CLOZE TEST
1023.(1) was choose                         1031.(1) (I) stores                          1043.(1)    age          (2) date
       (2) is choose                               (2) (I) conserves                             (3) oldness      (4) years
       (3) was chose                               (3) (I) captures                      1044.(1)    narrate      (2) recount
       (4) was chosen                              (4) (I) reserves                              (3) explain      (4) tell
1024.(1) would running                      1032.(1) (II) substitute                     1045.(1)    originated (2) formed
       (2) will running                            (2) (II) replace                              (3) begun        (4) born
       (3) would run                               (3) (II) restore                                       Passage II
       (4) will be running                         (4) (II) supplant                           (Question Nos. 1046–1055)
1025.(1) is sleep                           1033.(1) (III) pulmonary                          One thing we can do is (1046) a
       (2) was sleeping                            (2) (III) respiratory                 good book. Another is to look at a new
       (3) was sleep                               (3) (III) cardiac                     (1047) conducted by William Mercer,
                                                                                         one of the world’s largest Human Re-
       (4) were slept                              (4) (III) cardio-vascular
                                                                                         sources consultancies. Mercer decid-
1026.(1) violently      (2) violence        1034.(1) (IV) output
                                                                                         ed to (1048) some of the world’s great
       (3) violent      (4) violet                 (2) (IV) achievement                  cities. They produced their results by
1027.(1) rushing out                               (3) (IV) brainchild                   giving (1049) for (1050) criteria. These
       (2) rush out                                (4) (IV) inventory                    included political, economic and social
       (3) rushed out                       1035.(1) (V) funded                          environment, healthcare, educational
                                                   (2) (V) financed                      provision, recreation and transport
       (4) rushed in
                                                                                         (1051). So, which are the best cities
1028.(1) were immediately                          (3) (V) promoted
                                                                                         to live in, and which should we (1052)
       (2) was immediate                           (4) (V) sponsored
                                                                                         ? In (1053) first place were Vancou-
       (3) were immediate                        Directions (1036–1055) : In the         ver, Berne, Vienna and Zurich, while
       (4) was immediately                  following two passages some of the           Sydney, Geneva, Auckland and Copen-
                                            words have been left out. Read the           hagen came in second. Swiss cities
1029.(1) send them
                                            passages carefully and choose the cor-       (1054) three of the top ten places,
       (2) sent them                        rect answer to each question out of          making it the single most successful
       (3) sent their                       the four alternatives and fill in the        country of all those (1055).
       (4) send their                       blanks.
                                                                                         1046.(1) read            (2) obtain
1030.(1) is assigned                                 (SSC (10+2) Stenographer Grade
                                                                                                 (3) retrieve     (4) look
       (2) was assigning                                     "C" & "D" Exam. 31.07.2016)
                                                                                         1047.(1) research
       (3) were assigned                                      Passage I
                                                                                                 (2) consultation
       (4) were assigning                        (Question Nos. 1036–1045)
                                                                                                 (3) advice       (4) survey
     Directions (1031–1035) : In the             How old is the Earth ? This is a
                                            (1036) to which we may never have            1048.(1) decide          (2) judge
following passage some of the words
                                            the exact (1037). Man has (1038) about               (3) rule         (4) proclaim
have been left out. Read the passage
                                            the age of the Earth since (1039) times,     1049.(1) spots           (2) marks
carefully and choose the correct an-
                                            and there were all kinds of myths and                (3) places       (4) signs
swer to each question out of the four
                                            (1040) that seemed to have the answer.       1050.(1) ranging         (2) assorted
alternatives and fill in the blanks.
                                            When it was proven that the Earth                    (3) different    (4) various
  (SSC CAPFs (CPO) SI & ASI, Delhi Police
                                            (1041) around the Sun, (1042) then
                     SI Exam. 20.03.2016                                                 1051.(1) reasons         (2) facilities
                              IInd sitting) knew where to begin. To find the (1043)
                                            of the Earth, it was necessary to (1044)             (3) versions     (4) ways
                   PASSAGE                                                               1052.(1) deny            (2) regret
                                            how the solar system was (1045).
     It’s soccer’s newest power play-                                                            (3) avoid        (4) escape
                                            1036.(1) question           (2) debate
er; a ball called the Soccket generates
                                                   (3) fact             (4) point        1053.(1) dual            (2) united
and stores energy as players kick it,
                                            1037.(1) logic              (2) answer               (3) together     (4) joint
then provides energy at home. Fifteen
minutes on the field ( I ) enough ener-            (3) deduction (4) reason              1054.(1) controlled (2) absorbed
gy to power a small light for three         1038.(1) marvelled (2) thought                       (3) vacated      (4) occupied
hours and may help people in devel-                (3) asked            (4) wondered     1055.(1) surveyed
oping nations like India ( II ) kerosene,   1039.(1) bygone             (2) olden                (2) experimented
a leading cause of ( III ) illness and             (3) ancient          (4) antiquated           (3) established (4) created
fires. Working on the principle of flash-                                                      Directions (1056-1080) : In the
                                            1040.(1) legends            (2) fables
lights that charge when shaken, the                                                      following passages some of the words
                                                   (3) story            (4) tale
Soccket                is              the                                               have been left out. Read each passage
( IV) of Harvard students Jessica Lin,      1041.(1) rotated            (2) moved
                                                                                         carefully and choose the correct an-
Julia Sitverman, Jessica Matthews and              (3) revolved         (4) circled      swer for the given blank out of the
Hemali Thakker and is being ( V ) by        1042.(1) scholars                            four alternatives.
the Clinton Global Initiative University           (2) academicians                                          (SSC CGL Tier-II (CBE)
and the Walmart Foundation.                        (3) students         (4) scientists                          Exam. 30.11.2016)
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