Cloze Test

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (iv)

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Technology changes lives. But __(i)__ if people want it to. This qualification is important, and key to understanding progress. Akio Morita, the founder of Sony, used to make inventions by making minute, detailed studies of __(ii)__ people lived their lives. It is observable that when he relinquished direct involvement in product development at the company in the 1980s, Sony seemed to lose its __(iii)__ of developing a truly radical invention like the Walkman that the world takes to en masse.
However much it seems that machines are in control, they are not, yet the belief that the technology alone holds the key to __(iv)__ the way people work, buy and do business is strong. The rise of dotcoms in the late 1990s was __(v)__ by a belief that technology was changing the rules of marketing and employee relationships. This is not to say there have been no changes in the new economy; but the dynamic is still a human one.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (ii)

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Technology changes lives. But __(i)__ if people want it to. This qualification is important, and key to understanding progress. Akio Morita, the founder of Sony, used to make inventions by making minute, detailed studies of __(ii)__ people lived their lives. It is observable that when he relinquished direct involvement in product development at the company in the 1980s, Sony seemed to lose its __(iii)__ of developing a truly radical invention like the Walkman that the world takes to en masse.
However much it seems that machines are in control, they are not, yet the belief that the technology alone holds the key to __(iv)__ the way people work, buy and do business is strong. The rise of dotcoms in the late 1990s was __(v)__ by a belief that technology was changing the rules of marketing and employee relationships. This is not to say there have been no changes in the new economy; but the dynamic is still a human one.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (i)

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Technology changes lives. But __(i)__ if people want it to. This qualification is important, and key to understanding progress. Akio Morita, the founder of Sony, used to make inventions by making minute, detailed studies of __(ii)__ people lived their lives. It is observable that when he relinquished direct involvement in product development at the company in the 1980s, Sony seemed to lose its __(iii)__ of developing a truly radical invention like the Walkman that the world takes to en masse.
However much it seems that machines are in control, they are not, yet the belief that the technology alone holds the key to __(iv)__ the way people work, buy and do business is strong. The rise of dotcoms in the late 1990s was __(v)__ by a belief that technology was changing the rules of marketing and employee relationships. This is not to say there have been no changes in the new economy; but the dynamic is still a human one.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (iv).

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Can an experiment conceived, carried out, and reported in kids-speak with pencil-coloured figures and hand-written tables by school children aged 8 to 10 years get published in a highly rated international journal following a peer-reviewing process? Twenty-seven schoolchildren from a primary school in UK have proved this is possible if a simple but novel scientific question raised is __(i)__ in a scientific way. Their paper was published in the Royal Society's Biology Letters journal. Their __(ii)__ was that bumble-bees can use a combination of colour and spatial relationships in deciding which colour of flower to forage from. Considering that our understanding of how bees perceive coloured patterns and scenes is inadequate, this inspiring outcome has shown that schoolchildren guided by gifted teachers can think and carry out experiments like any hard-wired scientist. For these kids, doing science changed their __(iii)__ of the subject. Science also became cool and fun. This refreshing approach turns the spotlight on the best methods of teaching science. The __(iv)__ learning system adopted by most schools in India, even classroom study combined with some laboratory work with pre-defined outcomes, does very little to __(v)__ curiosity and interest in science. Is that one of the reasons why out-of-the-box thinking that produces path-breaking science rarely comes out of Indian laboratories? The children at the UK school had their gifted teacher to guide them. Scientists from India's space and atomic energy departments and in some other places where serious science is done can take a leaf out of the school's book and lead the way in engaging with school pupils and getting them to do real science.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (iii).

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Can an experiment conceived, carried out, and reported in kids-speak with pencil-coloured figures and hand-written tables by school children aged 8 to 10 years get published in a highly rated international journal following a peer-reviewing process? Twenty-seven schoolchildren from a primary school in UK have proved this is possible if a simple but novel scientific question raised is __(i)__ in a scientific way. Their paper was published in the Royal Society's Biology Letters journal. Their __(ii)__ was that bumble-bees can use a combination of colour and spatial relationships in deciding which colour of flower to forage from. Considering that our understanding of how bees perceive coloured patterns and scenes is inadequate, this inspiring outcome has shown that schoolchildren guided by gifted teachers can think and carry out experiments like any hard-wired scientist. For these kids, doing science changed their __(iii)__ of the subject. Science also became cool and fun. This refreshing approach turns the spotlight on the best methods of teaching science. The __(iv)__ learning system adopted by most schools in India, even classroom study combined with some laboratory work with pre-defined outcomes, does very little to __(v)__ curiosity and interest in science. Is that one of the reasons why out-of-the-box thinking that produces path-breaking science rarely comes out of Indian laboratories? The children at the UK school had their gifted teacher to guide them. Scientists from India's space and atomic energy departments and in some other places where serious science is done can take a leaf out of the school's book and lead the way in engaging with school pupils and getting them to do real science.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (i).

