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Read the Sentence Given Below and Fill in the Blanks in It by Choosing the Most Appropriate Options from the Ones that Follow : He Was (A) ________ at the News

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Read the sentence given below and fill in the blanks in it by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones that follow :
He was (a) ________ at the news (b) _________ the success of a poor candidate (c) _________ got the highest number of votes in Bihar election.

a b c
(i) surprising
(ii) surprise
(iii) surprised
(iv) having surprised
(i) of
(ii) for
(iii) to
(iv) by
(i) which
(ii) whose
(iii) whom
(iv) who
Fill in the Blanks
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Solution

He was (a) surprised  at the news (b) of the success of a poor candidate (c) who got the highest number of votes in Bihar election.

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2015-2016 (March) Delhi Set 1

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