The word cloze is derived from closure in Gestalt theory. The exercise was first described by W.L. Taylor in 1953.
CLOZE TEST IN BANK EXAMS
Cloze test is quite common in bank exams and has been a regular feature in Bank Clerk and Bank PO exams. While attempting Cloze test, a student should keep in mind the following things:
1) Logical Correctness: Make sure that the answer choice you make is logical and does not contradict the flow of the remaining passage
2) Grammatical Correctness: Make sure the answer choice you make is grammatically correct and does not violate any grammar rules
Assignment- 1
Directions — 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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
A professor was ...(1)...on the Indian Independence Movement and the idea of non-violence ...(2)... by Mahatma Gandhi. "Although others like Nelson Mandela followed this idea and ...(3)... the Nobel Prize for Peace Mahatma Gandhi did not," she said. One student spoke up, "It is good that he didn't, ...(4)... it was an award started by Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite, which causes ...(5)... !" The professor ...(6).... “In fact the world should be ...(7)... to Nobel because he invented dynamite. It was very useful to build tunnels ...(8)... mountains for trains to pass. If we choose to use it for war it is not his fault. Furthermore he ...(9)... all his wealth into instituting prizes for literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, peace, etc. His ...(10)... was that anything which would benefit the human race deserved recognition so that the person who had started it would have no financial difficulties in achieving his goal".
| 1. | (A) lecturing | (B) talking | (C) discussing | (D) speaking | (E) arguing |
| 2. | (A) originate | (B) specialized | (C) start | (D) conceived | (E) thought |
| 3. | (A) awarded | (B) given | (C) presented | (D) win | (E) received |
| 4. | (A) that | (B) get | (C) accept | (D)though | (E) since |
| 5. | (A) blast | (B) ruins | (C) destruction | (D) bombs | (E) damages |
| 6. | (A) disagreed | (B) answers | (C) shouted | (D) upset | (E) agreed |
| 7. | (A) Dedicated | (B) grateful | (C) appreciated | (D) thanking | (E) cursing |
| 8. | (A) from | (B)through | (C) over | (D)under | (E) within |
| 9. | (A) put | (B) left | (C) gave | (D) donated | (E) contributed |
| 10. | (A) decision | (B) logic | (C) cause | (D) excuse | (E) discovery |
Assignment - 2
Delinking of jobs from degrees is one of the (1) features of our education (2). There has been a (3) fall in (4) in the academic field in recent years. There is a (5) of degree holders in the country, as a result, university degrees have (6) their value and charm while the number of students in colleges and universities of the country has been (7) rising. Consequently thousands of graduates and postgraduates come out of these institutions and stand in queues waiting to get some (8) job's (9) in the country. Moreover, these degree holders do not have any technical or vocational knowledge needed for a particular job. As a result, the number of educated unemployed has been rising (10). It has created a very serious problem.
| 1. | (A) minor | (B) trivial | (C) unachievable | (D) irrelevant | (E) salient |
| 2. | (A) process | (B) policy | (C) development | (D) guideline | (E) procedures |
| 3. | (A) expected | (B) sheer | (C) rough | (D) steep | (E) gentle |
| 4. | (A) assessment | (B) evaluation | (C) competence | (D) fees | (E) value |
| 5. | (A) flood | (B) class | (C) party | (D) mob | (E) rabble |
| 6. | (A) mislaid | (B)lost | (C) increase | (D) found | (E) establish |
| 7. | (A) slowly | (B) hastily | (C) deeply | (D) waiting | (E) out |
| 8. | (A) suitable | (B) remain | (C) study | (D) live | (E) place |
| 9. | (A) frequency | (B) occurrence | (C) event | (D) chance | (E) blocking |
| 10. | (A) fever | (B) outshine | (C) lean | (D) dwarfed | (E) horribly |
Assignment - 3
Whatever prosperity India enjoyed in the seventeenth century disappeared when the Mughal Empire (1) apart. The most immediate cause of this breakdown was the religious intolerance, which led to the open rebellion. It was to (2) these revolts that the bigot ruler spent (3) years in the field, with immense armies consuming the revenues of the country. There were, however, more deep-seated (4). The corruption of officials and the oppression of the masses steadily (5) away the empire's life blood. For some time, there had been a noticeable deterioration in the character of the ruling class. Wars of succession (6) wiped out the leading families, and new blood from central Asia was no (7) recruited for the higher governmental posts. Finally, the Mughal Empire was an alien regime. It continues to be so (8) Akbar's policy of conciliation was abandoned, and it wore itself out trying to maintain its power (9) the ceaseless opposition, only now and then overt but always present, of the (10) citizens.
