PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-73 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5): In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers correspond to the question numbers. Against each question, five phrases have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

 

Over the years, ISRO (Indian Space and Research organisation) has achieved …(1)... Since its inception in 1969, they have time and again proved that they completely …(2)… to ‘harness space technology for national development’. We might not have the best technology in the world, but we do have some of the most …(3)… to put India on the world map among the top space agencies. And the record-breaking achievements in 2017 by ISRO, is the result of those efforts and hard work. On February 15, ISRO kicked off 2017 with a …(4)… launch. In one of the most complicated missions in the history of Indian space exploration, India, with the help of six other nations, launched 104 satellites into space. These satellites were launched in a single launch onboard PSLV-C37. The launch took place on the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh and …(5)… to put these satellites into their desired orbit in one go.

Question No : 1

(1) milestones numerous                       

(2) numerous milestones

(3) a number of achievement                 

(4) unnecessary reprimands

(5) a number of achievement

Question No : 2

(1) stand by their vision                        

(2) stand by their eyes

(3) stand by their gut instincts              

(4) stood by their fellow workers

(5) stood by the government

Question No : 3

(1) average minds working hard           

(2) brilliant minds working lazily

(3) richest people      

(4) brilliant minds working hard           

(5) poorest people

Question No : 4

(1) severe damage    

(2) spectacular failure

(3) moderate success

(4) are into desecration

(5) historic record breaking

Question No : 5

(1) successfully managed                       

(2) unsuccessfully failed

(3) successfully disrupted                      

(4) successfully failed

(5) successfully squandered