Cloze Test Part 2 for AEES, KVS, NVS, DSSSB, UPTET, REET, CTET, BTET, MPTET, HTET and All other Teaching Exams

Cloze Test Part 2 for AEES, KVS, NVS, DSSSB, UPTET, REET, CTET, BTET, MPTET, HTET and All other Teaching Exams

 

Cloze Test 
Part 2 
Important for All 
Competitive Exams

Directions (51-60) : 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. 

 

Pythons are (51) non-venomous snakes found (52) in damp places or rocky ledges near marshes or in dense (53). They are considered to be the most primitive (54) the living snakes, (55) they retain the traces of hind limbs of a (56) era in the form (57) horny claw-like spurs, which are present (58) either side of (59) anus. These hind limbs are functionless (60) female pythons. 

Q51. 

(1) small 

(2) tiny 

(3) cute 

(4) huge 

Q52. 

(1) mostly 

(2) rarely 

(3) occasionally 

(4) hardly 

Q53. 

(1) cities 

(2) jungles 

(3) hills 

(4) towns 

Q54. 

(1) between 

(2) in 

(3) among 

(4) over 

Q55. 

(1) so 

(2) because 

(3) and 

(4) but 

Q56. 

(1) by gone 

(2) latest 

(3) present 

(4) recent 

Q57. 

(1) in 

(2) for 

(3) on 

(4) of 

Q58. 

(1) over 

(2) above 

(3) on 

(4) in 

Q59. 

(1) the 

(2) a 

(3) an 

(4) that 

Q60. 

(1) with 

(2) among 

(3) on 

(4) in 

Directions (61-70) : 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. 

Man’s basic aggressiveness is a fact and is the emotional factor for all the bloody violence that has marked human history since the beginning. His technology has never been as perfectly (61) as in the weapons he makes to (62) his brothers. The plough has changed very (63) in design from the time man took (64) cultivation. But swords have not become (65) and the rifle, with which one man kills another, is a (66) in comparison with the stone and (67) with which he used to (68) his adversaries in the earliest stage of civilisation. Nuclear (69) has designs that nature can never (70). They are wonders of technological creation. 

Q61. 

(1) operated 

(2) implemented 

(3) employed 

(4) deployed 

Q62. 

(1) shoot 

(2) injure 

(3) wound 

(4) kill 

Q63. 

(1) much 

(2) little 

(3) slightly 

(4) radically 

Q64. 

(1) in 

(2) to 

(3) into 

(4) over 

Q65. 

(1) swordfishes 

(2) penknives 

(3) featherweights 

(4) ploughshares 

Q66. 

(1) miracle 

(2) masterpiece 

(3) legend 

(4) model 

Q67. 

(1) battleaxe 

(2) spear 

(3) sword 

(4) stick 

Q68. 

(1) slaughter 

(2) penalise 

(3) reform 

(4) belabour 

Q69. 

(1) bomb 

(2) science 

(3) weaponry 

(4) research 

Q70. 

(1) fabricate 

(2) generate 

(3) formulate 

(4) emulate 

Directions (71–80) : 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.  

Happy is the man who (71) the habit of reading when he is young. He has secured a life-long source of (72) instruction and inspiration. So long as he has his beloved books he need (73) feel lonely. He always has a pleasant (74) of leisure moments. He is the (75) of wealth more precious than gold. (76) indeed is the man who does not read and (77) is his life. (78) gives the highest kind of pleasure. When we are (79) it is a healthy recreation to lose (80) in the company of books. 

Q71. 

(1) owns 

(2) buys 

(3) acquires 

(4) takes 

Q72. 

(1) pleasure 

(2) satisfaction 

(3) sadness 

(4) dejection 

Q73. 

(1) always 

(2) ever 

(3) sometimes 

(4) never 

Q74. 

(1) source 

(2) occupation 

(3) possession 

(4) relief 

Q75. 

(1) possessor 

(2) loser 

(3) master 

(4) heir 

Q76. 

(1) Rich 

(2) Lucky 

(3) Poor 

(4) Bad 

Q77. 

