CLOZE TEST
148. (1) only            (2) rarely         it is about. Then fill in the blanks with   over Europe and (176) to India, Persia
       (3) hardly        (4) narrowly       the help of the alternatives given.         and Mesopotamia. Thus we find that
149. (1)   mind                                            (SSC Section Officer (Audit) nearly all the people of Europe and
                                                                    Exam. 30.11.2008)   northern India and Persia and Meso-
       (2) determination
                                                  Scientists have developed an elec-    potamia, although they differ so much
       (3) want                                                                         (177) each other now, are really de-
                                            tronic circuit that 161 the wiring of
       (4) discrimination                   the human brain in some ways – an           scendants from the same (178), the
150. (1) kindle          (2) lower          achievement that 162 revolutio nalise       Aryans. Of course this was very long
       (3) reject        (4) extinguish     computer science and 163 the un-            (179) and since then much has hap-
                                            derstanding of how nature’s most pow-       pened and races have got mixed up to
     Directions (151-160) : In the fol-
                                            erful 164 works. The 165 built on a         a large extent. The Aryans are, (180),
lowing passage, some of the words
                                            166 chip the size of a finger nail, is      one great ancestral race of the people
have been left out. First read the pas-
                                            167 from the thinking machines of           of the world today.
sage over and try to understand what
                                            science-fiction : For one thing it can-     171. (1) wandered (2) wondered
is about. Then fill in the blanks with
the help of the alternatives given.         not 168, the way the 169 can. But                  (3) worked        (4) worried
                                            researchers say it could 170 in better      172. (1) grassful        (2) green
               (SSC Section Officer (Audit)
                                            speech and object recognition by com-
                       Exam. 10.12.2006)                                                       (3) grassless     (4) dead
                                            puters.
     When we visited the volcano it                                                     173. (1) full            (2) enough
                                            161. (1) imitates        (2) mimics
was in a state of 151 . We stood near                                                          (3) plenty        (4) grass
tip of the 152 on an irregular plane.              (3) limits        (4) expands
It was heaped 153 stones and cin-           162. (1) shall           (2) ought          174. (1) So              (2) As
ders and 154 rocks which had been                  (3) could         (4) have                  (3) Because       (4) Yet
regularly 155 out from the volcano.         163. (1) exceed          (2) improve        175. (1) riches          (2) money
     During the volcanic eruption, large           (3) impair        (4) develop               (3) shelter       (4) food
quantities of rocks and stones were         164. (1) processor                          176. (1) went            (2) came
hurled out from the summit in terrible             (2) electronic system
156 . From the summit volumes 157                                                              (3) come          (4) has come
                                                   (3) circuit                          177. (1) to              (2) with
smoke and fountains of liquid fire 158
forth continuously. The smoke now                  (4) brain
                                                                                               (3) on            (4) from
white, now impenetrably black was           165. (1) computer        (2) monitor
                                                                                        178. (1) friends         (2) family
159 by a deep fiery roar. Stones 160               (3) system        (4) circuit
                                                                                               (3) ancestors     (4) Aryans
down and the molten lava moved on           166. (1) silicon         (2) minute
with a horrible sound.                                                                  179. (1) ago             (2) time
                                                   (3) big           (4) brown
151. (1) movement (2) eruption              167. (1) for             (2) above                 (3) period        (4) wait
       (3) ejection      (4) insertion             (3) beyond        (4) far            180. (1) so              (2) since
152. (1) point           (2) summit         168. (1) equate          (2) teach                 (3) therefore     (4) but
       (3) path          (4) curve                 (3) learn         (4) recognise            Directions (181-190) : In the fol-
153. (1) on              (2) in             169. (1) computer        (2) processor      lowing passage, some of the words
       (3) with          (4) by                    (3) chip          (4) brain          have been left out. First read the pas-
154. (1) slanting        (2) curving                                                    sage over and try to understand what
                                            170. (1) yield           (2) give
                                                                                        it is about. Then fill in the blanks with
       (3) pointed       (4) big                   (3) respond       (4) result         the help of the alternatives given.
155. (1) flung           (2) toppled              Directions (171 – 180) : In the               (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax &
       (3) distanced (4) over-flown         following passage, some of the words                Central Excise) Exam. 29.03.2009)
156. (1) Calm            (2) Confusion      have been left out and the blanks have
                                                                                              One of the myths relevant to the
       (3) Horror        (4) Speed          been numbered from 91 to 100. First
                                                                                        contemporary human condition is that
157. (1) in              (2) about          read the passage over and try to un-
                                                                                        of Prometheus. It has positive and
                                            derstand what it is about. Then fill in
       (3) of            (4) with                                                       optimistic 181. Man can better him-
                                            the blanks with the help of the alter-
158. (1) flew            (2) extracted                                                  self and aspire 182 higher worlds
                                            natives given.
       (3) poured        (4) oozed                                                      through his own efforts, 183, in the
                                                    (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax &    process, he may 184 terrible tribula-
159. (1) together        (2) turned                 Central Excise) Exam. 14.12.2008)   tions, wars, revolutions, tortures of
       (3) stuck                                  The Aryans (171) about northern       the 185 and the spirit. Time and again
       (4) accompanied                      Asia and Europe over the wide grass-        he would be tempted to throw 186 the
160. (1) rose            (2) ascended       lands. But as their numbers grew and        towel, or retire into 187 and to the
       (3) rained        (4) poured         the climate became drier and the land       dream world of drugs and 188. But
                                            (172), there was not (173) food for all     he will not, if made of the 189 of
     Directions (161–170) : In the fol-
                                            of them to eat. (174) they were forced      Prometheus, be diverted. He will stick
lowing passage, some of the words
                                            to move to other parts of the world in      190. his goal, as Prometheus did in
have been left out. First read the pas-
                                            search of (175). They spread out all        stealing fire from the Gods, suffering
sage over and try to understand what
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