Cloze Test Questions

Multiple choice
  1. extirpate

  2. discharge

  3. displace

  4. discard

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

The sentence is talking about removing the causes of grievances among the workers. So, discharge, discard and displce donot fit. Extirpate means removing completely. Hence, it is the correct option.

Multiple choice
  1. compliance

  2. chauvinism

  3. pique

  4. compassion

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

Compassion meaning kindness can be shown by not crticising but emending mistakes. Pique is angerwhich is opposite of what is required. Compliance and chauvinism donot fit here.

Multiple choice
  1. engender

  2. impede

  3. deprave

  4. collude

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

Impede means hinder or delay whereas deprave means to weaken morally. Collude means to conspire and engender means to bring into being donot fit here. So, best option is impede.

Multiple choice
  1. flourishing

  2. embryonic

  3. vacillating

  4. volatile

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

Embryonic means at an early stage/ budding stage. You exhibit the good qualities from the beginning not at a flourishing/ volatile / changing stage.

Multiple choice
  1. increase

  2. annihilate

  3. arouse

  4. abrogate

  5. curb

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

The sentence has the term 'continued to be', so the word annihilated (finished, destroyed completely) can't be used. The term 'curb' is more suited for this sentence.

Multiple choice
  1. acclaimed

  2. based

  3. basked

  4. supposed

  5. announced

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

Acclaimed (to greet with loud applause) is not suited to this line, as the mood of the minister hasn't been referred to as jubilant. The word 'announced' suits this sentence.

Multiple choice
  1. entertainers

  2. power

  3. criminals

  4. patrons

  5. lackeys

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

The political patronage of 'criminals' is of hindrance to the work of police.

Multiple choice
  1. continued

  2. prevailed

  3. resorted

  4. discontinued

  5. purported

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

The term ‘resorted’ literally means to begin making use of something.

Multiple choice
  1. Significantly

  2. Momentarily

  3. Permanently

  4. Irrelevantly

  5. Concurrently

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

This sentence makes reference to High Court decision regarding police encounters, so it should begin with the term significantly because this is an important ruling regarding encounters.

Multiple choice
  1. desired

  2. summarized

  3. hurried

  4. exonerated

  5. directed

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

A court always directs individuals or institutions, and does not summarize or adjudicate them.

Multiple choice
  1. buyers

  2. sellers

  3. makers

  4. traffickers

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

Specific term “drug traffickers” is used in respect of those dealing with drugs and selling them.

Multiple choice
  1. inspire

  2. demolish

  3. vanquish

  4. eliminate

  5. deflate

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

The word demolish cannot be used in reference to criminals, so option (4) eliminate is the best answer. Vanquish is used for enemies.

Multiple choice
  1. billow

  2. spate

  3. variety

  4. spout

  5. preponderance

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

The best phrasal use is ‘spate’. The police has resorted to increase in number of encounters to eliminate underworld elements.

Multiple choice
  1. glimpsed

  2. relied

  3. believed

  4. destined

  5. looked

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

The word relied (depend upon) is the only term among those given as suited to fit in this sentence.

Multiple choice
  1. social

  2. political

  3. daily

  4. insecure

  5. criminal

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

This passage is about policemen and criminals. The first blank talks about patronage (favor) as a barrier for policemen. So the perfect match to fill in is 'political'.