English question set (Cloze Test) for SBI and other upcoming exams:

Direction: In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. One of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

There is great hue and (1) to empower women. Not only woman associations but also state and the (2) reforms shower torrents of speeches about the woman (3). But the irony is that crimes against women are increasing in leaps and (4). Dowry deaths are multiplying. Torture and exploitation of women is (5). Women education is still much (6). Most of the women are still (7) within the four walls of their houses, where they work like (8). The women in rural areas are suffering even more and most of them are (9). The other side of the picture is that a minority of women are in public service and politics. But the women in politics have either (10) family background in that sphere or have been raised due to the grace of their male sphere or well wishers

Q.1.   (1) cry              (2) scream              (3) shriek                 (4) shudder        (5) chaos

Q.2.   (1) social          (2) chaotic              (3) mental               (4) emotional     (5) personality

Q.3.   (1) downfall     (2) denunciation   (3) trap                    (4) assailant       (5) upliftment

Q.4.   (1) wounds       (2) bounds             (3) traitor               (4) trash              (5) deteriorate

Q.5.   (1) halt             (2) baulk                 (3) intact               (4) stopped        (5) pause

Q.6.   (1) aware         (2) ignored             (3) enlightened      (4) cognizant       (5) conscious

Q.7.   (1) free            (2) rescued            (3) saved              (4) caged              (5) liberated

Q.8.   (1) idle            (2) lazy                   (3) drudges          (4) thinker           (5) shirker

Q.9.   (1) illiterate    (2) educated         (3) literate           (4) aware              (5) letter

Q.10. (1) her             (2) his                    (3) if                     (4) their                (5) you

Answers:

1. 1

2. 1

3. 5

4. 2

5. 3

6. 2

7. 4

8. 3

9. 1

10. 4

English question set (cloze test) for SBI and other upcoming exams:

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

Everyone needs quality sleep every single night, but lifestyle ...(1)... and hurdles make sleep disorders more common than good sleep. This poor sleeping pattern has serious ...(2)... on our health, and the first thing we ...(3)... is unhealthy weight gain or weight loss, low concentration, and mood swings. If you have ...(4)... sleeping ...(5)... every day and this lack of sleep is ...(6)... your dayto-day routine, then you may be suffering from one of the many (and most common) sleep disorders. You will be surprised to know that there are many more sleep disorders than just insomnia and sleep apnoea. There are ...(7)... sleep disorders and their ...(8)..., You should take proper ...(9)... before they take a ...(10)... on your life.

1.
1) cozen
2) choices
3) abjure
4) deter
5) rustic

2.
1) coerce
2) rampage
3) repercussions
4) rattle
5) assent

3.
1) covert
2) denounce
3) bleak
4) notice
5) point

4.
1) mutilate
2) trouble
3) rear
4) dismay
5) cozy

5.
1) utmost
2) in
3) for
4) at
5) almost

6.
1) glimmering
2) gamut
3) fortifying
4) affecting
5) cascading

7.
1) bland
2) copious
3) various
4) alternate
5) growing

8.
1) warning
2) symptoms
3) signs
4) indicia
5) indication

9.
1) treatment
2) healing
3) hubris
4) overt
5) regimen

10.
1) abject
2) toll
3) barge
4) muse
5) poised

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

English question set for SBI and other bank exams (cloze test)

Direction (Q. 1 - 10) :- In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

Gradually, Aftab stopped ...(1)... on himself, his worry about life or death was put aside and he started to be filled with an ...(2)... and inexhaustible sense of happiness. He thought, “Every day is so peaceful and calm. It’s nothing like the days he used to have before he got ill.” There was nothing for him to fear any longer. ...(3)... of ...(4)... he was cured of his sickness or not, he knew he would continue worshiping. It was when he reached the state of ...(5)... able to think this way that a miracle came upon him.

He was back for examinations when the doctor, who few months earlier diagnosed him with severe infection. Few months earlier, his stomach had been so swollen that he could feel it ...(6)... from ...(7)... the skin. Now, it was back to its normal size and there was no longer any abnormality ...(8).... He ...(9)... could not believe it at first, but he could think of the reason why this miracle had happened: He got a second life. There was no mistake; he was made to live to prove the miracles of God. He now knows the mission he must fulfil with his new life. It is to widely communicate the ...(10)... teachings of god and to keep serving him. With literally a brand new life, there is a new light in his heart.

1. 

1) routing 

2) shellacking 

3) breaking 

4) striking 

5) beating

2. 

1) overwhelming 

2) releasing 

3) yielding 

4) bounded 

5) ending

3. 

1) attentive 

2) regardless 

3) heedful 

4) concerned 

5) prudent

4. 

1) that 

2) either 

3) rather 

4) whether 

5) this

5. 

1) abstract 

2) fact 

3) being 

4) deadness 

5) inanimate

6. 

1) contracting 

2) bulging 

3) rising 

4) bending 

5) waving

7. 

1) underneath 

2) superior 

3) secondary 

4) above 

5) over

8. 

1) whatsoever 

2) hither 

3) toward 

4) away from 

5) towards

9. 

1) like wise 

2) as well 

3) further more 

4) too 

5) along

10. 

1) plausible 

2) unamusing 

3) miraculous 

4) normal 

5) conventional

Answers

1. 5

2. 1

3. 2

4. 4

5. 3

6. 2

7. 1

8. 1

9. 4

10. 3