Cloze Test Part 1 for AEES, KVS, NVS, DSSSB, UPTET, REET, CTET, BTET, MPTET, HTET and All other Teaching Exams

Cloze Test Part 1 for AEES, KVS, NVS, DSSSB, UPTET, REET, CTET, BTET, MPTET, HTET and All other Teaching Exams

Cloze Test 
Part 1 
Important for All 
Competitive Exams

Directions (1-10) : In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. 

The library, if used properly, is invaluable in helping you develop discernment. It is rich (1) information that goes far beyond the (2) of any one text book or course. (3) your text book author does not make a particular (4) clear and you feel the need (5) another description in greater detail (6) in other words, go to the library and (7) other books on the subject. By calling (8) two or three writers dealing with the (9) topic, you will find some (10) of certain facts. In seeking additional sources, you will have gained immeasurably, for you will have seen what several experts perceive as being particularly important on a common subject. 

Q1. 

(1) of 

(2) for 

(3) in 

(4) with

Q2. 

(1) pages 

(2) limits 

(3) confines 

(4) limitations 

Q3. 

(1) If 

(2) While 

(3) When 

(4) Suppose 

Q4. 

(1) information 

(2) entry 

(3) explanation 

(4) point

 

Q5. 

(1) for 

(2) of 

(3) to 

(4) about 

Q6. 

(1) or 

(2) but 

(3) though 

(4) however 

Q7. 

(1) verify 

(2) identify 

(3) check 

(4) collect 

Q8. 

(1) for 

(2) up 

(3) forth 

(4) upon 

Q9. 

(1) actual 

(2) specific 

(3) correct 

(4) same 

Q10. 

(1) description 

(2) clarification 

(3) explanation 

(4) evidence 

Directions (11-20) : In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. 

Mass communication is the delivery of (11), ideas and entertainment to thousands or millions of (12) simultaneously; it is a force with incalculable (13) on today’s world. The (14) of mass communication rests (15) the skills of the communicator to (16) the recipient’s thinking, (17) stir emotions, to (18) him or her to (19). Mass communication is the one-to-one impact of one human intelligence upon (20), carried on thousand fold simultaneously among individuals who have no direct personal contact. 

Q11. 

(1) items 

(2) news 

(3) advertisements 

(4) cartoons 

Q12. 

(1) People 

(2) pictures 

(3) advertisements 

(4) items 

Q13. 

(1) worth 

(2) impact 

(3) force 

(4) value 

Q14. 

(1) dynamism 

(2) force 

(3) success 

(4) power 

Q15. 

(1) against 

(2) under 

(3) to 

(4) upon 

Q16. 

(1) stimulate 

(2) agitate 

(3) understand 

(4) minimize 

Q17. 

(1) for 

(2) to 

(3) with 

(4) from 

Q18. 

(1) encourage 

(2) persuade 

(3) discourage 

(4) endanger 

Q19. 

(1) direction 

(2) function 

(3) action 

(4) mission 

Q20. 

(1) another 

(2) people 

(3) man 

(4) women 

Directions (21-30) : In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.  

Civilization, like (21), fall, not so much because of (22) of the enemy outside, as through the weakness and (23) within, Rome fell not because of the (24), they merely knocked (25) something that was already dead. The heart of Rome had (26) beating when the arms and legs were cut (27). We see something of this (28),. in India and China and in the case of the Arabs. The (29) of Arabian civilization was sudden even as their rise had been. In India and China the process is long drawn (30) and it is not easy to spot it. 

Q21. 

(1) states 

(2) kingdom 

(3) empires 

(4) buildings 

Q22. 

(1) weakness 

(2) strength 

(3) power 

(4) tenacity 

Q23. 

(1) disease 

(2) decease 

(3) decay 

(4) fortitude 

Q24. 

(1) barbarity 

(2) barbarous 

(3) barbarians 

(4) Romans 

Q25. 

(1) off 

(2) on 

(3) down 

(4) no word 

Q26. 

(1) seized 

(2) rotated 

(3) ceased 

(4) started 

Q27. 

(1) down 

(2) off 

(3) up 

(4) no word 

Q28. 

(1) process 

(2) procedure 

(3) spectacle 

(4) scene 

Q29. 

(1) downfall 

(2) death 

(3) collapse 

(4) dismemberment 

Q30. 

(1) out 

(2) up 

(3) upon 

(4) no word 

Directions (31-40) : In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given and indicate the correct alternative.  

Man has been tampering (31) the Ecosphere for a very (32) time and is forced to (33) that the environmental resources are (34). Environmental problems are (35) social problems. They begin with people as (36) and end with people as victims. Unplanned use of resource (37) resulted in the depletion of fossil fuels, (38) of air and water, deforestation which has resulted in (39) imbalance and draining away of national wealth (40) heavy expenditure on oil and power generation. 

Q31. 

(1) to 

(2) in 

(3) with 

(4) for 

Q32. 

(1) short 

(2) long 

(3) small 

(4) tall 

Q33. 

(1) see 

(2) look 

(3) do 

(4) recognise 

Q34. 

(1) plenty 

(2) scarce 

(3) minute 

(4) enough 

Q35. 

(1) really 

(2) coldly 

(3) badly 

(4) happily 

Q36. 

(1) effect 

(2) result 

(3) cause 

(4) wisdom 

Q37. 

(1) have 

(2) had 

(3) being 

(4) has 

Q38. 

(1) revolution 

(2) pollution 

(3) resolution 

(4) evolution 

Q39. 

(1) ecological 

(2) biological 

(3) logical 

(4) chronological 

Q40. 

(1) by 

(2) in 

(3) out 

(4) through 

Directions (41-50) : In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark you answer in the Answer Sheet.  

It is summed up in a single word – Man. Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove man from the (41) and the root cause of hunger and (42) is abolished forever. Man is the only (43) that consumes without (44). He does not give milk, he (45) not lay eggs, he is (46) to pull the plough, he cannot run (47) enough to catch rabbits. (48) he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare (49) that will prevent them from (50) and the rest he keeps for himself. 

Q41. 

(1) area 

(2) scene 

(3) place 

(4) light 

Q42. 

(1) overwork 

(2) work 

(3) while 

(4) waste 

Q43. 

(1) body 

(2) worm 

(3) human 

(4) creature 

Q44. 

(1) drinking 

(2) producing 

(3) eating 

(4) sleeping 

Q45. 

(1) does 

(2) do 

(3) did 

(4) has done 

Q46. 

(1) too idle 

(2) too strong 

(3) too weak 

(4) too quick 

Q47. 

(1) slow 

(2) fast 

(3) idle 

(4) dull 

Q48. 

(1) Yet 

(2) But 

(3) Then 

(4) Thus 

Q49. 

(1) Maximum 

(2) Minimum 

(3) Average 

(4) Capacity 

Q50. 

(1) Producing 

(2) Creating 

(3) Eating 

(4) Striving

 ANSWERS

Q1 C

Q2 B

Q3 A

Q4 D

Q5 A

Q6 A

Q7 C

Q8 B

Q9 D

Q10 B

Q11 B

Q12 A

Q13 B

Q14 C

Q15 D

Q16 A

Q17 B

Q18 A

Q19 B

Q20 A

Q21 C

Q22 B

Q23 A

Q24 D

Q25 C

Q26 C

Q27 B

Q28 C

Q29 A

Q30 A

Q31 C

Q32 B

Q33 A

Q34 B

Q35 A

Q36 C

Q37 D

Q38 B

Q39 A

Q40 D

Q41 B

Q42 B

Q43 D

Q44 B

Q45 A

Q46 C

Q47 B

Q48 A

Q49 B

Q50 D