PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-58 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 8): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each, some words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

 

As a human being, you have no choice about the fact that you need a philosophy. Your only choice is whether you define your philosophy by a conscious, …(1)…, disciplined process of thought and …(2)… logical deliberation - or let your subconscious  (3)… junk heap of unwarranted conclusions, false generalizations, undefined contradictions, undigested slogans, unidentified wishes, doubts and fears, thrown together by chance, but …(4)… by your subconscious into a kind of mongrel philosophy and …(5)… into a solid weight: self-doubt, like a ball and chain in the place where your mind’s wings should have grown. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by the …(6)… which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and …(7)… . All our activities are …(8)… by time, by our death. We fill up our time with distractions, never asking whether they are important, whether we really find them of value. And so we come to live an inauthentic life.

Question No : 1

(1) Baseless               

(2) Irrational             

(3) Rational               

(4) Scientific              

(5) Unreasonable

Question No : 2

(1) Artificially           

(2) Thoroughly         

(3) Recklessly            

(4) Negligently         

(5) Carelessly

Question No : 3

(1) Scatter                 

(2) Distribute            

(3) Twist                   

(4) Disperse              

(5) Accumulate

Question No : 4

(1) Integrated           

(2) Diverge               

(3) Sequential            

(4) Constituted         

(5) Confused

Question No : 5

(1) Caught                

(2) Unit 

(3) Separated            

(4) Fused                  

(5) Disconnected

Question No : 6

(1) Ambiguity           

(2) Belief                   

(3) Illusion                

(4) Uncertainty         

(5) Queue

Question No : 7

(1) Reassurance         

(2) Supposition         

(3) Evidence             

(4) Conception          

(5) Intuition

Question No : 8

(1) Indefinite            

(2) Obvious               

(3) Immeasurable      

(4) Limited               

(5) Awful