PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-65 (NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5): In the following passage, there are blanks, each followed by a word given in bold. Every blank has four alternative words given in options (1), (2), (3) and (4). Find the word which best suits the place. If the given word suits the blank, mark “no correction/change required” as the answer.

 

Regardless of which side you are on, there is one …(1)…(irreconcilable) fact. Block chain, the underlying technology of all crypto currencies, will change the internet as we know it and is already changing the way some companies do business. Inmusik Inc, based in Los Angeles, California, is leading the way in creating a global economy by using Block chain to bring about an …(2)… (ordinary) level of fairness and transparency to the business of music. With a big “thumbs up” the majors in the music industry, it’s making the right kind of noise. Speaking with the founders, Stephen Brett and Vivienne Piong, we dived …(3)… (superficial) to unravel if Block chain really is a game changer. ‘Block chain is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions, all recorded and publicly available. Each block can also be programmed to store not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value’, began Stephen. ‘It’s also decentralized being hosted by millions of computers from all over the world simultaneously, …(4)… (jammed) by anyone.’ ‘The applications are almost limitless’, added Stephen. ‘At the moment the entire industry is struggling with digital rights management. Every time a song is streamed online, people need to be paid. But the data can be inconsistent and not always up to date. Block chain has the potential to rewire the system so every song has a block which stores licensing information, copyright holders information, audio fingerprints and a range of other data to make the system more …(5)… (inefficacious).’

Question No : 1

(1) Conceited                                         

(2) Undeniable                                       

(3) Aloof                   

(4) Frigid                                               

(5) No correction required

Question No : 2

(1) Wonted                                            

(2) Quotidian                                         

(3) Unprecedented

(4) Traditional                                       

(5) No correction required

Question No : 3

(1) Deeper                                             

(2) Deceitfully                                        

(3) Deviously

(4) Underhanded      

(5) No correction required

Question No : 4

(1) Circumvented     

(2) Perused                                            

(3) Dissected

(4) Attainable                                        

(5) No correction required

Question No : 5

(1) Labile                                               

(2) Meticulous                                        

(3) Slapdash

(4) Lackadaisical       

(5) No correction required