Fill in the Blanks Questions for SSC Exams
Select the correct homonym from the given options to fill in the blank.
Q :The wind________ so powerfully that the door closed.
(A) blow
(B) blew
(C) blues
(D) blue
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
(B) blew
- "Blew" is the past tense of the verb "blow."
Fill in the blank with an appropriate option.
Taking a deep, ______ breath, I start again, successfully loading the filter and placing the cup underneath.
(A) penetrating
(B) surrogating
(C) calming
(D) jamming
Correct Answer : C
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
In space it is possible to identify and ________ some unique characteristics of human physiology and biology.
(A) isolate
(B) excess
(C) replete
(D) partition
Correct Answer : A
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
My grandfather was a farmer and he ___________three acres of land.
(A) cultivated
(B) advanced
(C) grown
(D) cultured
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
(A) cultivated
- "Cultivated" is the appropriate word for farming land.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The writer declares that __________ children of their childhood is a criminal act.
(A) robbing
(B) robbed
(C) rob
(D) to rob
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
(B) robbed
- The correct form is "robbing children of their childhood."
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
When we believe that our mind is thinking ______ thoughts at the same time, what actually is happening is that __________ thoughts are __________ in such quick ___________ so as to seem simultaneous
(A) homogenous, measurable, unchanging, velocity
(B) challenging, limited, fixed, interruption
(C) multiple, myriad, alternating, succession
(D) uniform, countable, altering, ramification
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
C) multiple, myriad, alternating, succession
- This combination of words provides a coherent and meaningful sentence.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Everyone knows that the future of all life on earth will be _________ if people don’t control the contamination of the environment.
(A) dangerous
(B) endangered
(C) dangered
(D) danger
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
(B) endangered
- "Endangered" is the appropriate term to indicate a threat to the future of life on earth.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.
Besides being ______ multifaceted artist, he was _____ poet, novelist, and a painter.
(A) a, an
(B) an, an
(C) a, a
(D) an, the
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
(C) a, a
- The correct usage is "a multifaceted artist" and "a poet, novelist, and a painter."
Select the most appropriated option to fill in the blank.
The __________ crowd gave their newly elected leader a magnificent welcome.
(A) noisy
(B) jubilant
(C) troublesome
(D) melancholic
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
(B) jubilant
- "Jubilant" means extremely joyful, and it fits the context of a magnificent welcome.
Select the correctly spelt word to fill in the blank.
The people from sub-continent are very _____________.
(A) superstitios
(B) superstitious
(C) supersticious
(D) supersctitious
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
(B) superstitious
- The correct spelling is "superstitious."