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JKSSB Finance Accounts Assistant · General English · 28 practice questions with answers and explanations: 8 Easy, 10 Medium, 10 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Fill in the blank: "They ___ playing football when it started to rain."

is
was
were
are

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Answer: C. The plural subject 'They' with the past continuous tense takes 'were'.

Sample Medium question 2

Fill in the blank: "He has been working here ___ 2015."

for
since
from
at

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Answer: B. 'Since' is used with a specific point in time; 'for' would be used with a duration.

Sample Hard question 3

Fill in the blank: "No sooner had he reached the station ___ the train left."

when
than
then
that

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Answer: B. 'No sooner...than' is the standard correlative pairing.

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