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20 Fill in the Blanks (English) questions asked in DSSSB TGT / PGT previous year papers, each with the correct answer and explanation. Read them free on UTpaper, or attempt the full papers as timed online tests.

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Q1DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 25 Jun 2023, Shift 1 (8:30 AM)
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks. My injured ______ will ______ soon.
  1. Aheel; heel
  2. Bheal; heel
  3. Cheel; heal
  4. Dheal; heal
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Correct answer: (C) heel; heal

Explanation

A heel is the back part of the foot, and to heal means to recover. So 'My injured heel will heal soon.'

Q2DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 25 Jun 2023, Shift 1 (8:30 AM)
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required'. Post covid, international air travel is *hopping* back to normalcy.
  1. Alimping
  2. BNo substitution required
  3. Cfaltering
  4. Dlumbering
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Correct answer: (A) limping

Explanation

'Hopping' does not fit a slow recovery. The keyed 'limping' suggests travel is returning to normal slowly and with difficulty after Covid.

Q3DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 25 Jun 2023, Shift 1 (8:30 AM)
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. There is a ______ train from Mysore to Chennai.
  1. Aspeedy
  2. Bbrisk
  3. Cquick
  4. Dfast
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Correct answer: (D) fast

Explanation

'Fast train' is the standard collocation for an express train. 'Quick', 'speedy' and 'brisk' are not used this way.

Q4DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 24 Jun 2023, Shift 3 (4:30 PM)
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank with the correct collocation. If you read ______ you will clearly see what he means.
  1. Aamong the lines
  2. Bwith the lines
  3. Con the lines
  4. Dbetween the lines
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Correct answer: (D) between the lines

Explanation

"Read between the lines" means to understand the hidden or implied meaning.

Q5DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 24 Jun 2023, Shift 3 (4:30 PM)
Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blanks. As she ______ her hands from the deck I fear the huge ______ of ocean.
  1. Ahauls
  2. Bripples
  3. Ctides
  4. Dwaves
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Correct answer: (D) waves

Explanation

"Waves" fits both blanks: she waves (moves) her hands, and the huge waves of the ocean.

Q6DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 7 Feb 2024, Shift 2 (12:30 PM)
Choose the most appropriate option for the given blank. You can’t hear the chirping of the birds from outside, ______?
  1. Awere they
  2. Bis she
  3. Ccan you
  4. Dwas they
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Correct answer: (C) can you

Explanation

A negative statement with "can't" takes a positive tag using the same auxiliary and pronoun: "You can't hear..., can you?"

Q7DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 7 Feb 2024, Shift 2 (12:30 PM)
A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate option. Choose the correct alternative. He took another bite and chewed ______.
  1. Aslow
  2. Bslower
  3. Cslowly
  4. Dslowest
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Correct answer: (C) slowly

Explanation

The blank modifies the verb "chewed", so an adverb is needed: "chewed slowly".

Q8DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 7 Feb 2024, Shift 2 (12:30 PM)
A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate option. Choose the correct alternative. Nina felt her eyes brim ______ tears and blinked hard.
  1. Awith
  2. Bby
  3. Cof
  4. Doff
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Correct answer: (A) with

Explanation

The phrase is "brim with" something, meaning to be full to the edge: her eyes brimmed with tears.

Q9DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 7 Feb 2024, Shift 2 (12:30 PM)
A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate option. Choose the correct alternative. The sea provides humanity with a bounty of nutrient-rich food, which we have benefited ______ thousands of years.
  1. Afor since
  2. Bfor
  3. Cof from
  4. Dfrom of
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Correct answer: (B) for

Explanation

"For" is used with a period of time: "which we have benefited (from) for thousands of years".

Q10DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 7 Feb 2024, Shift 2 (12:30 PM)
A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate option. Choose the correct alternative. Melitopol residents ______ the streets following the alleged kidnapping of mayor.
  1. Atook on
  2. Btook to
  3. Ctaken off
  4. Dtaken at
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Correct answer: (B) took to

Explanation

"Take to the streets" is an idiom meaning to go out and protest publicly, which fits residents reacting to the mayor's alleged kidnapping.

Q11DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 7 Feb 2024, Shift 2 (12:30 PM)
Choose the most appropriate option for the given blank. She was wearing a ball gown in the party, ______?
  1. Awasn’t them
  2. Bwasn’t she
  3. Cweren’t they
  4. Disn’t she
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Correct answer: (B) wasn’t she

Explanation

A positive statement in the past with "was" and subject "she" takes the negative tag "wasn't she".

