CLOZE TEST

Directions: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which is numbered. These numbers are printed below
and against each, five words are suggested, only one of which fits in the blank perfectly. Find out that word in each
case.

CLOZE TEST 1

Religion is becoming a ready excuse for indulging in irrational and otherwise (1) behavior. From encroaching public
land to browbeating (2) to one’s own advance, religion is being increasingly (3) for satisfying non-sense, even
nonsense. ‘Politics’, said George Bernard “haw, ‘is the last resort of scoundrels’. We must (4) That religion does not
suffer a similar (5) in the land of religions.

1. (a) unintelligible (b) indefensible (c) justifiable (d) unmaintainable (e) manageable
2. (a) jurisprudence (b) jurisdiction (c) people (d) politicians (e) common man
3. (a) disposed (b) redistributed (c) positioned (d) deployed (e) advertised
4. (a) guarantee (b) certify (c) ensure (d) confirm (e) promote
5. (a) demotion (b) deposition (c) discard (d) shaming (e) degradation

CLOZE TEST 1

The terrorist attack on a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, should give Israel and its backers in the U.S. enough reason to
rethink their stance. Israel has traditionally taken the view – in practice, if not always in theory – that the best way of
dealing with the Palestinian issue is to (1) terms from a position of military strength. The effects of this hardline
stance are (2) to anybody, who does not deliberately shut his eyes to it. While nobody in his senses would argue
that Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians justifies a terrorists response, it would be equally (3) to argue that Israel
has not helped the cause of terrorists like Osama Bin Laden or dictators like Saddam Hussain. It is no (4) that both
Bin Laden and Saddam have repeatedly used Israel as a symbol of the enemy, the former to gain legitimacy for his
fundamental agenda, the latter to project himself as an Arab leader fighting the U.S – Israel nexus, without such as
obvious ‘common enemy’ to (5) people against, both would find it much more difficult to sustain themselves.

1. (a) bid (b) issue (c) dictate (d) pronounce (e) negotiate
2. (a) conspicuous (b) patent (c) palpable (d) obvious (e) shrouded
3. (a) futile (b) inefficacious (c) abortive (d) unsuccessful (e) rational
4. (a) fluke (b) supposition (c) luck (d) serendipity (e) coincidence
5. (a) group (b) rally (c) band (d)assemble (e)congregate

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CLOZE TEST 3

Self-help groups for women have been formed using micro finance service as the entry point. The experience has
shown that by giving (1) to financial service women’s self-help groups have not only empowered women
economically, but have also contributed to (2) their dignity and position within their communities and families. It
has given women the confidence and power to (3) with banks and local government officials as well as the other
economic sectors. In all these (4) the aim has been to create conditions in which women can become (5) agents of
change for social as well as economic development.

1. (a) entry (b) admission (c) band (d) access (e) prominence
2. (a) flattering (b) seizing (c) decorating (d) maintaining (e) enhancing
3. (a) fulfill (b) orchestrate (c) negotiate (d) contract (e) corroborate
4. (a) courses (b) programmes (c) events (d) occurrences (e) places
5. (a) efficacious (b) moving (c) effective (d) energetic (e) sincere

CLOZE TEST 4

'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 not 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
6. (a) transfer (b) seizure (c) grabbing (d) detainment (e) enhancement
7. (a) fantasy (b) tactics (c) occurrence (d) inevitability (e) disillusionment
8. (a) anarchy (b) violence (c) taboos (d) exigencies (e) vengeance
9. (a) anxious (b) realise (c) imagine (d) pretend (e) apprehend
10. (a) exile (b) power (c) bondage (d) suspense (e) abeyance

CLOZE TEST 5

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 one’s family life may be affected adversely due to such tendency.

1. (a) extinct (b) proposed (c) developed (d) modern (e) outdated
2. (a) apprehension (b) realization (c) anxiety (d) worry (e) misconception
3. (a) work (b) time (c) salary (d) energy (e) comfort
4. (a) Ample (b) No (c) Minimum (d) Less (e) Maximum

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5. (a) ambition (b) jealousy (c) delay (d) dispute (e) competition
6. (a) colleague (b) client (c) boss (d) subordinate (e) employee
7. (a) remembers (b) types (c) suggests (d) replies (e) does
8. (a) more (b) all (c) less (d) some (e) few
9. (a) unnatural (b) unfortunates (c) healthy (d) heartening (e) discouraging
10. (a) retardation (b) denial (c) evil (d) complexity (e) progress

