SSC CGL 2017 · Question 80 of 82

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. Passage: The woodpeckers of the West (with one exception) are different __________ those of the East, and so are the flycatchers, the grosbeaks, the orioles, the tanagers, the humming-birds, __________ many of the sparrows. __________ of the purple and bronzed grackles (the latter are __________ seen on the plains of Colorado, but are not common), the Rockies boast of Brewer's blackbird, __________ habits are not as prosaic as his name would indicate. Select the word for the blank in "__________ of the purple and bronzed grackles" (third blank).

Cloze Test

1. ABeside
2. BNext
3. CInsteadCorrect
4. DNear