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Can an experiment conceived, carried out, and reported in kids-speak with pencil-coloured figures and hand-written tables by school children aged 8 to 10 years get published in a highly rated international journal following a peer-reviewing process? Twenty-seven schoolchildren from a primary school in UK have proved this is possible if a simple but novel scientific question raised is __(i)__ in a scientific way. Their paper was published in the Royal Society's Biology Letters journal. Their __(ii)__ was that bumble-bees can use a combination of colour and spatial relationships in deciding which colour of flower to forage from. Considering that our understanding of how bees perceive coloured patterns and scenes is inadequate, this inspiring outcome has shown that schoolchildren guided by gifted teachers can think and carry out experiments like any hard-wired scientist. For these kids, doing science changed their __(iii)__ of the subject. Science also became cool and fun. This refreshing approach turns the spotlight on the best methods of teaching science. The __(iv)__ learning system adopted by most schools in India, even classroom study combined with some laboratory work with pre-defined outcomes, does very little to __(v)__ curiosity and interest in science. Is that one of the reasons why out-of-the-box thinking that produces path-breaking science rarely comes out of Indian laboratories? The children at the UK school had their gifted teacher to guide them. Scientists from India's space and atomic energy departments and in some other places where serious science is done can take a leaf out of the school's book and lead the way in engaging with school pupils and getting them to do real science.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (iii)

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Technology changes lives. But __(i)__ if people want it to. This qualification is important, and key to understanding progress. Akio Morita, the founder of Sony, used to make inventions by making minute, detailed studies of __(ii)__ people lived their lives. It is observable that when he relinquished direct involvement in product development at the company in the 1980s, Sony seemed to lose its __(iii)__ of developing a truly radical invention like the Walkman that the world takes to en masse.
However much it seems that machines are in control, they are not, yet the belief that the technology alone holds the key to __(iv)__ the way people work, buy and do business is strong. The rise of dotcoms in the late 1990s was __(v)__ by a belief that technology was changing the rules of marketing and employee relationships. This is not to say there have been no changes in the new economy; but the dynamic is still a human one.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (v)

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Technology changes lives. But __(i)__ if people want it to. This qualification is important, and key to understanding progress. Akio Morita, the founder of Sony, used to make inventions by making minute, detailed studies of __(ii)__ people lived their lives. It is observable that when he relinquished direct involvement in product development at the company in the 1980s, Sony seemed to lose its __(iii)__ of developing a truly radical invention like the Walkman that the world takes to en masse.
However much it seems that machines are in control, they are not, yet the belief that the technology alone holds the key to __(iv)__ the way people work, buy and do business is strong. The rise of dotcoms in the late 1990s was __(v)__ by a belief that technology was changing the rules of marketing and employee relationships. This is not to say there have been no changes in the new economy; but the dynamic is still a human one.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (ii).

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Can an experiment conceived, carried out, and reported in kids-speak with pencil-coloured figures and hand-written tables by school children aged 8 to 10 years get published in a highly rated international journal following a peer-reviewing process? Twenty-seven schoolchildren from a primary school in UK have proved this is possible if a simple but novel scientific question raised is __(i)__ in a scientific way. Their paper was published in the Royal Society's Biology Letters journal. Their __(ii)__ was that bumble-bees can use a combination of colour and spatial relationships in deciding which colour of flower to forage from. Considering that our understanding of how bees perceive coloured patterns and scenes is inadequate, this inspiring outcome has shown that schoolchildren guided by gifted teachers can think and carry out experiments like any hard-wired scientist. For these kids, doing science changed their __(iii)__ of the subject. Science also became cool and fun. This refreshing approach turns the spotlight on the best methods of teaching science. The __(iv)__ learning system adopted by most schools in India, even classroom study combined with some laboratory work with pre-defined outcomes, does very little to __(v)__ curiosity and interest in science. Is that one of the reasons why out-of-the-box thinking that produces path-breaking science rarely comes out of Indian laboratories? The children at the UK school had their gifted teacher to guide them. Scientists from India's space and atomic energy departments and in some other places where serious science is done can take a leaf out of the school's book and lead the way in engaging with school pupils and getting them to do real science.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (v).

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Since independence and from the beginning of our planned development, we have __(i)__ increased production as __(ii)__ to improved distribution of income. A high rate of growth of the gross national product by itself does not serve our purpose __(iii)__ it is more equitably shared, benefiting all sections of the population. To be effective, increased production with better distribution depends largely on our capability to assess the productivity of the small man, whether he is __(iv)__ in agriculture or industry. In agriculture the most critical inputs are water and credit together with cultivable land. Our land reform legislation has aimed at distributing land to small owners. There are sometimes political obstacles; but it is not known generally how many cases are __(v)__ in courts.
We must at least ensure that small owners have access to other essential inputs. In industry, we have discouraged small scale and cottage industries. Greater availability of power along with assured market and credit arrangements can make tremendous difference to productivity.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (i).