Q12DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 25 Jun 2023, Shift 3 (4:30 PM)
Select the most appropriate form of the verbs given in the brackets to fill in the blanks. There was a small gate at the bottom of their back garden that ______ (lead) into the overgrown lane ______ (run) by the wood.They unlatched the gate and ______ (stand) in the lane. They could see the trees in the wood and hear them ______ (talk) in their strange tree- talk.
  1. Alead, running, stood, talking
  2. Bled, running, stood, talking
  3. CLeading, running, standing, talking
  4. Dled, running, stand, talked
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Correct answer: (B) led, running, stood, talking

Explanation

The past narrative needs "led" and "stood". "Running" is a participle describing the lane, and "hear them talking" uses the -ing form after a verb of perception.

Q13DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 25 Jun 2023, Shift 3 (4:30 PM)
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words to fill in the blank. Hemant is a ______ as he *always lives alone and maintains very little contact with other people or society*.
  1. Arecluse
  2. Bcleric
  3. Cstoic
  4. Dpriest
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Correct answer: (A) recluse

Explanation

A recluse is a person who lives alone and avoids other people. A cleric or priest is a religious official, and a stoic is someone who endures pain calmly.

Q14DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 25 Jun 2023, Shift 3 (4:30 PM)
Select the most appropriate form of the verbs given in the brackets to fill in the blanks. Mom ______ (say) the problem with society these days is that everybody's got their nose in a screen and nobody has the time to get to ______ (knew) the people who ______ (live) around them. I don't really ______ (saw) eye to eye with Mom on that issue, though.
  1. Asaying, know, lives, see
  2. Bsaid, knows, live, saw
  3. Csays, knowing, live, seeing
  4. Dsays, know, live, see
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Correct answer: (D) says, know, live, see

Explanation

Habitual present needs "says". "Get to know" takes the base form, and "the people who live" is plural. "See eye to eye" also uses the base form after "don't".

Q15DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 25 Jun 2023, Shift 3 (4:30 PM)
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank with the correct collocation. There must always be somebody with Harleen. She should not be left ______ at any time.
  1. Aof her own
  2. Boff her own
  3. Cby her own
  4. Don her own
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Correct answer: (D) on her own

Explanation

"On her own" means alone, without anyone else. That fits "she should not be left on her own".

Q16DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 25 Jun 2023, Shift 3 (4:30 PM)
Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blanks. We need to ______ up the wall with a new wallpaper. The ______ tree has grown very huge.
  1. Ateak ; teak
  2. Bspruce ; spruce
  3. Coak ; oak
  4. Dfir ; fir
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Correct answer: (B) spruce ; spruce

Explanation

"Spruce up" means to make neat or smarter, and a spruce is also a kind of conifer tree. So the same word fits both blanks.

Q17DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 25 Jun 2023, Shift 2 (12:30 PM)
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required'. Collins Dictionary picked the word 'permacrisis' as its word of 2022 to describe any *widespread* period of instability and insecurity.
  1. Alengthened
  2. BNo substitution required
  3. Celongated
  4. Dextended
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Correct answer: (D) extended

Explanation

Collins defines 'permacrisis' as an extended period of instability and insecurity. The point is that the crisis lasts long, not that it is widespread, so 'extended' fits best.

Q18DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 25 Jun 2023, Shift 2 (12:30 PM)
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. I am ______ aware of the consequences of my decision.
  1. Autterly
  2. Boutrightly
  3. Cpositively
  4. Dfully
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Correct answer: (D) fully

Explanation

'Fully aware' is the natural collocation, meaning completely conscious of the consequences.

Q19DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 25 Jun 2023, Shift 2 (12:30 PM)
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required'. With the coming of rains, people are feeling relieved after the *flaming* heat of the summer season.
  1. ANo substitution required
  2. Bardent
  3. Cscorching
  4. Dcrackling
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Correct answer: (C) scorching

Explanation

'Scorching' means extremely hot and is the usual word for summer heat. 'Flaming' means on fire, 'ardent' means passionate, and 'crackling' describes a sound.

Q20DSSSB TGT Computer Science, 25 Jun 2023, Shift 2 (12:30 PM)
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks. Let us ______ at the ______ shop.
  1. Ameat; meet
  2. Bmeet; meat
  3. Cmeet; meet
  4. Dmeat; meat
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Correct answer: (B) meet; meat

Explanation

'Meet' is the verb (to come together) and 'meat' is the noun (flesh food). So: 'Let us meet at the meat shop.'

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