PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-84 (VERY NEW 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 options with two words in each have been suggested (both the words should fit the given blank). Choose the set of words which can fill up the blank appropriately. 

 

We have somehow come to perceive that we progress mainly by a process of addition. That is, we …(1)… as being deficient and we believe that we progress by a process of addition which gradually corrects the deficiency state. But this …(2)… with ‘addition’ makes us waste all our lives in adding things at all levels — whether they be physical objects or information that is misunderstood to be knowledge. In this way, we …(3)… unnecessary layers in our thought process and actions. Let’s …(4)… that we do not start in a deficient state. When we appreciate what we are or what we have, this appreciation can …(5)… to our tryst with divinity.

Question No : 1

(1) Start off, commence

(2) Start up, begin

(3) Initiate, starts

(4) Start on, embark

(5) Follow, take off

Question No : 2

(1) Repression, concentration

(2) Preoccupation, engrossment

(3) Abstraction, fixation

(4) Repression, obsession

(5) Captivation, fascination

Question No : 3

(1) Concoct, trigger

(2) Organise, initiate

(3) Devise, discover

(4) Procreate, formulate                        

(5) Create, develop

Question No : 4

(1) Accede, assume

(2) Approve, undertake

(3) Comply, affirm

(4) Acknowledge, accept                       

(5) Recognize, adopt

Question No : 5

(1) Conduct, impel

(2) Lead, culminate

(3) Affect, generate

(4) Product, exemplify                           

(5) Head, promote