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Cloze Test

1,087 Questions
All Contextual Vocabulary 597 Confusable Words 121 Tense and Aspect 69 Collocations 62 Determiners and Quantifiers 53 Preposition Usage 51 Conjunctions and Connectors 38 Pronoun Reference 30 Subject-Verb Agreement 24 Phrasal Verbs 16 Modal Verbs 13 Idioms and Phrases 6

Cloze Test Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: The following passage has five blanks numbered 1 to 5. Choose the word from the alternatives (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) that best fills in the first blank. The collapse of capital and money market is so (1)_________ that Ministry of Finance is very concerned and this collapse in turn is restricting industrial (2)______. The government is also wary of the reforms, the (3) ______ reports. It wants a meeting with all concerned to (4)_________ fears about the collapse. The Government is reported to be considering all possible (5)_________ before a decision is arrived.

  1. colossal

  2. sharp

  3. bad

  4. steep

  5. high
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The collapse is substantial but 'so colossal' makes no sense. Likewise, 'so bad' or 'so high' will also be illogical. Out of the other two options, sharp makes better sense. Hence, (2)

Multiple choice

Directions: The following passage has five blanks numbered 1 to 5. Choose the option from the alternatives (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) to fill blank 1.

A serendipitous (1) __________ of Journey is that Nabisco now has the information it needs to create a 'full portfolio view' of new development projects. Senior managers quickly and easily see what they have in the pipeline and (2) __________ whether the company has the right product mix for the near and long terms. Putting together or (3) __________ a rolling eighteen-month aggregate plan used to be an enormous task that required someone to check with all project teams, track down numbers and (4) __________ information together manually, Journey does this automatically by generating a web-based report that lays out project (5) __________ along a timeline. In addition to this high-level view, managers get project-specific information by drilling down on a project.

  1. discovery

  2. benefit

  3. blemish

  4. chance

  5. affect
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The paragraph is about a programme that furnishes all the needed information. ‘Serendipitous’ means something that was not planned, but was found by accident and is fortunate. So, only benefit fits here.   Hence, option (2) is the correct answer. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The following passage has five blanks numbered 1 to 5. Choose the option from the alternatives (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) to fill blank 3.

A serendipitous (1) __________ of Journey is that Nabisco now has the information it needs to create a 'full portfolio view' of new development projects. Senior managers quickly and easily see what they have in the pipeline and (2) __________ whether the company has the right product mix for the near and long terms. Putting together or (3) __________ a rolling eighteen-month aggregate plan used to be an enormous task that required someone to check with all project teams, track down numbers and (4) __________ information together manually, Journey does this automatically by generating a web-based report that lays out project (5) __________ along a timeline. In addition to this high-level view, managers get project-specific information by drilling down on a project.

  1. updating

  2. wanting

  3. knitting

  4. rolling

  5. gathering
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

‘Knitting’ would be rendered redundant by the use of ‘putting together’. ‘Wanting’, ‘rolling’ or ‘gathering’ are logically or grammatically inappropriate.

Hence, option (1) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following passage has five blanks numbered 1 to 5. Choose the option from the alternatives (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) to fill blank 2.

A serendipitous (1) __________ of Journey is that Nabisco now has the information it needs to create a 'full portfolio view' of new development projects. Senior managers quickly and easily see what they have in the pipeline and (2) __________ whether the company has the right product mix for the near and long terms. Putting together or (3) __________ a rolling eighteen-month aggregate plan used to be an enormous task that required someone to check with all project teams, track down numbers and (4) __________ information together manually, Journey does this automatically by generating a web-based report that lays out project (5) __________ along a timeline. In addition to this high-level view, managers get project-specific information by drilling down on a project.

  1. withstand

  2. acknowledge

  3. understand

  4. resolve

  5. challenge
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Managers gain from the programme, so they are able to ‘see’ and ‘understand’.

Hence, option (3) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following passage has five blanks numbered 1 to 5. Choose the option from the alternatives (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) to fill blank 5.

A serendipitous (1) __________ of Journey is that Nabisco now has the information it needs to create a 'full portfolio view' of new development projects. Senior managers quickly and easily see what they have in the pipeline and (2) __________ whether the company has the right product mix for the near and long terms. Putting together or (3) __________ a rolling eighteen-month aggregate plan used to be an enormous task that required someone to check with all project teams, track down numbers and (4) __________ information together manually, Journey does this automatically by generating a web-based report that lays out project (5) __________ along a timeline. In addition to this high-level view, managers get project-specific information by drilling down on a project.