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Since independence and from the beginning of our planned development, we have __(i)__ increased production as __(ii)__ to improved distribution of income. A high rate of growth of the gross national product by itself does not serve our purpose __(iii)__ it is more equitably shared, benefiting all sections of the population. To be effective, increased production with better distribution depends largely on our capability to assess the productivity of the small man, whether he is __(iv)__ in agriculture or industry. In agriculture the most critical inputs are water and credit together with cultivable land. Our land reform legislation has aimed at distributing land to small owners. There are sometimes political obstacles; but it is not known generally how many cases are __(v)__ in courts.
We must at least ensure that small owners have access to other essential inputs. In industry, we have discouraged small scale and cottage industries. Greater availability of power along with assured market and credit arrangements can make tremendous difference to productivity.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (iv).

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Since independence and from the beginning of our planned development, we have __(i)__ increased production as __(ii)__ to improved distribution of income. A high rate of growth of the gross national product by itself does not serve our purpose __(iii)__ it is more equitably shared, benefiting all sections of the population. To be effective, increased production with better distribution depends largely on our capability to assess the productivity of the small man, whether he is __(iv)__ in agriculture or industry. In agriculture the most critical inputs are water and credit together with cultivable land. Our land reform legislation has aimed at distributing land to small owners. There are sometimes political obstacles; but it is not known generally how many cases are __(v)__ in courts.
We must at least ensure that small owners have access to other essential inputs. In industry, we have discouraged small scale and cottage industries. Greater availability of power along with assured market and credit arrangements can make tremendous difference to productivity.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (iii).

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Since independence and from the beginning of our planned development, we have __(i)__ increased production as __(ii)__ to improved distribution of income. A high rate of growth of the gross national product by itself does not serve our purpose __(iii)__ it is more equitably shared, benefiting all sections of the population. To be effective, increased production with better distribution depends largely on our capability to assess the productivity of the small man, whether he is __(iv)__ in agriculture or industry. In agriculture the most critical inputs are water and credit together with cultivable land. Our land reform legislation has aimed at distributing land to small owners. There are sometimes political obstacles; but it is not known generally how many cases are __(v)__ in courts.
We must at least ensure that small owners have access to other essential inputs. In industry, we have discouraged small scale and cottage industries. Greater availability of power along with assured market and credit arrangements can make tremendous difference to productivity.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (ii).

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Since independence and from the beginning of our planned development, we have __(i)__ increased production as __(ii)__ to improved distribution of income. A high rate of growth of the gross national product by itself does not serve our purpose __(iii)__ it is more equitably shared, benefiting all sections of the population. To be effective, increased production with better distribution depends largely on our capability to assess the productivity of the small man, whether he is __(iv)__ in agriculture or industry. In agriculture the most critical inputs are water and credit together with cultivable land. Our land reform legislation has aimed at distributing land to small owners. There are sometimes political obstacles; but it is not known generally how many cases are __(v)__ in courts.
We must at least ensure that small owners have access to other essential inputs. In industry, we have discouraged small scale and cottage industries. Greater availability of power along with assured market and credit arrangements can make tremendous difference to productivity.

Select the appropriate word and fill in blank (v).

Directions: In the following passage, for each numbered blank, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which best fits the blank appropriately.

Can an experiment conceived, carried out, and reported in kids-speak with pencil-coloured figures and hand-written tables by school children aged 8 to 10 years get published in a highly rated international journal following a peer-reviewing process? Twenty-seven schoolchildren from a primary school in UK have proved this is possible if a simple but novel scientific question raised is __(i)__ in a scientific way. Their paper was published in the Royal Society's Biology Letters journal. Their __(ii)__ was that bumble-bees can use a combination of colour and spatial relationships in deciding which colour of flower to forage from. Considering that our understanding of how bees perceive coloured patterns and scenes is inadequate, this inspiring outcome has shown that schoolchildren guided by gifted teachers can think and carry out experiments like any hard-wired scientist. For these kids, doing science changed their __(iii)__ of the subject. Science also became cool and fun. This refreshing approach turns the spotlight on the best methods of teaching science. The __(iv)__ learning system adopted by most schools in India, even classroom study combined with some laboratory work with pre-defined outcomes, does very little to __(v)__ curiosity and interest in science. Is that one of the reasons why out-of-the-box thinking that produces path-breaking science rarely comes out of Indian laboratories? The children at the UK school had their gifted teacher to guide them. Scientists from India's space and atomic energy departments and in some other places where serious science is done can take a leaf out of the school's book and lead the way in engaging with school pupils and getting them to do real science.