(a) Girl Power is a nineties way of ______ it.
(say, said, saying)
(b) English can best ______ the needs of India as one of its bhashas.
(serving, serve, served)
(c) The narrative often ______ the form of ‘witness’.
(taking, takes, taken)
(d) In your poems, this question never _____.
(arise, arises, aroused)
(e) A few of these _______ into English, but much more needs to be done.
(had translated, have been translated, has translating)
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2018
- Fill in the blanks in each sentence with the correct alternative from options within brackets: 2×5=10
(a) The small kids keep _____ their pencils often.
(lost, losing, lose)
(b) Somebody _____ the bottle.
(breaks, has broken, breaking)
(c) The Finance Minister _____ a new tax policy.
(has announced, is announcing, announces)
(d) He has _____ returned from London.
(already, just, until now)
(e) May I remind you that the computer is still under ______.
(grant, grants, guarantee)
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2009
- (a) Fill in the blanks with correct alternatives, within the brackets : 5
(i) This work is ______ his capacity
(beyond, before)
(ii) Newly acquired freedom is sometimes liable ______ abuse
(for, to)
(iii) Ashoka, although tolerant ______ competing creeds, was personally an ardent Buddhist (with, of)
(iv) I am already acquainted ______ the latest development
(of, with)
(v) If he ______ of your marriage, he will be surprised
(hears, will hear, heard)
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2007
- Fill in the blanks with correct alternative within the brackets : 5 × 2
(a) He hacked ______ the computer of his friend.
(with, out, into)
(b) “I know that story” is a ____ ____ .
(complex sentence, simple sentence, compound sentence)
(c) Birds of a feather ___ ____.
(fight together, flock together, fly together)
(d) The president ______ the fair.
(inaugarated, inogarated, inaugurated)
(e) The price of books ____ increased much.
(has, have, are)
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2006
- Choose one of the two words within brackets following each sentence and fill in the blank within it with the selected word: 1 × 5
(a) Birds faint ____ dread.
(in, for)
(b) It brought ____ his mind the turbid ebb and flow of human misery.
(into, across)
(c) Ignorant armies clash _____ night.
(by, at)
(d) I strove _____ none, for none was worth my strife.
(with, against)
(e) I read, much ____ the night, and go south in the winter.
(of, during)
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2005
- (a) Fill in the blanks with correct alternative within the brackets :
(i) Compared _____ Europe, Asia is technologically less advanced.
(with/to)
(ii) A novel is more ______ than an service.
(legible/readable)
(iii) Mr. Sen is senior ______ me in service.
(than/to)
(iv) The car collided with a ________ tractor on the road.
(stationary/stationery)
(v) Poet Shelley has compared the moon _________ a dying woman.
(to/with)
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2004
- (a) Fill in the blanks in the sentences below by choosing the correct word from the pair given within brackets: 1×5
(i) Everyone does not agree that Aishwarya Rai is a _____ actress.
(heavy, superficial)
(ii) He gave us all the assistance that he _____ could.
(possibly, never)
(iii) She served us a tasty _____ after dinner.
(desert, dessert)
(iv) The ancient monument stood in _____ danger of collapse.
(eminent, imminent)
(v) To _____ to greatness is a common quality among toppers.
(aspire, inspire)
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2003
- (a) Fill in the gaps of every sentences given below by choosing the correct missing word each from the two words given in brackets: 1×5
(i) Come ___ the garden, Maud.
(into, of)
(ii) We sat down ___ the grass.
(in, on)
(iii) Season ____ mists and mellow fruitfulness.
(on, of)
(iv) Ten thousand saw I ____ a glance.
(in, at)
(v) And soon ____ this the other matter blended.
(with, for)
Miscellaneous Question Paper – 2002
- (a) Fill in the gaps in the sentences below by choosing the right word from the given pair: 1×5
(i) Compared with the earth, many of the planets are of _____ size.
(bigger, immense)
(ii) Try to improve your handwriting. It is completely _____.
(illegible, eligible)
(iii) On Speech Day, the Minister for Education was the _____ Speaker.
(principle, principal)
(iv) The boy was too ____ to change his clothes even after coming in from the rain.
(lazy, idle)
(v) The villager can neither read nor write. He is _____ .
(illiterate, ignorant)