SSCCGL English Language And Comprehension

Question 146

In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Against each, four words are suggested. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Every month, scientists (i) new gadgets and new ways to make technology faster and better. Our homes are full of hardware (such as DVD players and computers) (ii) and (such as computer games and MP3s (iii) suggests, however, that it is the young people who are best able to deal with this change. Whereas teenagers have no problem (iv) a DVD player, their parents and grandparents often find using new technology (v) and different. But if you are a teenager who criticizes your parents to their (vi) of technological awareness, don't be too hard on them! Sometime (vii) the future, when you have got children of your own, your skill (viii) to deal with new technology will probably (ix) and your children will feel more (x) with new technology than you do.
(ii) = ?


  • software

  • laptops

  • gadgets

  • screens

Solution

C.

gadgets

Question 147

In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Against each, four words are suggested. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Every month, scientists (i) new gadgets and new ways to make technology faster and better. Our homes are full of hardware (such as DVD players and computers) (ii) and (such as computer games and MP3s (iii) suggests, however, that it is the young people who are best able to deal with this change. Whereas teenagers have no problem (iv) a DVD player, their parents and grandparents often find using new technology (v) and different. But if you are a teenager who criticizes your parents to their (vi) of technological awareness, don't be too hard on them! Sometime (vii) the future, when you have got children of your own, your skill (viii) to deal with new technology will probably (ix) and your children will feel more (x) with new technology than you do.
(vii) = ?


  • on

  • in

  • at

  • to

Solution

B.

in

Question 148

In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Against each, four words are suggested. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Every month, scientists (i) new gadgets and new ways to make technology faster and better. Our homes are full of hardware (such as DVD players and computers) (ii) and (such as computer games and MP3s (iii) suggests, however, that it is the young people who are best able to deal with this change. Whereas teenagers have no problem (iv) a DVD player, their parents and grandparents often find using new technology (v) and different. But if you are a teenager who criticizes your parents to their (vi) of technological awareness, don't be too hard on them! Sometime (vii) the future, when you have got children of your own, your skill (viii) to deal with new technology will probably (ix) and your children will feel more (x) with new technology than you do.
(iii) = ?


  • research

  • program

  • experiment

  • industry

Solution

A.

research

Question 149

In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Against each, four words are suggested. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Every month, scientists (i) new gadgets and new ways to make technology faster and better. Our homes are full of hardware (such as DVD players and computers) (ii) and (such as computer games and MP3s (iii) suggests, however, that it is the young people who are best able to deal with this change. Whereas teenagers have no problem (iv) a DVD player, their parents and grandparents often find using new technology (v) and different. But if you are a teenager who criticizes your parents to their (vi) of technological awareness, don't be too hard on them! Sometime (vii) the future, when you have got children of your own, your skill (viii) to deal with new technology will probably (ix) and your children will feel more (x) with new technology than you do.
(viii) = ?



  • ability

  • talent

  • possibility

  • master

Solution

A.

ability

Question 150

In the following questions, the first and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence (s) and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.

1. Once upon a time I went to Scotland.
P. I found my flesh creep as I walked down its sinister corridor.
Q. There, in a castle in the dark, misty highlands, actually a modest hotel in Edinburgh,
R. and the next morning he’d been found with his throat slit.
S. We’d had dinner with Jock Mc. Arthur only the
6. The chill finger of suspicion pointed at all of us.


  • PQSR

  • QRSP

  • SRQP

  • QPSR

Solution

D.

QPSR