English Quiz - 34 | Bank Exams | SSC

Directions (Q.1 - 10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.


Once upon a time, there lived a sparrow on a banyan tree. She laid her eggs in the nest, one afternoon, a wild elephant came under the tree and in a fit of rage, broke a branch of the tree on which the nest was __(1)__. Unfortunately, all the eggs of the sparrow __(2)__ after falling down though the sparrow was saved. The sparrow was full of grief and began weeping for her eggs. A woodpecker, a close friend of the sparrow, heard her crying and asked her, "Why are you crying, my friend?" The sparrow said, "The __(3)__ elephant has killed my offspring. If you are a true friend of mine, suggest a way to kill him". The woodpecker __(4)__ her and told her that he knew a fly and she would definitely help them kill the elephant.

Both of them went to seek the help of the fly. The woodpecker said, "A wild elephant has crushed my friend's eggs. We need your help in killing him." The fly replied, "One of mt friends is a frog. Let us go to him and take his help too." They went to the frog and __(5)__ the whole incident. The frog said, "What can an elephant do before a united crowd like us? Do what I tell you. Dear fly, you go to the elephant and hum a sweet tune into his ears. When he closes hie eyes in delight, the woodpecker will poke his eyes. This way, he will become __(6)__. When he gets thirsty, he will __(7)__ for water. I will go to marshy land and begin croaking there. __(8)__ that there is water, the elephant will come there. He will sink into the marshy area and __(9)__". The next day in the noon, all of them played out the plan and the elephant was killed, as he drowned into a marshy area after being blinded by the woodpecker, when he closed his eyes in response to the music. Thus, the smartness of all the animals enabled the sparrow in taking her __(10)__ on the elephant.

1.
a) born
b) built
c) grown
d) broken
e) found

2.
a) fell
b) escaped
c) damaged
d) survived
e) broke

3.
a) defective
b) attacking
c) wicked
d) poor
e) harmless

4.
a) ignored
b) proctected
c) scolded
d) consoled
e) defended

5.
a) said
b) informed
c) revived
d) mention
e) narrated

6. 
a) blind
b) unseen
c) regretful
d) sorry
e) dead

7.
a) need
b) want
c) search
d) drink
e) demands

8. 
a) Recalling
b) Informed
c) Sure
d) Assuming
e) Accepting

9.
a) hurt
b) die
c) fall
d) kill
e) realize

10.
a) help
b) revenge
c) anger
d) insult
e) fight

Answers:
1. B
2. E
3. C
4. D
5. E
6. A
7. C
8. D
9. B
10. B