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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: 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. heavier

  2. small

  3. thinner

  4. smaller

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

The passage contrasts wild watermelons with huge cultivated ones. Therefore, 'smaller' is the logical comparative adjective to describe the wild variety.

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. on

  2. away

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

The phrase 'carry away' is a phrasal verb meaning to steal or remove, which fits the context of cattle raiding by the Maasai tribe.

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. themselves

  2. them

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

The sentence refers to the neighbors protecting themselves from the Maasai. 'Themselves' is the correct reflexive pronoun to use here.

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. above

  2. outside

  3. from

  4. ahead

  5. along
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

The preposition 'along' is used to describe the location of something following the length of a river. 'Along the banks' is the standard idiomatic expression.

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. also

  2. though

  3. now

  4. tomorrow

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

The sentence contrasts the past (10th/11th century) with the present. 'Now' correctly indicates that the fruit is currently grown throughout the tropics.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (16) with the most appropriate option.

Boss's untimely (11) _______ has a very profound effect on the working of the other team members. A boss is a person who acts as a role model, whom other fellow workers (12) _______. A boss rather than berating his subordinates, should try to (13) _______ their mistakes. This is the best way to show (14) _______ towards them. A (15) _______ boss would always try to (16) _______ his responsibilities and would always (17) _______ and (18) _______ around. In order to be one of the(19) _______ members of the organization, he should be able to (20) _______ the major causes of grievance among the workers. All this, he should be able to do at the (21) _______ stage, so that these problems do not (22) _______ the working of the organization as a whole.

  1. evade

  2. shuffle

  3. escape

  4. abstain
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

You cannot shuffle responsibilties. The words abstain and escape will use preposition 'from' after them. So, they cannot be used here. Correct option is 'evade'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the passage and fill in the blank (19) with the most appropriate option.

Boss's untimely (11) _______ has a very profound effect on the working of the other team members. A boss is a person who acts as a role model, whom other fellow workers (12) _______. A boss rather than berating his subordinates, should try to (13) _______ their mistakes. This is the best way to show (14) _______ towards them. A (15) _______ boss would always try to (16) _______ his responsibilities and would always (17) _______ and (18) _______ around. In order to be one of the(19) _______ members of the organization, he should be able to (20) _______ the major causes of grievance among the workers. All this, he should be able to do at the (21) _______ stage, so that these problems do not (22) _______ the working of the organization as a whole.

  1. voluble

  2. appraising

  3. pivotal

  4. ardent

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Pivotal means one of the most important.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (15) with the most appropriate option.

Boss's untimely (11) _______ has a very profound effect on the working of the other team members. A boss is a person who acts as a role model, whom other fellow workers (12) _______. A boss rather than berating his subordinates, should try to (13) _______ their mistakes. This is the best way to show (14) _______ towards them. A (15) _______ boss would always try to (16) _______ his responsibilities and would always (17) _______ and (18) _______ around. In order to be one of the(19) _______ members of the organization, he should be able to (20) _______ the major causes of grievance among the workers. All this, he should be able to do at the (21) _______ stage, so that these problems do not (22) _______ the working of the organization as a whole.

  1. admirable

  2. mediocre

  3. patrician

  4. gallant

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence when read completely points to a negative word for the blank. Of the options available only mediocre fits here.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (17) with the most appropriate option.

Boss's untimely (11) _______ has a very profound effect on the working of the other team members. A boss is a person who acts as a role model, whom other fellow workers (12) _______. A boss rather than berating his subordinates, should try to (13) _______ their mistakes. This is the best way to show (14) _______ towards them. A (15) _______ boss would always try to (16) _______ his responsibilities and would always (17) _______ and (18) _______ around. In order to be one of the(19) _______ members of the organization, he should be able to (20) _______ the major causes of grievance among the workers. All this, he should be able to do at the (21) _______ stage, so that these problems do not (22) _______ the working of the organization as a whole.

  1. despite

  2. fidget

  3. elucidate

  4. flaunt

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A mediocre boss will try to evade responsibilities and fidget around doing nothing. He would not elucidate or flaunt. Despite is out of context.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (18) with the most appropriate option.

Boss's untimely (11) _______ has a very profound effect on the working of the other team members. A boss is a person who acts as a role model, whom other fellow workers (12) _______. A boss rather than berating his subordinates, should try to (13) _______ their mistakes. This is the best way to show (14) _______ towards them. A (15) _______ boss would always try to (16) _______ his responsibilities and would always (17) _______ and (18) _______ around. In order to be one of the(19) _______ members of the organization, he should be able to (20) _______ the major causes of grievance among the workers. All this, he should be able to do at the (21) _______ stage, so that these problems do not (22) _______ the working of the organization as a whole.

  1. stylize

  2. lethargic

  3. idle

  4. indolent
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The boss would fidget and avoid doing work i.e idle around.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (13) with the most appropriate option.

Boss's untimely (11) _______ has a very profound effect on the working of the other team members. A boss is a person who acts as a role model, whom other fellow workers (12) _______. A boss rather than berating his subordinates, should try to (13) _______ their mistakes. This is the best way to show (14) _______ towards them. A (15) _______ boss would always try to (16) _______ his responsibilities and would always (17) _______ and (18) _______ around. In order to be one of the(19) _______ members of the organization, he should be able to (20) _______ the major causes of grievance among the workers. All this, he should be able to do at the (21) _______ stage, so that these problems do not (22) _______ the working of the organization as a whole.

  1. scrutinise

  2. emend

  3. anticipate

  4. contemplate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The passage is talking about how a boss should become a role model. He should help his employees and correct their mistakes instead of scolding or rebuking them. He should not contemplate(think about) or scrutinize(examine closely) their mistakes but emend (correct / improve) their mistakes.Bosses never anticipate or look forward to mistakes.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (12) with the most appropriate option.

Boss's untimely (11) _______ has a very profound effect on the working of the other team members. A boss is a person who acts as a role model, whom other fellow workers (12) _______. A boss rather than berating his subordinates, should try to (13) _______ their mistakes. This is the best way to show (14) _______ towards them. A (15) _______ boss would always try to (16) _______ his responsibilities and would always (17) _______ and (18) _______ around. In order to be one of the(19) _______ members of the organization, he should be able to (20) _______ the major causes of grievance among the workers. All this, he should be able to do at the (21) _______ stage, so that these problems do not (22) _______ the working of the organization as a whole.

  1. ensue

  2. emulate

  3. mimic

  4. ape
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Ensue means to follow immediately / come afterward. Ape and mimic mean to copy/ imitate closely often in fun or ridicule. Emulate means to follow the example of. A good boss is one whom all fellow workers try to follow or emulate as a model.  

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the passage and fill up the blank (11) with the most appropriate option.

Boss's untimely (11) _______ has a very profound effect on the working of the other team members. A boss is a person who acts as a role model, whom other fellow workers (12) _______. A boss rather than berating his subordinates, should try to (13) _______ their mistakes. This is the best way to show (14) _______ towards them. A (15) _______ boss would always try to (16) _______ his responsibilities and would always (17) _______ and (18) _______ around. In order to be one of the(19) _______ members of the organization, he should be able to (20) _______ the major causes of grievance among the workers. All this, he should be able to do at the (21) _______ stage, so that these problems do not (22) _______ the working of the organization as a whole.

  1. evasion

  2. tirade

  3. esteem

  4. adoration
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The flow of the passage and the word 'untimely' indicates the use of a negative word in this blank. This rules out adoration and esteem. Evasion is to avoid, which does not fit in with the context of the sentence. Tirade meaning a long speech of criticism fits in with the context.