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SSC CGL Unit 8B: Synonyms, Antonyms and Lexical Nuance — practice questions — page 2

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They do not gamble, ____ do they smoke.Read the answer and worked solution →Vegetables are nutritious whether you love them ____ you hate them.Read the answer and worked solution →If you can't afford it, ____ don't buy it.Read the answer and worked solution →The suites convey neither corporate coldness ____ warmth.Read the answer and worked solution →She is either a singer ____ an actress.Read the answer and worked solution →A puppy that's not only cute but ____ smart.Read the answer and worked solution →No sooner had we received the call ____ we left the house.Read the answer and worked solution →I'd rather flee ____ fight.Read the answer and worked solution →There are as many dogs ____ there are cats.Read the answer and worked solution →Just as we left, ____ we also decided never to return.Read the answer and worked solution →It's not a frog but ____ a tadpole.Read the answer and worked solution →He ran both far ____ fast.Read the answer and worked solution →A comma follows a dependent clause when it comes ____.Read the answer and worked solution →Joining two independent sentences with only a comma is a comma ____.Read the answer and worked solution →I wonder ____ he'll be late.Read the answer and worked solution →I hope ____ he'll be on time.Read the answer and worked solution →Jay and ____ will arrive later.Read the answer and worked solution →The deal is strictly between you and ____.Read the answer and worked solution →She cut ____ while chopping onions.Read the answer and worked solution →____ kicked the ball into the net.Read the answer and worked solution →The objective form of the pronoun who is ____.Read the answer and worked solution →The indefinite pronoun one has the reflexive form ____.Read the answer and worked solution →One should keep ____ secrets to oneself.Read the answer and worked solution →In archaic English, thou is a second-person ____ pronoun.Read the answer and worked solution →An archaic form of plural you as a subject pronoun is ____.Read the answer and worked solution →In informal speech, them is often replaced by ____.Read the answer and worked solution →I live ____ Toronto.Read the answer and worked solution →I arrived ____ January.Read the answer and worked solution →I went from Ottawa ____ Toronto.Read the answer and worked solution →The prepositions plus, minus and times relate to ____ operations.Read the answer and worked solution →

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They do not gamble, ____ do they smoke.

  1. nor
  2. but
  3. so
  4. or
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Correct answer: A. nor

Nor adds a further negative idea and triggers the inverted word order do they.

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Vegetables are nutritious whether you love them ____ you hate them.

  1. or
  2. but
  3. nor
  4. and
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Correct answer: A. or

Whether is paired with or to present two alternatives.

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If you can't afford it, ____ don't buy it.

  1. yet
  2. so
  3. but
  4. then
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Correct answer: D. then

In a conditional pair, if is matched with then.

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