English Important Cloze Test Set 20 Asked in Various Exams for IPPB and IDBI

Cloze Test 1:

Several studies have (1) that folks who (2) engagein mentally challenging activitieslike reading, doing crossword puzzles or playing chess—(3) less likely to (4) dementia later in life. The difficulty comes in figuring out (5) their good fortune is a direct (6) of their leisure activities or whether their continuing pursuit of these pleasures merely (7) good genes for cognitive function. A 20-year survey of 469 elderly people living in the Bronx, New York, tried to get to the (8) of this chickenor- egg question by following subjects who (9) no signs of dementia in the first seven years of the study. The results, which were published in 2003, showed that reading and playing board games or a musical instrument was (10) with a decreased risk of Alzehimer's disease or other forms of dementia. (11), those with the strongest habits (12) the greatest benefits. Participants who solved crossword puzzles four days a week, for instance, had a 47% (13) risk of dementia than those who do the puzzles once a week. By the same (14), several studies have suggested that older folks who are socially active — (15), for example, do volunteer work or attend religious services — have a reduced risk of dementia.

1. 1) done 2) performed 3) found 4) led 5) ensured

2. 1) seldom 2) never 3) absently 4) reluctantly 5) regularly

3. 1) seem 2) have 3) were 4) refrain 5) ascertain

4. 1) cure 2) engage 3) embarrass 4) develop 5) form

5. 1) that 2) low 3) when 4) why 5) whether

6. 1) goal 2) result 3) measure 4) route 5) offer

7. 1) encourages 2) reflects 3) enhances 4) engenders 5) threats

8. 1) height 2) cause 3) bottom 4) dilemma 5) anxiety

9. 1) had 2) conceal 3) reserve 4) force 5) accumulate

10. 1) bereft 2) together 3) envisaged 4) associated 5) anticipated

11. 1) Luckily 2) Certainly 3) Intriguingly 4) Unfortunately 5) Obviously

12. 1) targeted 2) demonstrated 3) deserved 4) demanded 5) expected

13. 1) more 2) greatly 3) sharper 4) steeper 5) lower

14. 1) token 2) way 3) analogy 4) example 5) author

15. 1) they 2) always 3) same 4) who 5) many

Cloze Test 2:

The growth story in any developing country cannot be (1) without (2) its impact on the poverty and employment situation. The Planning Commission has (3) that India should strive for ‘more inclusive growth’. The number of people living below the poverty line has (4) from 36 per cent in 1993-94 to 22.0 per cent in 2004-05. Again, the issue is to bring more and more people out of poverty by (5) them productive employment opportunities. The Approach Paper to 11^th Five Year Plan suggests that doubling the growth of agricultural GDP to 4 per cent per annum will (6) rural employment conditions, by raising real wages and reducing underemployment. However, even if this is attained, an overall growth of 9 per cent will further increase income (7) between agricultural and nonagricultural households, (8) around 10 million workers currently in agriculture find remunerative nonagricultural employment. This (9) a major challenge not only in terms of generating non-agricultural employment but also in (10) its required location and type.

1. 1) completed 2) retold 3) achieved 4) constructed 5) narrated

2. 1) generating 2) assessing 3) realising 4) counting 5) finding

3. 1) desired 2) estimated 3) focused 4) verified 5) stressed

4. 1) uplifted 2) degraded 3) vanished 4) decreased 5) enhanced

5. 1) absolving 2) providing 3) nurturing 4) ignoring 5) refusing

6. 1) impact 2) diversify 3) lay 4) aggravate 5) improve

7. 1) opportunity 2) assessment 3) disparity 4) parity 5) tax

8. 1) unless 2) for 3) in spite of 4) despite 5) by

9. 1) addresses 2) meets 3) poses 4) recognizes 5) solves

10. 1) exploring 2) acquitting 3) reciprocating 4) matching 5) solving

Cloze Test 3:

