Topper’s Study for IBPS Clerk Prelim Exam- English Quiz on Cloze Test for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

It has been a November of unending agony for Chennai, a month that saw a century-old rainfall record being broken. Of a city of about 8 million people, more than half are (1) the ravages of water, many dislocated from their homes and taking (2) in makeshift shelters; some on rooftops, waiting to be rescued, as the swilling flood waters menacingly lick their way up. The entire city is marooned — trucks cannot enter with food stocks, nor can its citizens easily flee. Trains and flights are (3), and the few buses that somehow manage to leave are desperately (4). The city, in better days a throbbing automobile and IT hub, has (5) damages worth ₹15,000 crore, according to Assocham estimates. Apart from Chennai, at least four neighbouring districts in Tamil Nadu, apart from Nellore and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, have (6) far in excess of their usual quota of winter rain. An estimated 270 people have lost their lives in Tamil Nadu, and the toll could mount. This has been a/an (7) prodigious north-east monsoon, excessive even by the standards of an El Nino year, leaving forecasters the world over flummoxed. The weathermen have (8) a few more days of rain of reduced intensity. Amidst prolonged despair, the people of the State have (9) great fortitude, ingenuity and generosity. The State government has come under flak for not being as dynamic or visible as the armed forces, social action groups and numerous individual volunteers have been. A desperate citizenry understandably expects a speedy return to some semblance of normalcy. Yet, there are limits to how (10) the government can deliver in such adverse conditions.

Find the appropriate word in each case.

Question 2

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

It has been a November of unending agony for Chennai, a month that saw a century-old rainfall record being broken. Of a city of about 8 million people, more than half are (1) the ravages of water, many dislocated from their homes and taking (2) in makeshift shelters; some on rooftops, waiting to be rescued, as the swilling flood waters menacingly lick their way up. The entire city is marooned — trucks cannot enter with food stocks, nor can its citizens easily flee. Trains and flights are (3), and the few buses that somehow manage to leave are desperately (4). The city, in better days a throbbing automobile and IT hub, has (5) damages worth ₹15,000 crore, according to Assocham estimates. Apart from Chennai, at least four neighbouring districts in Tamil Nadu, apart from Nellore and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, have (6) far in excess of their usual quota of winter rain. An estimated 270 people have lost their lives in Tamil Nadu, and the toll could mount. This has been a/an (7) prodigious north-east monsoon, excessive even by the standards of an El Nino year, leaving forecasters the world over flummoxed. The weathermen have (8) a few more days of rain of reduced intensity. Amidst prolonged despair, the people of the State have (9) great fortitude, ingenuity and generosity. The State government has come under flak for not being as dynamic or visible as the armed forces, social action groups and numerous individual volunteers have been. A desperate citizenry understandably expects a speedy return to some semblance of normalcy. Yet, there are limits to how (10) the government can deliver in such adverse conditions.

Find the appropriate word in each case.

Question 3

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

It has been a November of unending agony for Chennai, a month that saw a century-old rainfall record being broken. Of a city of about 8 million people, more than half are (1) the ravages of water, many dislocated from their homes and taking (2) in makeshift shelters; some on rooftops, waiting to be rescued, as the swilling flood waters menacingly lick their way up. The entire city is marooned — trucks cannot enter with food stocks, nor can its citizens easily flee. Trains and flights are (3), and the few buses that somehow manage to leave are desperately (4). The city, in better days a throbbing automobile and IT hub, has (5) damages worth ₹15,000 crore, according to Assocham estimates. Apart from Chennai, at least four neighbouring districts in Tamil Nadu, apart from Nellore and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, have (6) far in excess of their usual quota of winter rain. An estimated 270 people have lost their lives in Tamil Nadu, and the toll could mount. This has been a/an (7) prodigious north-east monsoon, excessive even by the standards of an El Nino year, leaving forecasters the world over flummoxed. The weathermen have (8) a few more days of rain of reduced intensity. Amidst prolonged despair, the people of the State have (9) great fortitude, ingenuity and generosity. The State government has come under flak for not being as dynamic or visible as the armed forces, social action groups and numerous individual volunteers have been. A desperate citizenry understandably expects a speedy return to some semblance of normalcy. Yet, there are limits to how (10) the government can deliver in such adverse conditions.

Find the appropriate word in each case.

