SSC: Cloze Test Quiz: 01.01.2018 for SSC & Railway Exams

Question 1

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci is an oil on ___________ (1) painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo, dating from about 1480 or 1490. It is in the Musée Condé in Chantilly, France. Simonetta Vespucci was a Genoese noblewoman who ___________ (2), Marco Vespucci of Florence, at the age of either 15 or 16, and who was ___________ (3) for being the greatest beauty of her age - certainly of the city of Florence. She was admired by all of Florence for her beauty, which later became a ___________ (4) after her premature death in 1476 at the age of 23. Sandro Botticelli was ___________ (5) by her features in The Birth of Venus and Piero di Cosimo was a passionate admirer.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1

Question 2

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci is an oil on ___________ (1) painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo, dating from about 1480 or 1490. It is in the Musée Condé in Chantilly, France. Simonetta Vespucci was a Genoese noblewoman who ___________ (2), Marco Vespucci of Florence, at the age of either 15 or 16, and who was ___________ (3) for being the greatest beauty of her age - certainly of the city of Florence. She was admired by all of Florence for her beauty, which later became a ___________ (4) after her premature death in 1476 at the age of 23. Sandro Botticelli was ___________ (5) by her features in The Birth of Venus and Piero di Cosimo was a passionate admirer.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2

Question 3

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci is an oil on ___________ (1) painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo, dating from about 1480 or 1490. It is in the Musée Condé in Chantilly, France. Simonetta Vespucci was a Genoese noblewoman who ___________ (2), Marco Vespucci of Florence, at the age of either 15 or 16, and who was ___________ (3) for being the greatest beauty of her age - certainly of the city of Florence. She was admired by all of Florence for her beauty, which later became a ___________ (4) after her premature death in 1476 at the age of 23. Sandro Botticelli was ___________ (5) by her features in The Birth of Venus and Piero di Cosimo was a passionate admirer.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3

Question 4

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci is an oil on ___________ (1) painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo, dating from about 1480 or 1490. It is in the Musée Condé in Chantilly, France. Simonetta Vespucci was a Genoese noblewoman who ___________ (2), Marco Vespucci of Florence, at the age of either 15 or 16, and who was ___________ (3) for being the greatest beauty of her age - certainly of the city of Florence. She was admired by all of Florence for her beauty, which later became a ___________ (4) after her premature death in 1476 at the age of 23. Sandro Botticelli was ___________ (5) by her features in The Birth of Venus and Piero di Cosimo was a passionate admirer.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4

Question 5

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci is an oil on ___________ (1) painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo, dating from about 1480 or 1490. It is in the Musée Condé in Chantilly, France. Simonetta Vespucci was a Genoese noblewoman who ___________ (2), Marco Vespucci of Florence, at the age of either 15 or 16, and who was ___________ (3) for being the greatest beauty of her age - certainly of the city of Florence. She was admired by all of Florence for her beauty, which later became a ___________ (4) after her premature death in 1476 at the age of 23. Sandro Botticelli was ___________ (5) by her features in The Birth of Venus and Piero di Cosimo was a passionate admirer.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5

Question 6

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

SpaceShipOne is an (1)_________ air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with suborbital flight capability at speeds of up to 900 m/s (3,000 ft/s), using a hybrid rocket motor. The design features a unique "feathering" atmospheric reentry (2)___________ where the rear half of the wing and the twin tail booms folded upward along a hinge running the length of the wing; this increased drag while remaining stable. SpaceShipOne (3)___________ the first manned private spaceflight in 2004. That same year, it (4)___________ the US$10 million Ansari X Prize and was immediately retired from active service. Its mother ship was named "White Knight". Both crafts were developed and flown by Mojave Aerospace Ventures, which was a joint (5)___________ between Paul Allen and Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan's aviation company. Allen provided the funding of approximately US$25 million.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1

Question 7

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

SpaceShipOne is an (1)_________ air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with suborbital flight capability at speeds of up to 900 m/s (3,000 ft/s), using a hybrid rocket motor. The design features a unique "feathering" atmospheric reentry (2)___________ where the rear half of the wing and the twin tail booms folded upward along a hinge running the length of the wing; this increased drag while remaining stable. SpaceShipOne (3)___________ the first manned private spaceflight in 2004. That same year, it (4)___________ the US$10 million Ansari X Prize and was immediately retired from active service. Its mother ship was named "White Knight". Both crafts were developed and flown by Mojave Aerospace Ventures, which was a joint (5)___________ between Paul Allen and Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan's aviation company. Allen provided the funding of approximately US$25 million.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2

Question 8

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

SpaceShipOne is an (1)_________ air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with suborbital flight capability at speeds of up to 900 m/s (3,000 ft/s), using a hybrid rocket motor. The design features a unique "feathering" atmospheric reentry (2)___________ where the rear half of the wing and the twin tail booms folded upward along a hinge running the length of the wing; this increased drag while remaining stable. SpaceShipOne (3)___________ the first manned private spaceflight in 2004. That same year, it (4)___________ the US$10 million Ansari X Prize and was immediately retired from active service. Its mother ship was named "White Knight". Both crafts were developed and flown by Mojave Aerospace Ventures, which was a joint (5)___________ between Paul Allen and Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan's aviation company. Allen provided the funding of approximately US$25 million.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3

Question 9

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

SpaceShipOne is an (1)_________ air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with suborbital flight capability at speeds of up to 900 m/s (3,000 ft/s), using a hybrid rocket motor. The design features a unique "feathering" atmospheric reentry (2)___________ where the rear half of the wing and the twin tail booms folded upward along a hinge running the length of the wing; this increased drag while remaining stable. SpaceShipOne (3)___________ the first manned private spaceflight in 2004. That same year, it (4)___________ the US$10 million Ansari X Prize and was immediately retired from active service. Its mother ship was named "White Knight". Both crafts were developed and flown by Mojave Aerospace Ventures, which was a joint (5)___________ between Paul Allen and Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan's aviation company. Allen provided the funding of approximately US$25 million.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4

Question 10

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with words chosen from options given.

SpaceShipOne is an (1)_________ air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with suborbital flight capability at speeds of up to 900 m/s (3,000 ft/s), using a hybrid rocket motor. The design features a unique "feathering" atmospheric reentry (2)___________ where the rear half of the wing and the twin tail booms folded upward along a hinge running the length of the wing; this increased drag while remaining stable. SpaceShipOne (3)___________ the first manned private spaceflight in 2004. That same year, it (4)___________ the US$10 million Ansari X Prize and was immediately retired from active service. Its mother ship was named "White Knight". Both crafts were developed and flown by Mojave Aerospace Ventures, which was a joint (5)___________ between Paul Allen and Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan's aviation company. Allen provided the funding of approximately US$25 million.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5