PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-87 (VERY NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5): In 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 appropriate pair of words which should fill the blank appropriately.

 

Eleven years ago, a massive earthquake …(1)… the Indian ocean, triggering a tsunami that claimed over two million lives. It was one of the most …(2)… natural disasters ever, which …(3)… parts of Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India. While no one - not even the meteorological department - could …(4)… the deadly waves, a 10-year-old girl spotted the …(5)… signals of tsunami and saved a 100 people, including her family, from dying.

Question No : 1

(1) below, under                                    

(2) in, underneath                                  

(3) under, in

(4) hit, struck                                         

(5) below, beneath

Question No : 2

(1) huge, destructive

(2) destructive, catastrophic                  

(3) failure, biggest

(4) failure, huge                                     

(5) catastrophic, biggest

Question No : 3

(1) desecrated, destroyed                     

(2) devastated, disheveled

(3) desecrated, desolated

(4) devastated, destroyed

(5) devoured, desolated

Question No : 4

(1) forsake, predict   

(2) apprehend, visualise                        

(3) predict, apprehend

(4) forecast, predict  

(5) foresee, visualise

Question No : 5

(1) informative, prognostic                    

(2) giveaway, usual  

(3) mechanical, sacred

(4) prophetic, prognostic

(5) informative, unusual