Question 4

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

It has been a November of unending agony for Chennai, a month that saw a century-old rainfall record being broken. Of a city of about 8 million people, more than half are (1) the ravages of water, many dislocated from their homes and taking (2) in makeshift shelters; some on rooftops, waiting to be rescued, as the swilling flood waters menacingly lick their way up. The entire city is marooned — trucks cannot enter with food stocks, nor can its citizens easily flee. Trains and flights are (3), and the few buses that somehow manage to leave are desperately (4). The city, in better days a throbbing automobile and IT hub, has (5) damages worth ₹15,000 crore, according to Assocham estimates. Apart from Chennai, at least four neighbouring districts in Tamil Nadu, apart from Nellore and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, have (6) far in excess of their usual quota of winter rain. An estimated 270 people have lost their lives in Tamil Nadu, and the toll could mount. This has been a/an (7) prodigious north-east monsoon, excessive even by the standards of an El Nino year, leaving forecasters the world over flummoxed. The weathermen have (8) a few more days of rain of reduced intensity. Amidst prolonged despair, the people of the State have (9) great fortitude, ingenuity and generosity. The State government has come under flak for not being as dynamic or visible as the armed forces, social action groups and numerous individual volunteers have been. A desperate citizenry understandably expects a speedy return to some semblance of normalcy. Yet, there are limits to how (10) the government can deliver in such adverse conditions.

Find the appropriate word in each case.

Question 5

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

It has been a November of unending agony for Chennai, a month that saw a century-old rainfall record being broken. Of a city of about 8 million people, more than half are (1) the ravages of water, many dislocated from their homes and taking (2) in makeshift shelters; some on rooftops, waiting to be rescued, as the swilling flood waters menacingly lick their way up. The entire city is marooned — trucks cannot enter with food stocks, nor can its citizens easily flee. Trains and flights are (3), and the few buses that somehow manage to leave are desperately (4). The city, in better days a throbbing automobile and IT hub, has (5) damages worth ₹15,000 crore, according to Assocham estimates. Apart from Chennai, at least four neighbouring districts in Tamil Nadu, apart from Nellore and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, have (6) far in excess of their usual quota of winter rain. An estimated 270 people have lost their lives in Tamil Nadu, and the toll could mount. This has been a/an (7) prodigious north-east monsoon, excessive even by the standards of an El Nino year, leaving forecasters the world over flummoxed. The weathermen have (8) a few more days of rain of reduced intensity. Amidst prolonged despair, the people of the State have (9) great fortitude, ingenuity and generosity. The State government has come under flak for not being as dynamic or visible as the armed forces, social action groups and numerous individual volunteers have been. A desperate citizenry understandably expects a speedy return to some semblance of normalcy. Yet, there are limits to how (10) the government can deliver in such adverse conditions.

Find the appropriate word in each case.

Question 6

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

It has been a November of unending agony for Chennai, a month that saw a century-old rainfall record being broken. Of a city of about 8 million people, more than half are (1) the ravages of water, many dislocated from their homes and taking (2) in makeshift shelters; some on rooftops, waiting to be rescued, as the swilling flood waters menacingly lick their way up. The entire city is marooned — trucks cannot enter with food stocks, nor can its citizens easily flee. Trains and flights are (3), and the few buses that somehow manage to leave are desperately (4). The city, in better days a throbbing automobile and IT hub, has (5) damages worth ₹15,000 crore, according to Assocham estimates. Apart from Chennai, at least four neighbouring districts in Tamil Nadu, apart from Nellore and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, have (6) far in excess of their usual quota of winter rain. An estimated 270 people have lost their lives in Tamil Nadu, and the toll could mount. This has been a/an (7) prodigious north-east monsoon, excessive even by the standards of an El Nino year, leaving forecasters the world over flummoxed. The weathermen have (8) a few more days of rain of reduced intensity. Amidst prolonged despair, the people of the State have (9) great fortitude, ingenuity and generosity. The State government has come under flak for not being as dynamic or visible as the armed forces, social action groups and numerous individual volunteers have been. A desperate citizenry understandably expects a speedy return to some semblance of normalcy. Yet, there are limits to how (10) the government can deliver in such adverse conditions.

Find the appropriate word in each case.

Question 7

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

It has been a November of unending agony for Chennai, a month that saw a century-old rainfall record being broken. Of a city of about 8 million people, more than half are (1) the ravages of water, many dislocated from their homes and taking (2) in makeshift shelters; some on rooftops, waiting to be rescued, as the swilling flood waters menacingly lick their way up. The entire city is marooned — trucks cannot enter with food stocks, nor can its citizens easily flee. Trains and flights are (3), and the few buses that somehow manage to leave are desperately (4). The city, in better days a throbbing automobile and IT hub, has (5) damages worth ₹15,000 crore, according to Assocham estimates. Apart from Chennai, at least four neighbouring districts in Tamil Nadu, apart from Nellore and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, have (6) far in excess of their usual quota of winter rain. An estimated 270 people have lost their lives in Tamil Nadu, and the toll could mount. This has been a/an (7) prodigious north-east monsoon, excessive even by the standards of an El Nino year, leaving forecasters the world over flummoxed. The weathermen have (8) a few more days of rain of reduced intensity. Amidst prolonged despair, the people of the State have (9) great fortitude, ingenuity and generosity. The State government has come under flak for not being as dynamic or visible as the armed forces, social action groups and numerous individual volunteers have been. A desperate citizenry understandably expects a speedy return to some semblance of normalcy. Yet, there are limits to how (10) the government can deliver in such adverse conditions.

