English Language Quiz (Cloze test)- 24-March-2022

Directions (1-10) : In the following passage, there are blanks’ each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each four words are suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Source: English Quiz

Gandhiji once said, “I would say that if the village perishes, India will perish too. India will be ..........................(A)........................... more India. Her own mission in the world will get ........................(B).......................... The ........................................(C)........................... of the village is possible only when it is no more .......................(D)............................. Industrialization on a mass scale will ...........................(E)............................lead to passive or active exploitation of the villagers as the problems.................................(F)......................competition and marketing come in. Therefore, we have to............................ (G)............................... on the village being selfcontained, manu-facturing mainly for use. Provided this character of the village industry is.........................(H)................... there would be no objection to villagers using even the modern machines and tools that they can make and............................(I)......................... to use. Only, they ......................(J)...................not be used as a means of exploitation of others”.

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A. (1) certainly
(2) scarcely
(3) much
(4) no

B. (1) lost
(2) extension
(3) elevated
(4) flourished

C. (1) rehabilitation
(2) pruning
(3) revival
(4) devastation 

D. (1) denuded
(2) exploited
(3) contaminated
(4) populated

E. (1) passionately
(2) surprisingly
(3) scarcely
(4) necessarily

F. (1) forming
(2) enhancing
(3) between
(4) of

G. (1) concentrate
(2) ponder
(3) imagine
(4) ensure

H. (1) regained
(2) neglected
(3) maintained
(4) thwarted

I. (1) prepare
(2) afford
(3) hesitate
(4) propose

J. (1) can
(2) could
(3) need
(4) should


Answers:

Ans A- (4) no (Adv.)

B. (1) lost (Adj.) : no longer found or possessed

C. (3) revival (Noun) : an improvement in the condition

D. (2) exploited (Verb) : used 

E (4) necessarily (Adv.) : used for saying that something cannot be avoided.

F (4) of (Prep.) 

G (1) concentrate (Verb) : to give all attention 

H (3) maintained (Verb) : to cause (something) to exist 

I (2) afford (Verb) : to be able to pay for something

J. (4) should (Mod. V.)