Cloze Test for SBI PO 2014
Directions—(Q. 1–10) In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered.
These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words/ phrases are suggested
one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.I used to look _(1)_
to the holidays. I usually _(2)_ to my uncle’s house where I _(3)_ his children. I did not get paid a
salary for _(4)_ What I received in return however, was far more _(5)_ My uncle was an avid reader.
During the time I spent with his family I had an _(6)_ to read the vast amount of books and magazines
that he possessed. This improved my English to some _(7)_ Reading became my new _(8)_._(9)_
spending my pocket money on a ticket to the cinema I began to _(10)_ books. This has benefited me greatly.
1. (A) forward
(B) towards
(C) backward
(D) up
(E) around
2. (A) went
(B) sent
(C) visited
(D) travelled
(E) gone
3. (A) cared
(B) occupy
(C) guarded
(D) taught
(E) played
4. (A) them
(B) whom
(C) this
(D) now
(E) which
5. (A) expensive
(B) deserving
(C) helping
(D) demanding
(E) valuable
6. (A) opportunity
(B) ability
(C) use
(D) encouragement
(E) achievement
7. (A) distance
(B) extent
(C) time
(D) limits
(E) degrees
8. (A) activity
(B) hope
(C) hobby
(D) duty
(E) worship
9. (A) despite
(B) though
(C) by
(D) instead of
(E) while
10. (A) sell
(B) read
(C) exchange
(D) invest
(E) buy
Answer:
1. (A)
2. (A)
3. (D)
4. (C)
5. (E)
6. (A)
7. (B)
8. (C)
9. (D)
10. (E)
(A)One can do anything but (1) the sorry (2) Indian politics has come to! Our leadership has become (3) of everything that (4) decay and degeneration in the country’s socio-economic and political state of (5). One really pities the politicians’ (6) in claiming the calibre and eminence of the (7) who led the (8) for independence and (9) the nation’s (10) during the first two decades of free India.
1. 1) lament 2) reject 3) deny 4) accept 5) ascertain
2. 1) state 2) figure 3) fate 4) pass 5) disease
3. 1) sympomatic 2) critical 3) envious 4) devoid 5) abreast
4. 1) suggests 2) symbolises 3) roots out 4) signifies 5) reeks
5. 1) authority 2) opportunity 3) affairs 4) situation 5) present
6. 1) zeal 2) approach 3) loyalty 4) hypocrisy 5) stupidity
7. 1) persons 2) leaders 3) struggle 4) heroes 5) past
8. 1) role 2) team 3) struggle 4) cart 5) war
9. 1) guided 2) assisted 3) dovetailed 4) painted 5) drove
10. 1) future 2) destiny 3) missiles 4) movement 5) wheel
2. 1) state 2) figure 3) fate 4) pass 5) disease
3. 1) sympomatic 2) critical 3) envious 4) devoid 5) abreast
4. 1) suggests 2) symbolises 3) roots out 4) signifies 5) reeks
5. 1) authority 2) opportunity 3) affairs 4) situation 5) present
6. 1) zeal 2) approach 3) loyalty 4) hypocrisy 5) stupidity
7. 1) persons 2) leaders 3) struggle 4) heroes 5) past
8. 1) role 2) team 3) struggle 4) cart 5) war
9. 1) guided 2) assisted 3) dovetailed 4) painted 5) drove
10. 1) future 2) destiny 3) missiles 4) movement 5) wheel
(B). The urgent need of the hour is to (1) up the moral (2) of our society in general and of our student community in particular, if we want to save ourselves and our society from the present (3) of mass indiscipline and (4) of basic human values, which has become a (5) phenomenon. We must, therefore, (6) and practise the most (7) basic human values like co-operation, tolerance, patriotism, generosity, truth, justice and excellence—the ideals which are universal in nature and which are (8) in themselves and which are worthy of (9) for their own sake. These ideals are both personally as well as socially (10).
6. 1) give 2) stand 3) jack 4) climb 5) tone
7.1)fibre2)enactment3)reconstruction4)situation5)appreciation
8. 1) polarisation 2) degradation 3) chaos 4) provocation 5) sentiments
9. 1) calamity 2) focus 3) realisation 4) erosion 5) criticism
10. 1) durable 2) universal 3) perpetual 4) segmental 5) prolific
11. 1) incorporate 2) induce 3) implicate 4) inculcate 5) involve
12. 1) absorbing 2) cherished 3) introspective 4) famous 5) productive
13. 1) distinctive 2) appreciated 3) formative 4) helping 5) end
14. 1) evolving 2) spreading 3) esteem 4) wisdom 5) popularity
15. 1) desirable 2) manageable 3) redundant 4) vulnerable 5) possible
7.1)fibre2)enactment3)reconstruction4)situation5)appreciation
8. 1) polarisation 2) degradation 3) chaos 4) provocation 5) sentiments
9. 1) calamity 2) focus 3) realisation 4) erosion 5) criticism
10. 1) durable 2) universal 3) perpetual 4) segmental 5) prolific
11. 1) incorporate 2) induce 3) implicate 4) inculcate 5) involve
12. 1) absorbing 2) cherished 3) introspective 4) famous 5) productive
13. 1) distinctive 2) appreciated 3) formative 4) helping 5) end
14. 1) evolving 2) spreading 3) esteem 4) wisdom 5) popularity
15. 1) desirable 2) manageable 3) redundant 4) vulnerable 5) possible
Answers:-
(A) 1. 3 2. 4 3. 1 4. 4 5. 3
6. 1 7. 2 8. 3 9. 1 10. 2
6. 1 7. 2 8. 3 9. 1 10. 2
(B). 1. 5 2. 1 3. 3 4. 4 5. 2
6. 4 7. 2 8. 1 9. 3 10. 1
6. 4 7. 2 8. 1 9. 3 10. 1
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