Cloze Test · SSC CGL previous year questions

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. The Maasais live in (1) _______ very beautiful part of Africa. They live on the wide plains in southern and northern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The area (2) _______ of miles of rolling grass land, on which you can find thorny bushes and rocky hills. The people move from one place to another according to the seasons, looking for grasses and other plants (3) _______ which their cattle can graze. They have no permanent home. When they want to settle in a place for some time, they build a kind of camp called a 'Manyatta', where a few families live for a (4) _______ weeks or months. Then they move on again, taking their few (5) _______ with them, and burning the old 'Manyatta' to the ground. Select the most appropriate option to fill In blank number 1.

1. A.a
2. B.that
3. C.their
4. D.some

Select the most appropriate option to fill In blank number 2.

1. A.surrounds
2. B.measures
3. C.considers
4. D.consists

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

1. A.on
2. B.by
3. C.with
4. D.at

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

1. A.little
2. B.significant
3. C.least
4. D.few

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

1. A.inhibitions
2. B.experiences
3. C.antiques
4. D.belongings

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. War is mostly glorified and (1) ______ by society. The real picture of warfare is as horrific and (2) ______ as one can imagine. Often, soldiers who witness death-like experiences suffer from psychological disorders and are (3) ______ for the rest of their lives. Many war poems contrast all the sentimental myths about warfare by (4) ______ the harsh realities that soldiers face. The real trauma is seen in people who are left to (5) ______ for their loved ones after they are gone. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

1. A.sharpened
2. B.cemented
3. C.sacrificed
4. D.eulogised

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

1. A.lengthening
2. B.inspiring
3. C.devastating
4. D.harkening

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

1. A.creeped
2. B.shelled
3. C.numbed
4. D.hardened

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

1. A.exposing
2. B.hardening
3. C.giving
4. D.being

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

1. A.think
2. B.memorise
3. C.mourn
4. D.resist

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Ambition is a vital ingredient for success. Without ambition to push us, we will not be (1) _______ of great achievements. We all need that special something (2) _______ ourselves to give us the willpower to reach a higher goal (3) _______ we imagine ourselves capable (4) _______. Yet, ambition, (5) _______ money and fire, is a good servant, but a bad master. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

1. A.able
2. B.capable
3. C.durable
4. D.curable

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

1. A.in
2. B.with
3. C.without
4. D.within

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

1. A.then
2. B.than
3. C.that
4. D.what

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

1. A.about
2. B.off
3. C.of
4. D.on

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

1. A.as
2. B.like
3. C.such
4. D.similarly

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.The Sun is the star at the center of (1) ______ Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma. The Sun has inspired us since ancient times. It's central to mythology and religion in (2) ______ around the world. It keeps our planet warm enough for living things to grow. It gives us light so we can see. It is by far the most important (3) ______ of energy for life on Earth. It is about a hundred times as wide (4) ______ the Earth. If there were no sun, many things wouldn't occur like photosynthesis or the presence of oxygen, which would have caused no (5) ______ of life. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

1. A.typical
2. B.huge
3. C.the
4. D.a

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

1. A.cultures
2. B.processes
3. C.scenes
4. D.types

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

1. A.gesture
2. B.source
3. C.control
4. D.symbol

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

1. A.about
2. B.as
3. C.like
4. D.than

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

1. A.skill
2. B.end
3. C.enhancement
4. D.existence

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Comics have (1) ________ many superheroes. Bantul, the great was (2) ________ in the year 1965 in the backdrop of the Indo-Pak war. Indrajal comics was set up in 1964 and (3) __________ Aabid Surti, who gave birth to a character called Bhadur in 1976 wearing kurta and jeans. Raj comics too (4) ________ into this sphere with their (5) ________ toons Nagraj, Tiranga and Shakti together called Brahman Rakshak (protectors of the universe). Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

1. A.built
2. B.produced
3. C.fabricated
4. D.manufactured

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

1. A.generated
2. B.inspired
3. C.promoted
4. D.created

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

1. A.employed
2. B.ordered
3. C.contracted
4. D.authorised

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

1. A.invaded
2. B.penetrated
3. C.entered
4. D.pierced

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

1. A.noted
2. B.influential
3. C.famous
4. D.good