(1) full 

(2) vacuum 

(3) empty 

(4) deep 

Q78. 

(1) Writing 

(2) Speaking 

(3) Listening 

(4) Reading 

Q79. 

(1) weak 

(2) fresh 

(3) sick 

(4) tired 

Q80. 

(1) himself 

(2) ourselves 

(3) yourselves 

(4) themselves 

Directions (81–90) : 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 educational institutions established by the British and the Christian missionaries were primarily designed to propagate and promote the English language and the western (81). Their aim was also to produce such (82) who could man the lower levels of (83) British administrative hierarchy and remain ever loyal (84) the British rulers. The British educational policy (85) with eminent success in the matter of (86) its objectives. The majority of people (87) middle classes who went to these educational (88), did acquire some knowledge and skill which (89) sufficient enough to work as babus in these (90) offices. 

Q81. 

(1) range 

(2) trade 

(3) culture 

(4) pride 

Q82. 

(1) Indians 

(2) North-Indians 

(3) South-Indians 

(4) Rajputs 

Q83. 

(1) the 

(2) a 

(3) an 

(4) now 

Q84. 

(1) of 

(2) with 

(3) for 

(4) to 

Q85. 

(1) served 

(2) met 

(3) planned 

(4) started 

Q86. 

(1) performing 

(2) conducting 

(3) achieving 

(4) changing 

Q87. 

(1) with 

(2) in 

(3) of 

(4) from 

Q88. 

(1) departments

(2) institutions 

(3) concerns 

(4) projects 

Q89. 

(1) was 

(2) had 

(3) were 

(4) have 

Q90. 

(1) rural 

(2) revenue 

(3) private 

(4) government 

Directions (91-100) : In the following passage, there are blanks’ each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each four words are suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. 

 

Gandhiji once said, “I would say that if the village perishes, India will perish too. India will be (91) more India. Her own mission in the world will get (92). The (93) of the village is possible only when it is no more (94) Industrialization on a mass scale will (95) lead to passive or active exploitation of the villagers as the problems (96) competition and marketing come in. Therefore, we have to (97) on the village being selfcontained, manufacturing mainly for use. Provided this character of the village industry is (98) there would be no objection to villagers using even the modern machines and tools that they can make and (99) to use. Only, they (100) not be used as a means of exploitation of others”. 

Q91. 

(1) certainly 

(2) scarcely 

(3) much 

(4) no 

Q92. 

(1) lost 

(2) extension 

(3) elevated 

(4) flourished 

Q93. 

(1) rehabilitation 

(2) pruning 

(3) revival 

(4) devastation 

Q94. 

(1) denuded 

(2) exploited 

(3) contaminated 

(4) populated 

Q95. 

(1) passionately 

(2) surprisingly 

(3) scarcely 

(4) necessarily 

Q96. 

(1) forming 

(2) enhancing 

(3) between 

(4) of 

Q97. 

(1) concentrate 

(2) ponder 

(3) imagine 

(4) ensure 

Q98. 

(1) regained 

(2) neglected 

(3) maintained 

(4) thwarted 

Q99. 

(1) prepare 

(2) afford 

(3) hesitate 

(4) propose 

Q100. 

(1) can 

(2) could 

(3) need 

(4) should

ANSWERS

 

Q51 D

Q52 A

Q53 B

Q54 C

Q55 B

Q56 A

Q57 D

Q58 C

Q59 A 

Q60 D

Q61 C

Q62 D

Q63 B

Q64 B

Q65 B

Q66 B

Q67 A

Q68 A

Q69 C

Q70 D

Q71 C

Q72 A

Q73 D

Q74 C

Q75 A

Q76 C

Q77 C

Q78 D

Q79 D

Q80 B

Q81 C

Q82 A

Q83 A

Q84 D

Q85 B

Q86 C

Q87 D

Q88 B

Q89 A

Q90 D

Q91 D 

Q92 A

Q93 C

Q94 B

Q95 D

Q96 D

Q97 A

Q98 C

Q99 B

Q100 D