PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-78 (VERY NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5): Given below is a passage in which each line is numbered (1)-(5). Four words in each sentence are bold. Find out which word is not grammatically/contextually suitable in each of the numbered sentences.

 

…(A)… there is a need to question those in power as it is fundamental to preserve the nation and a truthful democratic society, the President said on Thursday. …(B)… He also underscored the need for greatest accommodation in public discourse as a democracy will be the “loser” if people refused to hear voices other than their own. …(C)… Delivering the Ramnath Goenka Memorial Lecture, he said all stakeholders in a democratic system, from parties to business leaders, citizens to institutions, have to realise that asking questions is good and healthy. …(D)… The President said people in power, across the spectrum of politics, business or civil society, by virtue of the position they enjoy, tend to dominate the discourse and effect its direction. …(E)… He said that Indian civilisation has always celebrated plurality and promoted tolerance as these have been binding people together for centuries despite negligible differences.

Question No : 1

Which of the following words is not appropriate in Sentence (A)?

(1) Those                  

(2) Preserve              

(3) Truthful               

(4) Said                     

(5) All are correct

Question No : 2

Which of the following words is not appropriate in Sentence (B)?

(1) Underscored       

(2) Greatest              

(3) Discourse            

(4) Refused               

(5) All are correct

Question No : 3

Which of the following words is not appropriate in Sentence (C)?

(1) Stakeholders

(2) From

(3) Realise

(4) Healthy               

(5) All are correct

Question No : 4

Which of the following words is not appropriate in Sentence (D)?

(1) Spectrum             

(2) Virtue                  

(3) Dominate            

(4) Effect                   

(5) All are correct

Question No : 5

Which of the following words is not appropriate in Sentence (E)?

(1) Plurality

(2) Tolerance

(3) People                 

(4) Negligible           

(5) All are correct