CLOZE TEST
child or the only child (706) his par-       711. (1) purchasing (2) buying           729. (1) much             (2) very
ents is more prone to (707) spoilt.               (3) gifting        (4) selling             (3) too            (4) more
Such a child becomes arrogant and            712. (1) decided        (2) undecided    730. (1) either           (2) because
insolent (708) of the overindulgence
                                                  (3) finalized      (4) cancelled           (3) or             (4) and
and overprotection of the parents.
                                             713. (1) hacking        (2) knocking            Directions (731–740) : In the
Sometimes it (709) seen that a (710)
                                                  (3) breaking       (4) shaking      following questions, in the following
child also tends to become a nuisance.
                                             714. (1) consumer       (2) customer     passage some of the words have been
         Some Important Words                                                         left out. Read the passage carefully and
                                                  (3) supplier       (4) manufacturer
    (1) arrogant (Adj.) : behaving in a                                               choose the correct answer to each
                                             715. (1) pressed        (2) impressed
        proud, unpleasant way, show-                                                  question out of the four alternatives
                                                  (3) depressed (4) suppressed        and fill in the blanks.
        ing little thought for other peo-
                                             716. (1) complain       (2) explain                  (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
        ple
                                                  (3) refrain        (4) plain                 Exam. 16.11.2014, Patna Region :
    (2) insolent (Adj.) : extremely rude
                                             717. (1) produce        (2) material                                      Ist Sitting)
        and showing a lack of respect
                                                  (3) product        (4) ingredients         (731) looking after the health
    (3) prone (Adj.) : liable ; having an
                                             718. (1) after          (2) before       aspect of the team, Dr. Alka also (732)
        inclination to do something
                                                  (3) next           (4) subsequent   a few emergency cases (733) includ-
    (4) over-indulgence (N.) : exces-                                                 ed a suspected spinal injury (734) a
                                             719. (1) slammed        (2) damned
        sive indulgence                                                               fall from an oil tanker. She herself had
                                                  (3) tamed          (4) crammed
701. (1) them             (2) the            720. (1) before         (2) on           a close (735) with death when she was
       (3) a              (4) an                  (3) aside          (4) behind       taking pictures of the (736) atop a
702. (1) a                (2) the                                                     German ship. A blizzard could have
                                                  Directions (721-730) : In the fol-
                                                                                      (737) had the radio officer not pulled
       (3) an             (4) them           lowing questions, in the following pas-
                                                                                      her (738) a room. Also (739) the only
703. (1) at               (2) on             sage some of the words have been left
                                                                                      woman in a 24-member team, she
       (3) over           (4) under          out. Read the passage carefully and
                                                                                      missed the company (740) women.
704. (1) those            (2) this           choose the correct answer to each
       (3) that           (4) these          question out of the four alternatives            Some Important Words
705. (1) much             (2) more           and fill in the blanks.                     (1) blizzard (N.) : a snowstorm with
       (3) little         (4) less                      (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC           very strong winds
                                                                   Exam. 09.11.2014)     (2) spinal (Adj.) : related to spine
706. (1) off              (2) for
                                                  Delhi 721 the capital of India.
       (3) of             (4) in
                                             People from all parts of the country      731. (1)  Beside         (2) Besides
707. (1) become           (2) becoming
                                             and the world 722 to Delhi. There               (3) Despite        (4) When
       (3) becomes        (4) became
                                             723 many historical buildings. Peo-       732. (1)  attended to (2) attended
708. (1) so               (2) and            ple 724 the Rajghat, Shantivan and              (3) looked         (4) watched
       (3) why            (4) because        Vijayghat. We visited Delhi last year
709. (1) is               (2) are                                                      733. (1)  who            (2) that
                                             725 our cousins. There 726 many other
       (3) was            (4) were                                                           (3) these          (4) those
                                             historical cities, Agra 727 one of
710. (1) neglect          (2) neglected      them. We 728 visit Agra and Jaipur        734. (1)  because        (2) when
       (3) neglects       (4) neglecting     next time. The Red Fort of Delhi and            (3) caused         (4) due to
        Directions (711-720) : In the        the Hawa Mahal of Jaipur were 729         735. (1)  victory        (2) brush
following passage some of the words          famous for their Mughal 730 Rajast-             (3) bruise         (4) fight
have been left out. Read the passage         hani architecture respectively.           736. (1)  scenic         (2) scenery
carefully and choose the correct an-         721. (1) was             (2) are                (3) scenario       (4) seen
swer to each question out of the four              (3) is             (4) were         737. (1)  swept her away
alternatives and fill in the blanks.         722. (1) came            (2) comes              (2) sweeping her
             (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC            (3) come           (4) coming             (3) swept
             Exam. 02.11.2014, IInd Sitting) 723. (1) has             (2) were               (4) sweeps her away
        Rajan is a salesman. He goes from          (3) is             (4) are          738. (1)  for            (2) at
door to door 711 vacuum cleaners. On
                                             724. (1) visit           (2) visited            (3) inside         (4) about
his first day of work, the 712 to sell
                                                   (3) visiting       (4) visits       739. (1)  having         (2) being
his goods by 713 on the doors of a
private housing estate. “My first 714        725. (1) for             (2) on                 (3) becoming       (4) keeping
,” he thought as he 715 the doorbell               (3) of             (4) with         740. (1)  for            (2) with
of the first house. A middle–aged wom-       726. (1) is              (2) are                (3) of             (4) about
an with curlers in her hair opened the             (3) were           (4) was
                                                                                             Directions (741 - 750) : In the
door. Rajan began to 716 who he was          727. (1) are             (2) was
                                                                                      following questions, in the following
and the 717 he was selling. The 718                (3) is             (4) were        passage some of the words have been
minute, the door was 719 shut. “Not          728. (1) will            (2) would       left out. Read the passage carefully and
interested !” John heard her shout 720             (3) could          (4) can         choose the correct answer to each
the closed door.
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