PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-86 (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.

 

Morpheus says in The Matrix, “There’s a difference between knowing the path, and walking the course (1).” Life is not easy, packed as it is with requests (2). And in the process of living, we feverishly pursue success, joy and liveliness (3), believing in our hearts that they are interlinked, that one spooks (4) to the other in a smooth flow. But it’s a mirage that constantly violates (5) us. Joy is often misunderstood; it is also easily forgotten (6). Yet, the optimum quality of action (7) as we recognize it, is realized through these moments of joy. Joy is the ultimate but to experience it, you have to be yourself. The lightness of joy is like a feather, free falling in the surrounding (8) and slipping through your fingers. Joy is familiar (9), experienced through a culmination (10) of perfect alignment, rhythm and timing of the self.

Question No : 1

(1) advent                                              

(2) ingress                                              

(3) approach             

(4) path                                                  

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 2

(1) requirement                                     

(2) venture                                             

(3) challenges            

(4) motives                                            

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 3

(1) serene                                               

(2) happiness                                         

(3) satisfaction          

(4) serenity                                            

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 4

(1) conducts                                           

(2) leads                                                 

(3) squires

(4) drags                                                

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 5

(1) stun                                                  

(2) rattles                                               

(3) eludes

(4) swerves                                            

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 6

(1) squandered                                      

(2) secluded                                           

(3) departed

(4) neglected                                          

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 7

(1) senility                                             

(2) life                                                    

(3) hustle

(4) turmoil                                             

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 8

(1) way                                                  

(2) circle                                                 

(3) wind

(4) orbit

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 9

(1) integrated                                        

(2) distinctive                                        

(3) inherited

(4) internal                                             

(5) No improvement required

Question No : 10

(1) infliction                                           

(2) termination                                      

(3) cessation

(4) devastation                                      

(5) No improvement required