English Quiz - 55 | SBI | IBPS

Directions(1 -10) : In the given passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.Against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately.Find out the appropriate word in each case.

A long time _____(1)_____, in Athens, a middle-aged man had two wives.The first wife was old and the _____(2)_____ one was young. _____(3)____ loved the man very much and desired to see him like herself. Now the man's hair was _____(4)____ grey, which the young wife did not like, as it made him ______(5)_____ too old to be her husband. So every night she would _____(6)_____ his hair and pick out the white ones. But the elder wife saw her husband growing grey with great _____(7)_____, for she did not like to be ______(8)_____ for his mother. So every morning she would arrange his hair and pick out as many of the black ones as she could. The ____(9)____ was that the man soon found himself entirely ____(10)____.

1.a)behind

b)before

c)since

d)upon

e)ago

2.a)second

b)next

c)another

d)alternate

e)future

3.a)Both

b)Two

c)All

d)Every

e)Each

4.a)little

b)turning

c)some

d)all

e)entirely

5.a)behave

b)see

c)look

d)appeared

e)become

6.a)pluck

b)select

c)assort

d)comb

e)cut

7.a)pleasure

b)stubbornness 

c)height

d)distance

e)alarm

8.a)called

b)said

c)responsible

d)mistaken

e)seen

9.a)situation

b)output

c)problem

d)reaction

e)result

10.a)curled

b)bald

c)grey

d)black

e)hairy

Answers

1.e
2.a
3.e
4.b
5.c
6.d
7.a
8.d
9.e
10.b