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CLOZE TEST 6

As the temperature ( 1 ) during the summer season, many households turn to air conditioners to keep them cool. Air
conditioners which were once regarded as a residential luxury have now become ( 2) . Enjoying a cooler atmosphere
during hot weather is not the only benefit of using the air conditioner. A household, a vehicle, or a building becomes
cleaner and safer for breathing as air conditioning also ( 3 ) the growth and spread of harmful microorganisms.
However, along with the benefits some disadvantages are also ( 4 ) with it. One of the most controversial topics
attached to the subject of air conditioning deals with some of the materials that are used to produce the cooling effect -
Fluorocarbons. These refrigerants ( 5 ) to global warming and are ( 6 ) As one of the main ways in which air-
conditioning ( 7 ) the environment. Fluorocarbons refrigerants also add to the problems concerning ozone layer
depletion. While air conditioning provides a temporary relief and makes heat wave more bearable, many question
have been ( 8 ) on how much the world will pay in the long run in terms of the environmental damage that it has
caused. Today, scientists are ( 9 ) on making more environmental friendly products, but for now individuals are ( 10 ) to
part with their instant cool during the thick of summer.

1. (a) decreases (b) rises (c) deviates (d) fluctuates (e) varies
2. (a) irreplaceable (b) certainly (c) necessity (d) obligatory (e) redundancy
3. (a) prevents (b) purifies (c) removes (d) kills (e) escapes
4. (a) resulted (b) influenced (c) caused (d) associated (e) created
5. (a) result (b) determine (c) outcome (d) affect (e) contribute
6. (a) attended (b) responsible (c) valued (d) presumed (e) regarded
7. (a) help (b) impacts (c) decline (d) improves (e) disintegrates
8. (a) thought (b) interrogated (c) raised (d) explained (e) expected
9. (a) trying (b) determines (c) working (d) inventing (e) expected
10. (a) unwanted (b) reluctant (c) helpless (d) disabled (e) aware

CLOZE TEST 7

( 1 ) The grameen program became better known around the world we started receiving ( 2 ) of letters and visits from
people. Some wanted to know more about the program; others wanted ( 3 ) to start a grameen program in their own
country. To cope with this ( 4 ) demand for information and training we ( 5 ) the grameen trust in 1989. At the end of
the training many tried to start their own program but they could not ( 6 ) the necessary funds. We started receiving
request for funds from them. So we ( 7 ) their requirements for the next five years and realized that we needs $ 100
million. We submitted our request ( 8 ) top officials but received no ( 9) . We then came up wit a plan – why wait for
governments) if one million people contributed $100 ( 10 ) we could raise $100 millions, we succeeded.

1. (a) soon (b) until (c) as (d) through (e) for

2. (a) many (b) plenty (c) bundle (d) group (e) numerous
3. (a) help (b) grown (c) sign (d) how (e) purpose
4. (a) expand (b) increasing (c) grown (d) hiking (e) risen
5. (a) establish (b) found (c) begun (d) build (e) created
6. (a) fulfill (b) lent (c) meet (d) succeed (e) get
7. (a) count (b) amounted (c) total (d) tally (e) calculated
8. (a) after (b) included (c) to (d) in (e) over
9. (a) dividend (b) return (c) response (d) benefit (e) appeal
10. (a) each (b) personally (c) solely (d) individual (e) alone

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CLOZE TEST 8

Internet banking was (1) in the early 80s. Many people have started availing to its (2). Now, one does not have to wait
in long (3) at the bank or to pay bills at some shopping centre and none of us want to stand in the queue for hours and
hours also. You can notify the bank about the change of your address directly over the computer. Many other (4) that
you would typically have to pay for are (5) when you complete them online with Internet banking, and this is primarily
due to the fact that by (6) Internet banking services you are saving the bank from having to use bank tellers, or
manpower, to do the work for you.
The best thing about Internet banking is that it is fast and is (7) to a person in any part of the world, at any time he or
she needs it. Technology is enabling banks to provide the (8) of anytime-anywhere-banking. Banks are now
reengineering the way in which their services can be reached to their (9) by bringing in flexibility in their "distribution
channels". The earlier brick-and-mortar branch is no longer sufficient; technology is now (10) banks to the homes or
offices, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year through ATMs, phone banking and PC banking. The fin ancial supply chain is
undergoing a fundamental strategic change.

