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CLOZE TEST- I
Max. Marks : 30

No. of Qs. 30

Time : 20 min.

Directions (Qs. 1-30) : In the following passage there are blanks,

each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed
below the passage and against each, five words are suggested,
one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate
word in each case.
PASSAGE -1
'Quit India' came not from the lips but the aching heart of millions.
In this open rebellion, the Indian (1) reached its climax. The British
were nut only (2) by it, but also were obliged to quit unilaterally,
The importance of Quit India can be (3) from Lord Linlithgow's
statement, "I am engaged here, in meeting by far the most (4)
rebellion since that 6 1857, the gravity and extent ill which we
have so far (5) from the world for reasons of military security".
Still more significant was Churchill's gloomy disclosure to the
King Emperor that, "the idea of (6) of power had become an
admitted (7) in the minds of British party leaders", although his
public statements were diametrically opposite. The (8) created by
Quit India made the British (9) that they could no longer keep
India in (10)
1.
(a) patriotism
(b) freedom
(c) liberation
(d) revolution
(e) leadership
2.
(a) attacked
(b inspired
(c) enfeebled
(d) threatened
(e) impressed
3.
(a) established
(b) diffused
(c) gauged
(d) determined
(e) invigorated
4.
(a) trivial
(b) serious
(c) auspicious
(d) praiseworthy
(e) magnificent
5.
(a) elicited
(b) excluded
(c) abstained
(d) concealed
(e) prevented

RESPONSE
GRID

1.
6.
11.
16.

c d
c d

c d
c d

e
e

2.
7.
12.
17.

c d
c d

c d
c d

e
e

Date : ........./......../................

6.

(a)
(d)
(a)
(d)
(a)
(d)
(a)
(d)
(a)
(d)

transfer
retainment
fantasy
inevitability
anarchy
exigencies
anxious
pretend
exile
suspense

(b) seizure
(c) grabbing
(e) enhancement
7.
(b) tactics
(c) occurrence
(e) disillusionment
8.
(b) violence
(c) taboos
(e) vengeance
9.
(b) realise
(c) imagine
(e) apprehend
10.
(b) power
(c) bondage
(e) abeyance
PASSAGE -2
Now-a-days, under the (1) system of education, however good it
may be, when a young man comes out of the university, there
seems to be this (2) in him that the higher the standard of living
rises, the less should a man work. Thus, mathematically, higher
the standard of living, according to this misconceived notion, the
less the (3) ultimately, what? should be the highest standard of
living then? (4) work ! This leads to an unhealthy (5) among the
workers . A typist who types over twenty letters a day asks his (6)
how many letters he had typed that day. The latter (7) " fifteen".
The former thinks , " Tomorrow I should type only fifteen or even
(8). This tendency is quite (9) and may ultimately lead to (10)
even ones family life may be affected adversely due to such
tendency.
11. (a) extinct
(b) proposed
(c) developed
(d) modern
(e) outdated
12. (a) apprehension
(b) realisation
(c) anxiety
(d) worry
(e) misconception
13. (a) work
(b) time
(c) salary
(d) energy
(e) comfort
14. (a) Ample
(b) No
(c) Minimum
(d) Less
(e) Maximum

3.
8.
13.
18.

b
b

c d
c d

a
a

c d
c d

e
e

4.
9.
14.
19.

c d
c d

c d
c d

e
e

5.
10.
15.
20.

c d
c d

c d
c d

e
e

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15.

(a)
(d)
(a)
(d)
(a)
(d)
(a)
(d)
(a)
(d)
(a)
(d)

ambition
dispute
colleague
subordinate
remembers
replies
more
some
unnatural
heartening
retardation
complexity

(b) jealousy
(c) delay
(e) competition
16.
(b) client
(c) boss
(e) employee
17.
(b) types
(c) suggests
(e) does
18.
(b) all
(c) less
(e) few
19.
(b) unfortunates (c) healthy
(e) discouraging
20.
(b) denial
(c) evil
(e) progress
PASSAGE -3
Hundreds of plants and animals are (21) every day due to
deforestation and urbanization what might happen if this continues
in the future ? The last mass extinction of plant and animal species
occurred 65 million years ago with the Dinosaurs. In all, five mass
extinctions have occurred and scientists (22) earth is in sixth mass
extinction. The world as it is now is threatened, including people,
who are responsible for earths (23). Pesticides contaminating
water; over harvesting of animals and plants; air pollution; illegal
fishing and the Clearing of land are direct results of urbanization
and deforestation. People have (24) and damaged almost half a
earth's land, at a very unsustainable rate.
Global warming is having a serious impact as well. A six-degree
Celsius increase in global temperature killed 95% of All species on
Earth 251 million years ago. An increase of six-degree Celsius is
forecast this Century if a change is not made to (25) the damage
done to earth. Humans will be one of the 95% of species lost.
Noticeable, changes of global warming include migration (26) and
the change in season Urnings. Migrating birds are migrating earlier,

which in turn is causing them to hatch eggs and (27) young earlier
than they did at the beginning of this Century. While this is just
the tip of the iceberg many other (28) regarding the extinction of
plant and animal species need addressing. It is more important
now than ever before to pull our heads out of the sand arid make
changes for the (29) of the earth. Future generations are (30), as
they are a species as well.
21. (a) killing
(b) alive
(c) born
(d) left
(e) lost
22. (a) speak
(b) told
(c) estimation
(d) believe
(e) consider
23.

(a) shape

(b) development

(c) deterioration

(d) warmth

(e) expansion
24.

(a) altered
(d) made

(b) created
(e) brought

25.

(a)
(d)
(a)
(d)

(b)
(e)
(b)
(e)

26.

void
reverse
delay
hasten

(c) produced

dissipate
(c) argument
increase
birds
(c) slowdown
acceleration

27.

(a) spare
(d) amend

(b) bear
(e) generation

(c) destroy

28.

(a) animals
(d) humans

(b) difficulty
(e) problem

(c) issues

29.

(a) extinction
(d) sugma

(b) better
(e) demand

(c) wealth

30.

(a) endangered
(d) living

(b) threaten
(e) compared

(c) evaluated

SOLUTIONS
1.
5.
9.
13.
17.
21.
25.
29.

(d)
(d)
(b)
(a)
(d)
(e)
(d)
(c)

RESPONSE
GRID

2.
6.
10.
14.
18.
22.
26.
30.

(c)
(a)
(c)
(b)
(c)
(4)
(e)
(a)

21.
26.

3.
7.
11.
15.
19.
23.
27.

c d
c d

(a)
(d)
(d)
(a)
(e)
(c)
(b)

e
e

4.
8.
12.
16.
20.
24.
28.

22.
27.

(e)
(d)
(e)
(c)
(a)
(a)
(c)

c d
c d

e
e

23.
28.

c d
c d

e
e

24.
29.

c d
c d

e
e

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25.
30.

c d
c d

e
e