| 1. | (1) Joined | (2) Broke | (3) Dashed | (4) Banged | (5) Became |
| 2. | (1) Run out | (2) Crash | (3) Crush | (4) Cajole | (5) Motivate |
| 3. | (1) No | (2) Hardly | (3) Many | (4) Inexpensive | (5) Most |
| 4. | (1) Variables | (2) Attributes | (3) Characteristics | (4) Causes | (5)Affect |
| 5. | (1) Drained | (2) Gone | (3) Sucked | (4) Released | (5) Went |
| 6. | (1) Has | (2) Have | (3) Was | (4) Did | (5) Had |
| 7. | (1) Longer | (2) Pumped | (3) Far | (4) Candidate | (5) Shorter |
| 8. | (1 ) At | (2) Into | (3) Over | (4) After | (5) Before |
| 9. | (1) Far | (2) At | (3) Against | (4) Favoring | (5) For |
| 10. | (1) Discontented | (2) Weeping | (3) Ruling | (4) Calm | (5) Contented |
Assignment - 4
I was born and ...(1)... up in a village by my grandparents. We had two granaries to ...(2)... the rice that we grew. ...(3)... the better quality „white rice was kept in the granary in the front of the house, the ...(4)... quality „red rice was kept in the granary at the back. We never had ...(5)... money in the house, so those who came to ask for alms were given rice. My grandmother would send me to the front granary to bring rice for them, but when she cooked for …(6)…. Of us she would use the red rice. I was …(7)… by her behavior. One day, I asked her why she did this? She ….(8)…. And said something I will never forget.”….. (9)…. Whenever you give something to somebody, give the best in you, never the second best.” …..(10)…. Director of a foundation, if I help people today, it is because of this lesson she taugh me.
| 1. | (A) raised | (B) Adopted | (C) Grown | (D) Brought | (E) Grew |
| 2. | (A) Pick | (B) Save | (C) Supply | (D) Cultivate | (E) Store |
| 3. | (A) Instead | (B) While | (C) Yet | (D) Therefore | (E) For |
| 4. | (A) Less | (B) Worse | (C) Defective | (D) Inferior | (E) Best |
| 5. | (A) Plenty | (B) Vast | (C) Lots | (D) Sufficiently | (E) Much |
| 6. | (A) All | (B) Remaining | (C) Gathering | (D) None | (E) Those |
| 7. | (A) Puzzled | (B) Confusing | (C) Worrying | (D) Frightened | (E) Angry |
| 8. | (A) Pleased | (B) Shouted | (C) Smiled | (D) Advised | (E) Hugged |
| 9. | (A) Remember | (B) Pray | (C) Memorise | (D) think | (E) Appeal |
| 10. | (A) When | (B) Since | (C) Only | (D) Perhaps | (E) as |
Assignment - 5
The ….. (1)…. Of India as an economic superpower is not reflected in the …..(2)….. of life enjoyed by its 1.2 billion citizens according to the Human Development Index which …..(3)…. India very low among 182 countries. In our performance oriented world, measurement issues have taken on ….(4)…. Importance as what we measure affects what we do. In fact the French President has established an international commission on the Measurement of Economic performance and social progress owing to his ….(5)…. and that of others with the current state of statistical information about the economy and society. The big question concerns ….(6)…. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) provides a good measure of living standards. In many cases GDP statistics seem to ….(7)…. that the economy is doing far better than most citizens feel it is. Moreover the focus on GDP creates conflicts-while political leaders are told to maximize it, citizens also demand that …..(8)… be paid to enhancing security, reducing air, water and noise pollution all of which actually ….(9)… GDP growth, statistics are …(10)…. To summarise what is going on in our complex society, it is therefore obvious that we can’t reduce everything to a single number-GDP.
| 1. | (A) tribute | (B) Pursuit | (C) Perception | (D) Conversion | (E) title |
| 2. | (A) Loss | (B) Quality | (C) Spirit | (D) Span | (E) Joy |
| 3. | (A) Counted | (B) Scored | (C) Qualified | (D) Regard | (E) Ranked |
| 4. | (A) Negligible | (B) Great | (C) Unduly | (D) Trivial | (E) Considerably |
| 5. | (A) Obedience | (B) Confidence | (C) Belief | (D) dissatisfaction | (E) Compliance |
| 6. | (A) That | (B) Unless | (C) Because | (D) Against | (E) Whether |
| 7. | (A) Suggest | (B) Recommend | (C) Think | (D) Point | (E) Refer |
| 8. | (A) Compensation | (B) Respect | (C) Debt | (D) Attention | (E) Expense |
| 9. | (A) Recover | (B) Lower | (C) Attain | (D) Decline | (E) Shrunk |
| 10. | (A) Inferred | (B) Difficult | (C) Interpret | (D) Reveal | (E) Intended |
Assignment - 6
The main argument put forward in seeking pay is increase in the cost of living. The cost of living is ….1…. on the retail price index, and so takes ….2…. of inflation. In many ….3….. salary increase could also be inflationary, as it is ….4….. necessarily based on the ability of the employer to pay or on …..5…… increases. This is particularly so in times of …..6….. inflation, when unions claim for 25-30 per cent increase in ….7…. clearly adds fuel to the ….8…. equally, in less ….9…. times, it gives a marginal …10…. to the labour force.