1. (a) availed (b) introduced (c) installed (d) started (e) set
2. (a) benefit (b) utility (c) facilities (d) help (e) use
3. (a) line (b) herd (c)group (d) queues (e) road
4. (a) uses (b) practices (c) facility (d) services (e) option
5. (a) free (b) chargeable (c) costly (d) cheap (e) pricey
6. (a) completing (b) doing (c) availing (d) using (e) sending
7. (a) furious (b) available (c) visible (d) usable (e) helpful
8. (a) convenience (b) facility (c) security (d) utility (e) help
9. (a) user (b) person (c) youngsters (d) customers (e) public
10. (a) making (b) taking (c) starting (d) setting (e) moving

CLOZE TEST 9

Once upon a time, two friends were (1) through the desert. During some point of the (2) they had an argument, and
one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was (3), but without saying anything, he wrote
in the sand,” today my best friend slapped me in the face. “They kept on walking (4) they found. An oasis where they
(5) to take bath. The one, who had been slapped, got (6) in the quick sand and started drowning, but the friend saved
him. After the friend (7) from the near drowning, he wrote on a stones, “Today my best friend saved my life.” The
best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and (8), you write on a stone, why?” the other friend
(9), when someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when
someone does some good thing for us, we must (10) it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”

1. (a) crawling (b) walking (c) speaking (d) dancing (e) swimming
2. (a) sand (b) hunt (c) border (d) journey (e) running
3. (a) dead (b) hurt (c) missing (d) captured (e) presentable
4. (a) as (b) until (c) with (d) through (e) from
5. (a) left (b) made (c) fell (d) decided (e) want
6. (a) stuck (b) sitting (c) mixed (d) home (e) blended
7. (a) saved (b) died (c) leaked (d) separated (e) recovered
8. (a) so (b) now (c) how (d) when (e) tomorrow
9. (a) tell (b) called (c) asked (d) replied (e) questioned
10. (a) add (b) talk (c) push (d) bury (e) engrave

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CLOZE TEST 10
Directions: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which is numbered. These numbers are printed below
and against each, five words are suggested, only one of which fits in the blank perfectly. Find out that word in each
case.

Although it took seven years to come to ..1.., the Kigali agreement to ..2.. the Montreal Protocol and substantially limit
the emission of hydro-fluorocarbons (HFCs) that contribute to global warming ..3.. major progress. The important role
played by this group of chemicals, used in refrigeration and air conditioning, is ..4.. from the scientific estimate that
without a mitigation plan, HFCs could warm the world by an additional half a degree Celsius by the end of the century.
As with other such global ..5.. on environmental matters, India pressed for a more lenient deadline at the Rwanda
negotiations. Ultimately, it ..6.. to start freezing HFC use in 2028, four years later than its peer club countries China,
Brazil and those in Africa, and ..7.. maximum reduction by 2047, two years after they do. In welcome contrast,
however, India has ..8.. the manufacturers of HFC 23 — a by-product of another chemical used in refrigerant gas
manufacture and with a staggeringly high contribution to global warming — to now capture and dispose ..9.. it at their
own cost. The decision is of particular significance, considering the ..10.. of refrigeration and air conditioning in India
with a rise in incomes, leading to higher levels of HFC release into the atmosphere.

1. a) Fruition b) Fruitful c) ultimately d) Awesome e) None of these

2. a) Assist b) Amend c) Utilize d) Systematic e) Care
3. a) Exercises b) Assesses c) Represents d) Prescribes e) None of these
4. a) Destitute b) Desolate c) Trending d) Pass e) Evident
5. a) improvisations b) Adjustments c) Assisting d) Imitations e) Compacts
6. a) Agreed b) Addicted c) Catapulted d) Cared e) None of these
7. a) Attracting b) Reducing c) Achieving d) Galvanizing e) Destroying
8. a) Attested b) Given c) Fried d) Ordered e) None of these
9. a) At b) Of c) In d) On e) None of these
10. a) Induction b) conduction c) Conviction d) Expansion e) Intuition

ANSWERS SHEET ->

CLOZE TEST 1
1)b 2)a 3)d 4)c 5)e

CLOZE TEST 2
1)c 2)d 3)a 4)e 5)b

CLOZE TEST 3
1)e 2)d 3)c 4)b 5)c

CLOZE TEST 4
1)d 2)c 3)a 4)e 5)d 6)a 7)d
8)d 9)b 10)c

CLOZE TEST 5
1)d 2)e 3)a 4)b 5)a 6)c 7)d
8)c 9)e 10)a
CLOZE TEST 6
1)b 2)c 3)a 4)d 5)e 6)e 7)b
8)c 9)c 10)b

CLOZE TEST 7
1)c 2)b 3)d 4)b 5)e 6)e 7)e
8)c 9)c 10)a

CLOZE TEST 8
1)b 2)c 3)d 4)d 5)a 6)c 7)b
8)a 9)d 10)b

CLOZE TEST 9
1)b 2)d 3)b 4)b 5)d 6)a 7)e
8)b 9)d 10)e

CLOZE TEST 10
1)a 2)b 3)c 4)e 5)e 6)a 7)c
8)d 9)b 10)d