CLOZE TEST
terrible retribution for his pains.                Directions (196 – 205) : In the       206. (1) ultimately      (2) popularly
181. (1) signals         (2) morals          following passage, some of the words                (3) singularly (4) deliberately
        (3) echoes       (4) undertones      have been left out. First read the pas-     207. (1) constructed
                                             sage over and try to understand what
182. (1) in              (2) into                                                                (2) accommodated
                                             it is about. Then fill in the blanks with
        (3) to           (4) after                                                               (3) based
                                             the help of the alternatives given.
183. (1) and             (2) though                   (SSC CISF ASI Exam. 29.08.2010
                                                                                                 (4) dedicated
                                                                               (Paper-I) 208. (1) often
        (3) yet          (4) still
                                                   Hawthorne had not (196) this                  (2) regularly
184. (1) resist          (2) experience
                                             sudden dismissal. He (197) thought                  (3) intermittently
        (3) challenge    (4) suffer
                                             they would scold him as usual, (198)                (4) less
185. (1) heart           (2) body            now he had no job. What (199) he tell       209. (1) whole           (2) all
        (3) mind         (4) soul            Sophia ? Sophia (200) Hawthorne’s                   (3) full         (4) collection
186. (1) up              (2) in              wife. He had not told her (201) about
                                                                                         210. (1) fraction        (2) little
                                             his troubles (202) the office. How was
        (3) away         (4) off                                                                 (3) sample       (4) part
                                             he going to support her (203) himself
187. (1) wilderness (2) meditation           from now on ? He walked home slow-          211. (1) active          (2) largest
        (3) obscurity    (4) passivity       ly. (204) his wife saw him, he (205)                (3) fastest      (4) negligible
188. (1) stimulants      (2) luxuries        miserable.                                  212. (1) grounds         (2) theatres
        (3) delusions    (4) deceptions      196. (1) selected        (2) attempted              (3) studios      (4) centres
                                                    (3) expected      (4) detected       213. (1) world           (2) land
189. (1) stuff           (2) material
                                             197. (1) has             (2) was                    (3) area         (4) state
        (3) substance    (4) blood                  (3) did           (4) had            214. (1) early           (2) local
190. (1) by              (2) to              198. (1) and             (2) because                (3) former       (4) political
        (3) in           (4) on                     (3) but           (4) since
                                                                                         215. (1) area            (2) focus
      Directions (191-195) : In the fol-     199. (1) will            (2) was
                                                                                                 (3) symbol       (4) head
lowing passage, some of the words                   (3) is            (4) could
have been left out. First read the pas-                                                         Directions (216–225) : In the
                                             200. (1) is              (2) and
sage over and try to understand what                                                     following passage, some of the words
                                                    (3) be            (4) was
it is about. Then fill in the blanks with                                                have been left out. First read the pas-
                                             201. (1) anything        (2) something
the help of the alternatives given.                                                      sage over and try to understand what
                                                    (3) each thing (4) nothing           it is about. Then fill in the blanks with
               (SSC SAS Exam. 26.06.2010     202. (1) for             (2) with           the help of the alter natives given.
                                   (Paper-I)        (3) at            (4) by                   (SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-I
      I have always been nervous and         203. (1) from            (2) and                          Exam. 19.06.2011 (Ist Sitting)
keyed up at onset of any operation.                 (3) without       (4) against               Science means knowledge, but
With Louwtzie next to me, I became           204. (1) Then            (2) Although       not all knowledge is science. I know
even more tense. There was a sense                  (3) When          (4) However        from my own eyesight that our dog
of (191) between us which did not
                                             205. (1) pretended (2) behaved              Chippy likes papaya; I know from a
belong in the theatre. It was something
                                                    (3) looked        (4) showed         book that Akbar was the (216) of Ba-
electrical, a sort of involuntary inter-
                                                   Directions (206–215) : In the fol-    bar, and (217) in 1605; and I know
locking of our (192) selves, which she
                                             lowing passage, some of the words           (218) the radio that India did not do
could not (193) any more than I would.
                                             have been left out. First read the pas-     well in the (219) Test matches. We
Inevitably, this was a (194) at the
                                             sage over and try to understand what        can call these (220) of knowledge,
operating table. The ritual of command
                                             it is about. Then fill in the blanks with   (221), but they are not science.
and interlacing of hands and instru-
                                             the help of the alternatives given.                Science (222) with facts, but not
ments demand a totally different
                                                              (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector     with facts which have (223) to do with
(195).
                                                            Exam. 12.12.2010 (Paper-I)   each other, like the facts about our
191. (1) futility        (2) consistency
                                                   Bollywood is the informal term        dog, cricket and the Moghul ruler;
        (3) hostility    (4) intimacy                                                    those facts are not related (224) , and
                                             (206) used for the Hindi-language film
192. (1) projected       (2) protracted                                                  so have nothing (225) with science.
                                             industry (207) in Mumbai, India. The
        (3) distracted (4) frustrated        term is (208) incorrectly used to refer     Science starts with observation.
193. (1) sever           (2) help            to the (209) of Indian cinema; it is only   216. (1) grandson
        (3) solve        (3) suffer          a (210) of the Indian film industry.                (2) grandfather
194. (1) proposition (2) sufferance          Bollywood is the (211) film producer                (3) grand nephew
        (3) disturbance (4) contraction      in India and one of the largest (212)               (4) son
                                             of film production in the (213). The
195. (1) companionship                                                                   217. (1) gone            (2) died
                                             name is a portmanteau of Bombay (the
        (2) partnership                                                                          (3) disappeared (4) absented
                                             (214) name for Mumbai) and Holly-
        (3) relationship                     wood, the (215) of the American film        218. (1) on              (2) in
        (4) studentship                      industry.                                           (3) since        (4) from
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