PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-71 (NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5): In the passage given below there are 5 blanks, each followed by a word given in bold. Every blank has four alternative words given in options (1), (2), (3) and (4). You have to tell which word will best suit the respective blank. Mark (5) as your answer. i.e., “No change required”

 

Stubble burning has returned with a …(1)… [reprisal] and states remain clueless on tackling this scourge. It is …(2)… [enforceable] upon both states to fix these supply bottlenecks and ensure the machines are available cheaply. The extra expenditure and criminal cases besides …(3)… [impounding] of farm equipment, coming atop agricultural distress and rising labour costs, have antagonised many farmers. While SC has proposed financial assistance of Rs.100 per quintal for not burning stubble, farmers say this is inadequate. Rather than cash incentives which open a Pandora’s box, governments need to review the policy of subsidising water …(4)… [gobbling] rice cultivation with free power, support prices and open-ended procurement. Excessive rice growing serves no national interest and now …(5)… [stake] environment and public health.

Question No : 1

(1) nemesis                                            

(2) payback                                            

(3) vengeance           

(4) animosity                                         

(5) No change required

Question No : 2

(1) stipulated                                         

(2) incumbent                                        

(3) extant                  

(4) statutory                                          

(5) No change required

Question No : 3

(1) caging                                               

(2) enclosing                                          

(3) confining

(4) incarcerating                                    

(5) No change required

Question No : 4

(1) slopping                                           

(2) cramming                                         

(3) guzzling

(4) squandering                                     

(5) No change required

Question No : 5

(1) imperil                                              

(2) jeopardises                                       

(3) ventures

(4) endanger                                          

(5) No change required