Find the appropriate word in each case.

Question 8

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

It has been a November of unending agony for Chennai, a month that saw a century-old rainfall record being broken. Of a city of about 8 million people, more than half are (1) the ravages of water, many dislocated from their homes and taking (2) in makeshift shelters; some on rooftops, waiting to be rescued, as the swilling flood waters menacingly lick their way up. The entire city is marooned — trucks cannot enter with food stocks, nor can its citizens easily flee. Trains and flights are (3), and the few buses that somehow manage to leave are desperately (4). The city, in better days a throbbing automobile and IT hub, has (5) damages worth ₹15,000 crore, according to Assocham estimates. Apart from Chennai, at least four neighbouring districts in Tamil Nadu, apart from Nellore and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, have (6) far in excess of their usual quota of winter rain. An estimated 270 people have lost their lives in Tamil Nadu, and the toll could mount. This has been an (7) prodigious north-east monsoon, excessive even by the standards of an El Nino year, leaving forecasters the world over flummoxed. The weathermen have (8) a few more days of rain of reduced intensity. Amidst prolonged despair, the people of the State have (9) great fortitude, ingenuity and generosity. The State government has come under flak for not being as dynamic or visible as the armed forces, social action groups and numerous individual volunteers have been. A desperate citizenry understandably expects a speedy return to some semblance of normalcy. Yet, there are limits to how (10) the government can deliver in such adverse conditions.

Find the appropriate word in each case.

Question 9

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

It has been a November of unending agony for Chennai, a month that saw a century-old rainfall record being broken. Of a city of about 8 million people, more than half are (1) the ravages of water, many dislocated from their homes and taking (2) in makeshift shelters; some on rooftops, waiting to be rescued, as the swilling flood waters menacingly lick their way up. The entire city is marooned — trucks cannot enter with food stocks, nor can its citizens easily flee. Trains and flights are (3), and the few buses that somehow manage to leave are desperately (4). The city, in better days a throbbing automobile and IT hub, has (5) damages worth ₹15,000 crore, according to Assocham estimates. Apart from Chennai, at least four neighbouring districts in Tamil Nadu, apart from Nellore and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, have (6) far in excess of their usual quota of winter rain. An estimated 270 people have lost their lives in Tamil Nadu, and the toll could mount. This has been an (7) prodigious north-east monsoon, excessive even by the standards of an El Nino year, leaving forecasters the world over flummoxed. The weathermen have (8) a few more days of rain of reduced intensity. Amidst prolonged despair, the people of the State have (9) great fortitude, ingenuity and generosity. The State government has come under flak for not being as dynamic or visible as the armed forces, social action groups and numerous individual volunteers have been. A desperate citizenry understandably expects a speedy return to some semblance of normalcy. Yet, there are limits to how (10) the government can deliver in such adverse conditions.

Find the appropriate word in each case.

Question 10

Direction: In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words have been suggested, one of which fills the blanks appropriately.

It has been a November of unending agony for Chennai, a month that saw a century-old rainfall record being broken. Of a city of about 8 million people, more than half are (1) the ravages of water, many dislocated from their homes and taking (2) in makeshift shelters; some on rooftops, waiting to be rescued, as the swilling flood waters menacingly lick their way up. The entire city is marooned — trucks cannot enter with food stocks, nor can its citizens easily flee. Trains and flights are (3), and the few buses that somehow manage to leave are desperately (4). The city, in better days a throbbing automobile and IT hub, has (5) damages worth ₹15,000 crore, according to Assocham estimates. Apart from Chennai, at least four neighbouring districts in Tamil Nadu, apart from Nellore and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, have (6) far in excess of their usual quota of winter rain. An estimated 270 people have lost their lives in Tamil Nadu, and the toll could mount. This has been an (7) prodigious north-east monsoon, excessive even by the standards of an El Nino year, leaving forecasters the world over flummoxed. The weathermen have (8) a few more days of rain of reduced intensity. Amidst prolonged despair, the people of the State have (9) great fortitude, ingenuity and generosity. The State government has come under flak for not being as dynamic or visible as the armed forces, social action groups and numerous individual volunteers have been. A desperate citizenry understandably expects a speedy return to some semblance of normalcy. Yet, there are limits to how (10) the government can deliver in such adverse conditions.

Find out the appropriate word in each case.