Though I had hired cabins in Bandra and a house in Andheri, divinity would not let me settle down. (1) had I moved into my new house when my brother Balmukund, who had already been through an (2) attack of jaundice some years back, had a (3) attack of typhoid, (4) with pneumonia and signs of restlessness at night. The doctor was (5) in. He said medicine would have (6) effect, but eggs and chicken both might be given. Balmukund was only five years old. To confer with his wishes was out of the question. Being his (7) I had to (8). The doctor was very good. I told him that we were all vegetarians and that I could not possibly give either of the two things to my brother. Would he therefore (9) something else? ‘Your brother’s life is in danger,’ said the (10) doctor. ‘We could give him milk diluted (11) water, but that will not give him enough (12). As you know, I am called in by many vegetarian families, and they do not (13) to anything I (14). I think you will be well advised not to be so (15) on your brother.’

1. 1) Then 2) Hardly 3) Wherever 4) Quicker 5) Why

2. 1) heart 2) big 3) acute 4) hard 5) harsh

3. 1) unforgiving 2) hard 3) burly 4) severe 5) tough

4. 1) couple 2) felt 3) combined 4) joint 5) adjoining

5. 1) brought 2) called 3) invited 4) sent 5) commissioned

6. 1) negligent 2) soothed 3) rough 4) little 5) deep

7. 1) doctor 2) attendant 3) nurse 4) forefather 5) guardian

8. 1) plead 2) hide 3) pressurise 4) decide 5) proceed

9. 1) resolve 2) order 3) observe 4) diagnose 5) recommend

10. 1) casual 2) good 3) surgeon 4) handsome 5) insincere

11. 1) with 2) for 3) at 4) upon 5) in

12. 1) dose 2) drug 3) intake 4) nourishment 5) punishment

13. 1) oppose 2) protest 3) subject 4) care 5) object

14. 1) oppose 2) take 3) prescribe 4) describe 5) propose

15. 1) hard 2) unkind 3) easy 4) wise 5) careful

Cloze Test 4:

In our system, a vast gap (1) the life children lead at school and what they experience outside. The space where they are (2) to learn about life is so far removed from (3) that we might as well ask (4) to buy spacesuits for their little ones, instead of school uniforms. (5) they read, listen to and copy from the blackboard is so meticulously deodorised and (6) that it carries no resonance of experienced reality and (7) in life. The school day becomes a (8) of didactic songs and memorised information. Special (9) are marked by elaborate acts of sycophancy and preaching. School authorities (10) stop talking about values, but ignore the cynicism felt by the young over the high levels of chicanery and verbosity they find in adult talk.

1. 1) occurs 2) separates 3) bridges 4) escapes 5) finds

2. 1) about 2) worried 3) compelled 4) supposed 5) deprived

3. 1) reality 2) school 3) fantasy 4) imagination 5) existence

4. 1) teachers 2) principals 3) schools 4) coaching classes 5) parents

5. 1) When 2) How 3) What 4) Whether 5) Whenever

6. 1) sanctified 2) written 3) emphasised 4) memorized 5) imbibed

7. 1) demand 2) culture 3) miseries 4) joy 5) applicability

8. 1) programme 2) ritual 3) consult 4) tradition 5) store

9. 1) persons 2) leaders 3) locations 4) occasions 5) indications

10. 1) always 2) deliberately 3) seldom 4) relentlessly 5) invariably

ANSWERS:

Cloze Test 1

1. 3 2. 5 3. 1 4. 4 5. 5 6. 2 7. 1 8. 3 9. 1 10. 4 11. 3 12. 2 13. 5 14. 1 15. 4

Cloze Test 2

1. 1 2. 2 3. 5 4. 4 5. 2 6. 5 7. 3 8. 1 9. 3 10. 1

Cloze Test 3

1. 2 2. 3 3. 4 4. 3 5. 2 6. 4 7. 5 8. 1 9. 5 10. 2 11. 1 12. 4 13. 5 14. 3 15. 1

Cloze Test 4

1. 2 2. 4 3. 1 4. 5 5. 3 6. 1 7. 5 8. 1 9. 4 10. 3