  1. deadlines

  2. milestones

  3. benchmarks

  4. goals

  5. targets
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

‘Along a timeline’ would obviously mean ‘milestones’. Milestones means progress or development, i.e. how much is to be achieved within a given time frame.

Hence, option (2) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following passage has five blanks numbered 1 to 5. Choose the option from the alternatives (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) to fill blank 4.

A serendipitous (1) __________ of Journey is that Nabisco now has the information it needs to create a 'full portfolio view' of new development projects. Senior managers quickly and easily see what they have in the pipeline and (2) __________ whether the company has the right product mix for the near and long terms. Putting together or (3) __________ a rolling eighteen-month aggregate plan used to be an enormous task that required someone to check with all project teams, track down numbers and (4) __________ information together manually, Journey does this automatically by generating a web-based report that lays out project (5) __________ along a timeline. In addition to this high-level view, managers get project-specific information by drilling down on a project.

  1. write

  2. motivate

  3. bring

  4. knit

  5. collate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The use of ‘together’ rules out ‘write’ and ‘motivate’. ‘Knit together' will be a better phrase in context than ‘bring together’.

Hence, option (4) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: In these questions following passage, you are given blank space marked 1 to 6, against each of these numbers below the passage a choice of three words marked (a, b, c) is suggested, choose the best word from these three as your answer;-

There are several tribes’ lives in East Africa, but the most famous among them is massai tribe. The massai are famous fighters. They ------ (i) the neighboring tribes and carry ---- (ii) their cattle. Their neighbors are ----- (iii) of them because of their --- (iv) in the war. The kikuyu people ------ (v) to the east of them having left a long strip of forest between ----- (vi) and the massais as protection against their enemies. The massai’s live in northern Tanzania.

  1. surviving

  2. living

  3. camping
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The context describes tribes that inhabit a region; living is the correct verb form here.

Multiple choice

Directions: In these questions following passage, you are given blank space marked 1 to 6, against each of these numbers below the passage a choice of three words marked (a, b, c) is suggested, choose the best word from these three as your answer;-

There are several tribes’ lives in East Africa, but the most famous among them is massai tribe. The massai are famous fighters. They ------ (i) the neighboring tribes and carry ---- (ii) their cattle. Their neighbors are ----- (iii) of them because of their --- (iv) in the war. The kikuyu people ------ (v) to the east of them having left a long strip of forest between ----- (vi) and the massais as protection against their enemies. The massai’s live in northern Tanzania.

  1. callous

  2. afraid

  3. careful
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The passage describes neighbors being afraid of the Massai tribe due to their fighting prowess.

Multiple choice

Directions: In these questions following passage, you are given blank space marked 1 to 6, against each of these numbers below the passage a choice of three words marked (a, b, c) is suggested, choose the best word from these three as your answer;-

There are several tribes’ lives in East Africa, but the most famous among them is massai tribe. The massai are famous fighters. They ------ (i) the neighboring tribes and carry ---- (ii) their cattle. Their neighbors are ----- (iii) of them because of their --- (iv) in the war. The kikuyu people ------ (v) to the east of them having left a long strip of forest between ----- (vi) and the massais as protection against their enemies. The massai’s live in northern Tanzania.

  1. disturb

  2. deceive

  3. raid
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The passage describes the Massai as fighters who attack other tribes to take their cattle, which is defined as a raid.

Multiple choice

Directions: In these questions following passage, you are given blank space marked 1 to 6, against each of these numbers below the passage a choice of three words marked (a, b, c) is suggested, choose the best word from these three as your answer;-

There are several tribes’ lives in East Africa, but the most famous among them is massai tribe. The massai are famous fighters. They ------ (i) the neighboring tribes and carry ---- (ii) their cattle. Their neighbors are ----- (iii) of them because of their --- (iv) in the war. The kikuyu people ------ (v) to the east of them having left a long strip of forest between ----- (vi) and the massais as protection against their enemies. The massai’s live in northern Tanzania.

