PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-32 (NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5): In the passage given below, certain words are maintained in bold. Choose among the given alternatives, the option which is most opposite to the word given in bold.

 

We have shown we can do this. We have come together in other defining moments to upend …(1)… the status quo and bring justice to Jyoti Singh, Jessica Lal, Bhanwari Devi and the too may tragic child victims lethal …(2)… male lust. But can we bring the same sense of outrage to an offence that leaves no visible wounds, no dead body? I flinched …(3)… hearing one woman’s deep cry of pain this week. Rape is not only about penetration, it is also about a man violating a woman’s personal space- my space to live, work and play while safeguarding …(4)… my bodily integrity.

 

It’s not a coincidence that Indian women have been leaving the workforce in historic numbers since 2004. While citing other economic factors, sociologists across organizations also put this down to “dominant patriarchal attitudes and social constructs?” You can see both the patriarchy and the “social constructs” in Mr. Akbar’s brazen …(5)… response to his accusers.

Question No : 1

(1) Skunk                  

(2) Surmount            

(3) Dispatch              

(4) Subdue                

(5) Defeat

Question No : 2

(1) Malignant            

(2) Pestilent              

(3) Lethargic             

(4) Mortuary             

(5) Innocuous

Question No : 3

(1) Winced                

(2) Squirmed             

(3) Baulked               

(4) Crouched            

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

(1) Convoy               

(2) Ammunition        

(3) Buckler                

(4) Prophylactic        

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

(1) Presumptuous     

(2) Brash                                                

(3) Unabashed

(4) Immodest                                         

(5) Timid