CLOZE TEST
      Of all the psychological problems     121. (1) communication                        133. (1) armies          (2) agencies
(111) the-aged face, the most (112) are            (2) information                               (3) enemies       (4) technologies
perhaps isolation and the (113) for                (3) intimation                         134. (1) relations       (2) prospects
adaptability. In addition to. This (114)
                                                   (4) decision                                  (3) applications (4) agreements
handicaps and the diminishing num-
ber (115) social roles that are commonly    122. (1) stays           (2) remains          135. (1)   absorption
(116) to the old, the aged (117) to cope           (3) resides       (4) rests                   (2) development
with loss of the (118) career, standard     123. (1) into            (2) through                 (3) delineation
of living, (119) and above all, people.
                                                   (3) with          (4) in                      (4) filtration
The gloomy (120) through the obituar-
ies for yet another friend who has gone     124. (1) adapting        (2) imposing         136. (1) large           (2) wide
is bad enough. The death of a spouse               (3) thrusting     (4) adopting                (3) across        (4) close
is often a blow from which the aged         125. (1) local           (2) mother           137. (1) eluding         (2) facing
do not recover. The ability to come to             (3) regional      (4) foreign                 (3) confounding (4) comprising
terms with these changes is vitally
                                            126. (1) governmental                         138. (1) order           (2) priority
important.
                                                   (2) officious                                 (3) quality       (4) gravity
111. (1) which           (2) whose
                                                   (3) administrative                     139. (1) in              (2) on
       (3) that          (4) who
                                                   (4) religious                                 (3) for           (4) of
112. (1) wonderful       (2) difficult
                                            127. (1) inter-state     (2) regional         140. (1) choices         (2) costs
       (3) beautiful     (4) interesting
                                                   (3) international (4) intra-state             (3) feelings      (4) possibilities
113. (1) necessity       (2) need
                                            128. (1) comes up        (2) rises                  Directions (141-150) : In the fol-
       (3) claim         (4) order                                                        lowing passage, some of the words
                                                   (3) crops up      (4) persists
114. (1) mental          (2) spiritual      129. (1) having to (2) have to                have been left out. First read the pas-
       (3) physical      (4) financial                                                    sage over and try to understand what
                                                   (3) had been      (4) have been
115. (1) in              (2) on                                                           it is about. Then fill in the blanks with
                                            130. (1) its             (2) their            the help of the alternatives given.
       (3) of            (4) off                   (3) our           (4) his                    A man can be physically 141
116. (1) made            (2) presented            Directions (131-140) : In the fol-      within stone walls and iron bars. His
       (3) available     (4) given          lowing passage, some of the words             142 of movement and action may thus
117. (1) has             (2) are            have been left out, First read the pas-       be 143 . But his mind and spirit
       (3) had           (4) have           sage over and try to understand what          will     144      remain free. His hopes
                                            it is about. Then fill in the blanks with     and 145 , ideals and ambitions will
118. (1) available       (2) familiar
                                            the help of the alternatives given.           still remain with him. 146 tyranny
       (3) known         (4) unfamiliar       (SSC Section Officer (Commercial Audit)     or oppression can 147 the lover of
119. (1) home             (2) office                                 Exam. 30.09.2007     liberty. The cruelty of the British,
       (3) surroundings (4) environment                                    (IInd Sitting) 148 , increased the zeal and 149
                                                  In most enterprises around the          of the freedom fighters. No prison, no
120. (1) look            (2) view
                                            world, it is the information technology       oppression can ever 150 the invin-
       (3) search        (4) sight          infrastructure that is undergoing the         cible spirit of man.
      Directions (121–130) : In the fol-    most rapid upgradation. Perhaps this                  (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax &
lowing passage, some of the words           is a direct result of the rate of (131) in            Central Excise) Exam. 25.11.2007)
have been left out. First read the pas-     the information technology industry,          141. (1) prevailed       (2) prevented
sage over and try to understand what        (132), with new (133) and business                   (3) confined      (4) limited
it is about. Then fill in the blanks with   (134) invading our consciousness ev-
the help of the alternatives given.                                                       142.   (1) want          (2) freedom
                                            eryday. In this context, it is the (135)
               (SSC Section Officer (Audit) of this new technology that looms (136)              (3) nature        (4) way
                        Exam. 10.12.2006)   as an issue (137) the chief informa-          143.   (1) rejected      (2) adjusted
      The language problem is not           tion officers of end-user organisations.             (3) prevented (4)     restricted
solved by deciding the medium of in-        Given the (138) of magnitude (139) the        144.   (1) seldom        (2) often
struction in the educational institu-       investments required and associated
                                                                                                 (3) still         (4) hardly
tions. The problem of 121 between           (140) in human terms in order to ef-
State Governments still 122. At             fect change of this magnitude, this           145.   (1) aspirations
present, each State Government is 123       concern is hardly surprising.                        (2) attributes
the process of 124 the 125 language         131. (1) rejection                                   (3) achievements
as the medium for 126 purposes. Then               (2) growth                                    (4) needs
the need for a stable language for 127             (3) obsolescence                       146. (1) all             (2) little
communication 128. Moreover, the
Central Government shall 129 adopt                 (4) magnificence                              (3) full          (4) no
a particular language for 130 own of-       132. (1) Where           (2) Hence            147. (1) prevent         (2) prevail
ficial work.                                       (3) What          (4) Since                   (3) reduce        (4) intimidate
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