  1. skill

  2. involvement

  3. interest
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The context describes the Maasai as famous fighters. In the context of war or conflict, 'skill' is the most appropriate noun to describe their reputation among neighbors.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word;

Watermelons ---- (i) to India by the 4th century AD, Sushruta the great Indian physician, ----- (ii) wrote the Sushruta Samhitha , mentions that watermelons were grown ------(iii)the banks of the river Indus ------(iv) are also mentioned in the ancient books.Sushrutha calls it as the kalinga or kalinda (hence Kalingad in Marathi). It was --- (v) to china in the 10th or 11th century and ----- (vi) it is grown throughout the tropics.

Wild watermelons are ------ (vii) compared to huge cultivated ones some of which weigh up to 25 kg. The heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at hope, Arkansas USA, the state to which president Clinton ------- (viii).

  1. took

  2. gave

  3. taken

  4. take

  5. taking
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence requires a past participle to complete the passive voice construction 'It was taken to China'. 'Taken' fits the historical context of the watermelon's spread.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word;

Watermelons ---- (i) to India by the 4th century AD, Sushruta the great Indian physician, ----- (ii) wrote the Sushruta Samhitha , mentions that watermelons were grown ------(iii)the banks of the river Indus ------(iv) are also mentioned in the ancient books.Sushrutha calls it as the kalinga or kalinda (hence Kalingad in Marathi). It was --- (v) to china in the 10th or 11th century and ----- (vi) it is grown throughout the tropics.

Wild watermelons are ------ (vii) compared to huge cultivated ones some of which weigh up to 25 kg. The heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at hope, Arkansas USA, the state to which president Clinton ------- (viii).

  1. did

  2. when

  3. certainly

  4. who

  5. whom
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The relative pronoun 'who' is used to refer to the person, Sushruta, who wrote the Sushruta Samhitha. It correctly introduces the relative clause describing him.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word;

Watermelons ---- (i) to India by the 4th century AD, Sushruta the great Indian physician, ----- (ii) wrote the Sushruta Samhitha , mentions that watermelons were grown ------(iii)the banks of the river Indus ------(iv) are also mentioned in the ancient books.Sushrutha calls it as the kalinga or kalinda (hence Kalingad in Marathi). It was --- (v) to china in the 10th or 11th century and ----- (vi) it is grown throughout the tropics.

Wild watermelons are ------ (vii) compared to huge cultivated ones some of which weigh up to 25 kg. The heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at hope, Arkansas USA, the state to which president Clinton ------- (viii).

  1. rules

  2. belongs

  3. grew

  4. elects

  5. elected
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence refers to the state where President Clinton was born or lived. 'Belongs' is the correct verb to indicate his connection to the state of Arkansas.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word;

Watermelons ---- (i) to India by the 4th century AD, Sushruta the great Indian physician, ----- (ii) wrote the Sushruta Samhitha , mentions that watermelons were grown ------(iii)the banks of the river Indus ------(iv) are also mentioned in the ancient books.Sushrutha calls it as the kalinga or kalinda (hence Kalingad in Marathi). It was --- (v) to china in the 10th or 11th century and ----- (vi) it is grown throughout the tropics.

Wild watermelons are ------ (vii) compared to huge cultivated ones some of which weigh up to 25 kg. The heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at hope, Arkansas USA, the state to which president Clinton ------- (viii).

  1. came

  2. go

  3. arrived

  4. started

  5. grew
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Multiple choice

Directions: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word;

Watermelons ---- (i) to India by the 4th century AD, Sushruta the great Indian physician, ----- (ii) wrote the Sushruta Samhitha , mentions that watermelons were grown ------(iii)the banks of the river Indus ------(iv) are also mentioned in the ancient books.Sushrutha calls it as the kalinga or kalinda (hence Kalingad in Marathi). It was --- (v) to china in the 10th or 11th century and ----- (vi) it is grown throughout the tropics.

Wild watermelons are ------ (vii) compared to huge cultivated ones some of which weigh up to 25 kg. The heaviest fruit weighing 118 kg was produced at hope, Arkansas USA, the state to which president Clinton ------- (viii).

  1. it

  2. they

  3. some

  4. that

  5. those
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The pronoun 'they' refers back to the plural noun 'watermelons' mentioned earlier in the passage. It is the correct subject pronoun for the clause.