Practice Set for CLOSE TEST
Instructions: Read each paragraph
carefully and pick out the most appropriate word from the options to fill in
the numbered blank in order to make the paragraph grammatically correct and
meaningful.
Test-1
The ____1___ of freedom
is not the task of soldiers alone. The ____2____ nation has to be strong. We
have to work in our ____3____ with the same ____4____ the same determination,
which ____5____ the warrior on the battle front.
Choose
the correct answer.
1.
(1) protection (2) preservation (3) safeguarding (4) keeping
2.
(1) all (2) overall (3) complete (4)
whole
3.
(1) domain (2) scope (3)
complete (4) sphere
4.
(1) interest (2) devotion (3)
zeal (4) power
5. (1)
motivated (2) encouraged (3) guarded (4) incited
ANSWERS: 1. (2) 2. (4) 3. (4) 4. (3) 5.
(1)
Test-2
The
influence of human personality upon the functional efficiency of an
organization and its personnel ____1____ been
widely recognized. The personality ___2___ also
be modified to a certain extent. Accordingly, recent years have seen a
variety of efforts by professionals in various fields to design courses that
will help ___3___ certain positive trends in personality. The objective of
such courses ___4___ to remove or screen out those barriers or obstructions that
stand in the way of the expression ___5___ individual
personality ___6___ a process of training.
Choose the correct answer:
1.
(1) have (2)
was (3) had (4) no change
2.
(1) would (2)
can (3) is (4) no change
3.
(1) in (2) developing (3) develop (4) no change
4.
(1) had (2)
was (3) is (4) no change
5.
(1) of (2) for (3)
with (4) no change
6.
(1) through (2)
with (3) in (4) no change
ANSWERS: 1. (4) 2.
(2) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (1) 6. (1)
Test-3
Rohan
was a boy of twelve. His home was not far from school. So he often walked there
and back every day. On his way to school, he passed a playground. There was
much water in it when it rained. One day, when Rohan came home, he was all wet.
His mother became ___1___ and said, "Don't play in the water on your way." The next
day Rohan came back very wet again. His mother became even angrier. She thought
Rohan was afraid of his father because he was ___2___ his
son. "I'll tell your father if you come home wet again," said the
mother. “___3___ he'll come back from London next Tuesday. He'll punish you, I
think. "Two days ___4___, it was raining hard when
Rohan got home. But this time his clothes were dry. His mother became happy and
said, "You're a good boy today. You didn't play in the water."
"No," Rohan said angrily. "There were so many strong boys in the
water when I got there this afternoon. There ___5___ for
me at all!"
1.
(1) glad (2)
angry (3) happy (4) sad
2.
(1) strict with (2) interested in (3) always kind to (4) a good father of
3.
(1) may be (2)
if (3) usually (4) tomorrow
4.
(1) ago (2)
later (3) early (4) after
5.
(1) was no water (2)
were some rooms (3) were too many boys
(4) wasn't any room
ANSWERS: 1.
(2) 2. (1) 3. (1) 4. (2) 5. (4)
Test-4
Recently
I was ___1___ a conversation with a friend about a new job he has found
himself. His focus is to get some solid savings behind him and build wealth. I
commented that I was really pleased for him because he was ___2___
enjoying what he was doing and I thought he was in a great position to achieve
his goal of building wealth. Afterwards I couldn't help think about it a ___3___ more.
There are a few things that are essential ___4___ building
wealth, but the more I think about it there is one which easily rises way
above them all. I'm not saying that ___5___ financial
wealth is the most important thing in life – good health, being happy, having
good friends, a loving family, seeing and doing amazing things etc. are also
equally important and can be achieved without financial wealth. This is a
realisation that has become clearer to me recently.
1. (1)
doing (2) having (3) making (4) laying on
2. (1)
genuinely (2) truly (3)
fully (4) all of
these
3. (1)
bit (2) time (3)
moment (4) leap
4. (1)
mainly (2) for (3) to (4) for the sake of
5. (1)
building (2) meantime (3) essential (4) essentially
ANSWERS: 1. (2) 2. (4) 3. (1) 4.
(3) 5. (1)
Test-5
Poverty
and lack of social ___1___ are the main causes of child labour. The increasing gap between
the rich and the poor, privatization of basic services and the neo-liberal
economic policies are the causes that keep major ___2___
of the population out of employment making them fall short of basic needs. This
adversely affects children ___3___ than any other section.
Entry of multi-national corporations ___4___ industry
without proper mechanisms to hold them accountable has lead to the increase in
child labour. Lack of quality ___5___ education
has also contributed to children dropping out of school and entering the labour
force. A major ___6___ is that the actual number of child labourers goes un-detected.
Laws that are meant to protect children from hazardous labour are ineffective
and not implemented properly.
1. (1)
scrutiny (2) security (3) liability (4) performa
2. (1)
divisions (2) sects (3)
sections (4) trends
3. (1)
lesser (2) more (3) comparable (4) overall
4. (1)
in (2) for (3)
to (4) into
5. (1)
universal (2) bilingual (3)
common (4) formative
6. (1)
habit (2) thing (3) option (4) concern
ANSWERS: 1. (2) 2.
(3) 3. (2) 4. (4) 5. (1) 6. (4)
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