PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-31 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each, five options are given. Four of the five words fit into the blank coherently. Find out the word which does not fit into the blank appropriately.

 

It’s official: the Saharan silver ant is the ______ (1) of the world’s 12,000 known ant species, clocking a blistering 855 millimetres nearly a metre per second, researchers said on Thursday. Measured another way, the six-legged sprinter covers 108 times its own body length per second, a feat topped only by two other ______ (2), the Australian tiger beetle and the California coastal mite. To run 100 times his body length as quickly, the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, would need to sprint the 200-metre dash in less than a second. Making the exploit even more ______ (3), the Saharan silver hits top speed ______ (4) at midday across desert sands that reach 60°C, the researchers reported in the Journal of Experimental Biology. At top speed, the Saharan silver easily ______ (5) its nearest ant competitor Cataglyphis fortis — despite having significantly shorter legs. It does this by swinging its tiny 5-mm long appendages at speeds of up to 1,300 mm per second.

Question No : 1

(1) latest                   

(2) pilot                     

(3) fastest                  

(4) happy                  

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

(1) table                    

(2) creatures             

(3) local                     

(4) extol                    

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

(1) short                    

(2) pacified               

(3) ordinary              

(4) remarkable          

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

(1) walking               

(2) racing                  

(3) plummet              

(4) pleasant               

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

(1) praise                  

(2) serene                  

(3) pensive                

(4) outpaces              

(5) None of these