English Language Quiz (Cloze Test)- 22-February -2022

Direction : In the following questions, you have following two brief passages with 10 questions in Passage I and 5 questions in Passage II. Read the passages carefully and fill in the blanks with suitable words out of the four alternatives given.

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Parents tend to spoil their own children either by over-indulgence or by deprivation. Childhood should be the time for........................ (1) ..................from primary selfishness to sharing, for learning to .....................(2)........................... with deprivation and disappointment and learning to ..................(3)........................... failure, since breaking a toy and forgetting a homework assignment are .................(4)........................ serious than breaking a marriage or forgetting to prepare for career advancement. But ..............................(5) ...................deprivation, as is common in ....................(6)........ families, leaves many children.......................... (7)...................... the stage of personal gratification. They lack resources for developing a sense of..................... (8)................. towards others and a wish to care for them. And children....................... (9)............. be poor to be underprivileged. The......................... (10)..................... are also deprived, cheated out of learning how to face life.

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1. (a) changing
(b) turning
(c) shifting
(d) removing

2. (a) cope up
(b) adjust
(c) fight
(d) cope

3. (a) overcome
(b) eliminate
(c) remove
(d) forget

4. (a) far better
b) far less
(c) far worse
(d) far more

5. (a) much
(b) exhaustive
(c) excessive
(d) every

6. (a) undernourished
(b) uncoordinated
(c) uncooperative
(d) underprivileged

7. (a) stuck in
(b) stuck on
(c) stuck about
(d) stick in

8. (a) gratitude
(b) responsibility
(c) concern
(d) friendship

9. (a) would not
(b) should not
(c) need not
(d) had not

10. (a) overconfident
(b) overcautious
(c) over enthusiastic
(d) over indulged


Answers:

Ans-1 (c) shifting (Verb)

2. (d) cope (Verb)

3. (a) overcome (Verb)

4. (b) far less (Adj.)

5. (c) excessive (Adj.)

6. (d) underprivileged (Adj.)

7. (a) stuck in (Phr. V.)

8. (b) responsibility (Noun)

9. (c) need not (Mod. V.)

10. (d) over–indulged (Verb) : having too much of something nice