English Quiz for Railway and SSC

Directions (1-10): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. 

Recent discoveries have (1) that Indians of the early days (2) to have been (3)civilized (4) many ways. They had massive public buildings and comfortable dwelling houses (5) mostly of brick. They had (6) arrangements (7) good sanitation, and an elaborate drainage system. They knew how to write (8) their language, which has not yet been (9) was not alphabetic but syllabic (10) the Sumerian language.

1.

(a)  derived

(b) investigated

(c) seen

(d) shown

2.

(a) decided

(b) behave

(c) proved

(d) appear

3. 

(a) highly

(b) positively

(c) rarely

(d) consistently

4.

(a) under

(b) through

(c) in

(d) to

5.

(a) formulated

(b) built

(c) construct

(d) building

6.

(a) ignored

(b) made

(c) started

(d) not

7.

(a) against

(b) by

(c) from

(d) for

8.

(a) because

(b) while

(c) since

(d) but

9.

(a) deciphered

(b) before

(c) talked

(d) used

10.

(a) closely

(b) before

(c) like

(d) similarly

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