PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-70 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5):  In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

 

In Saudi Arabia, a landmark …(1)… allowing women over the age of 21 to receive passports and travel abroad without permission from a male guardian has begun. The reform comes after high-profile attempts by women to escape …(2)… guardianship abuse despite a string of reforms by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, including a landmark …(3)… last year that overturned the world's only ban on women drivers. In other changes …(4)… earlier this month, Saudi women were also granted the right to officially register childbirth, marriage or divorce and to be recognized as a guardian to children who are minors same as men. The reform comes as the OPEC petroleum producer …(5)… from low oil prices and seeks to boost employment opportunities for women currently facing chronic joblessness.

Question No : 1

(1) Reform                

(2) Opulence             

(3) Strenuously         

(4) Arduous              

(5) None of these

Question No : 2

(1) Impede                

(2) Alleged               

(3) Mend                   

(4) Marshaled           

(5) None of these

Question No : 3

(1) Conscious            

(2) Hegemony          

(3) Impotence           

(4) Dominion            

(5) None of these

Question No : 4

(1) Unveiled             

(2) Upshot                

(3) Obliteration         

(4) Bohemian            

(5) None of these

Question No : 5

(1) Detractor             

(2) Furtively             

(3) Ascetic                 

(4) Reels                    

(5) None of these