SSC : Cloze Test Quiz : 11.03.2023

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Relate comic things (1) ______ pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic (2) ______ beauty. Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. The blend (3) ______ the grotesque and the tragic are attractive to the mind, as is discord to blasé ears. Imagine a canvas for a lyrical, magical farce, for a pantomime, and translate it (4) ______ a serious novel. Drown the whole thing in an abnormal, (5) ______ atmosphere, in the atmosphere of great days – the region of pure poetry.

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Relate comic things (1) ______ pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic (2) ______ beauty. Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. The blend (3) ______ the grotesque and the tragic are attractive to the mind, as is discord to blasé ears. Imagine a canvas for a lyrical, magical farce, for a pantomime, and translate it (4) ______ a serious novel. Drown the whole thing in an abnormal, (5) ______ atmosphere, in the atmosphere of great days – the region of pure poetry.

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Relate comic things (1) ______ pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic (2) ______ beauty. Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. The blend (3) ______ the grotesque and the tragic are attractive to the mind, as is discord to blasé ears. Imagine a canvas for a lyrical, magical farce, for a pantomime, and translate it (4) ______ a serious novel. Drown the whole thing in an abnormal, (5) ______ atmosphere, in the atmosphere of great days – the region of pure poetry.

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Relate comic things (1) ______ pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic (2) ______ beauty. Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. The blend (3) ______ the grotesque and the tragic are attractive to the mind, as is discord to blasé ears. Imagine a canvas for a lyrical, magical farce, for a pantomime, and translate it (4) ______ a serious novel. Drown the whole thing in an abnormal, (5) ______ atmosphere, in the atmosphere of great days – the region of pure poetry.

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Relate comic things (1) ______ pompous fashion. Irregularity, in other words the unexpected, the surprising, the astonishing, are essential to and characteristic (2) ______ beauty. Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. The blend (3) ______ the grotesque and the tragic are attractive to the mind, as is discord to blasé ears. Imagine a canvas for a lyrical, magical farce, for a pantomime, and translate it (4) ______ a serious novel. Drown the whole thing in an abnormal, (5) ______ atmosphere, in the atmosphere of great days – the region of pure poetry.

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

There was a time when storybooks were the only (1) ______ of entertainment for children. A decade or two ago, kids (2) ______ their time reading stories and role playing (3) ______ favourite characters from the stories. (4) ______, times have changed now – in the age of the internet, kids spend (5) ______ of their time playing games on smartphones or watching cartoons or videos on YouTube

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

There was a time when storybooks were the only (1) ______ of entertainment for children. A decade or two ago, kids (2) ______ their time reading stories and role playing (3) ______ favourite characters from the stories. (4) ______, times have changed now – in the age of the internet, kids spend (5) ______ of their time playing games on smartphones or watching cartoons or videos on YouTube

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

There was a time when storybooks were the only (1) ______ of entertainment for children. A decade or two ago, kids (2) ______ their time reading stories and role playing (3) ______ favourite characters from the stories. (4) ______, times have changed now – in the age of the internet, kids spend (5) ______ of their time playing games on smartphones or watching cartoons or videos on YouTube

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

There was a time when storybooks were the only (1) ______ of entertainment for children. A decade or two ago, kids (2) ______ their time reading stories and role playing (3) ______ favourite characters from the stories. (4) ______, times have changed now – in the age of the internet, kids spend (5) ______ of their time playing games on smartphones or watching cartoons or videos on YouTube

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

There was a time when storybooks were the only (1) ______ of entertainment for children. A decade or two ago, kids (2) ______ their time reading stories and role playing (3) ______ favourite characters from the stories. (4) ______, times have changed now – in the age of the internet, kids spend (5) ______ of their time playing games on smartphones or watching cartoons or videos on YouTube