PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-77 (NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 10): In the following passage there are words highlighted in bold, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each, four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. If the word highlighted in bold does not require any replacement, choose (5) as your answer.

 

Chennai’s date with a strong northeast monsoon ought to be a reason …(1)… for all – round relief since the water fortunes of more than eight million residents of the metropolitan region tempt …(2)… on this weather system. Yet, the torrential rains in the meteorological sub-division, exceeding the normal by 93% in the subject …(3)… of four days from November 1, left tens of thousands of citizens in a state of torture …(4)… . Flood waters panic …(5)… them in the rapidly growing suburban housing clusters, with many having to eschew …(6)… to safer places fearing a repeat of the deluge of 2015. While there have been efforts to alleviate …(7)… immediate misery through the distribution of service …(8)… material in some places, the larger issue of how the city deals …(9)… with flood and drought cycles remains unaddressed. Chennai is a lower elevation coastal city with global aspirations, and very positive …(10)… population density.

Question No : 1

(1) rationalization     

(2) cause                                                

(3) result                   

(4) move                                                

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 2

(1) predicate                                         

(2) establish                                           

(3) derive                  

(4) depend                

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 3

(1) schedule                                          

(2) period                                              

(3) procedure            

(4) phase                                                

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 4

(1) aversion                                          

(2) loathing                                            

(3) uneasiness                                        

(4) insolence                                          

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 5

(1) split                                                 

(2) tricked                                              

(3) marooned            

(4) grounded                                         

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 6

(1) strat                                                 

(2) flee                                                   

(3) shun                                                 

(4) hide                                                  

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 7

(1) propitiate                                         

(2) upgrade                                            

(3) sustain                 

(4) promote                                           

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 8

(1) restorative                                        

(2) co operation                                     

(3) promotion           

(4) relief                                                 

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 9

(1) proffers                                           

(2) concords                                           

(3) regulates             

(4) turmoils                                            

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 10

(1) poised                                             

(2) high                                                  

(3) valiant                                              

(4) complacent                                       

(5) No improvement required