| 1. | (A) Secured | (B) Based | (C) Half | (D) Directed | (E) Depends |
| 2. | (A) Matter | (B) Subject | (C) Notice | (D) Care | (E) Account |
| 3. | (A) Theories | (B) Book | (C) Procedures | (D) ways | (E) Style |
| 4. | (A) Customarily | (B) Seldom | (C) Not | (D) always | (E) Sometimes |
| 5. | (A) Cost | (B) Salary | (C) Staff | (D) Productivity | (E) Inflation |
| 6. | (A) High | (B) Good | (C) Bad | (D) Low | (E) No |
| 7. | (A) Staff | (B) Salary | (C) Facilities | (D) Inflation | (E) Production |
| 8. | (A) Fire | (B) Petrol | (C) Burning | (D) Water | (E) Injury |
| 9. | (A) Sensitive | (B) Favourable | (C) Inflationary | (D) Profit | (E) Productivity |
| 10. | (A) Boost | (B) Decrease | (C) Motivation | (D) Stability | (E) Increase |
Assignment-7
A poor man was once travelling through the desert. Feeling thirsty and tried, he began to …(1)…. For water. At last finding a stream, he ….(2)… to his knees and drank the water which ….(3)…. Very sweet. He filled up his bottle ….(4)… continued on. After several days journey, he ….(5)…. The palace and got an opportunity to …..(6)…. The king. As a mark of ….(7)…. He presented the king with the bottle …(8)…. water. The king tasted the water, and …(9)… rewarded the man. All the courtiers …(10)… to taste the water but the king refused. When the man had left overjoyed, the king explained why he had acted so strangely. “after such a long journey, the water was foul tasting. I could not risk anyone showing, his disgust for a gift which was so sincerely given! For this reason alone I reserved the tasting of the water for myself”.
| 1. | (A) Desire | (B) Pursue | (C) need | (D) Obtain | (E) Search |
| 2. | (A) Fell | (B) Drop | (C) jumped | (D) Leaped | (E) Sat |
| 3. | (A) Looked | (B) Tasted | (C) Flavour | (D) Became | (E) Sample |
| 4. | (A) Before | (B) Soon | (C) and | (D) That | (E) However |
| 5. | (A) Came | (B) Reached | (C) Built | (D) Seen | (E) Arrived |
| 6. | (A) Meet | (B) Receive | (C) Homage | (D) Acquaint | (E) Welcome |
| 7. | (A) Rebuke | (B) Regards | (C) Regret | (D) respect | (E) Reverend |
| 8. | (A) Hard | (B) Of | (C) Filled | (D) Selfishly | (E) Full |
| 9. | (A) Foolishly | (B) Hasty | (C) Similarly | (D) Selfishly | (E) Generously |
| 10. | (A) Began | (B) Hoping | (C) Begged | (D) Anxious | (E) Wish |
Assignment - 8
Physically challenged people have (1) made (2) in the corporate workplace but certainly not as much as they had (3). We have new laws, rules and (4) relating to physically challenged people in, workplace, but what we have not changed much is our (5). Physically challenged people have fallen short in their goals because we (6) the potency of the affluent need to (7) their power. We can (8) abide by the laws and the rules we create in order to (9) physically challenged people an equal opportunity in the corporate workplace and still not (10) the problems that afflicted and eventually capsized the physically challenged people’s raft.
| 1. | (1) undoubtedly | (2) perhaps | (3) Seldom | (4) Not | (5) optimistically |
| 2. | (1) Efforts | (2) Progress | (3) Automation | (4) Attempts | (5) Decisions |
| 3. | (1) predisposed | (2) Encompassed | (3) Prescribed | (4) Foresight | (5) Expected |
| 4. | (1) Cases | (2) policies | (3) Problems | (4) Revolutions | (5) Railies |
| 5. | (1) patterns | (2) Decision | (3) Behaviour | (4) Population | (5) Achievements |
| 6. | (1) Retaliate | (2) Respect | (3) Permit | (4) Depleted | (5) Underestimate |
| 7. | (1) lack | (2) Diminish | (3) Know | (4) Maintain | (5) Evolve |
| 8. | (1) Occasionally | (2) Submissively | (3) them | (4) partially | (5) Scrupulously |
| 9. | (1) deny | (2) assure | (3) deprive | (4) classify | (5) share |
| 10. | (1) solved | (2) measured | (3) emphasise | (4) create | (5) overcome |
Assignment - 9
Fourteen centuries ago when the world was much younger, the ruler of all India, Rajah Balhait, was (1) about his people. A new game of dice, called hard, had (2) the imagination of his subjects, teaching them that chance alone-a-roll of the dice guided the (3) of men. All who played this game of fortune lost their (4) in the virtues of courage, prudence, wisdom and hope. It bred a fatalism that was (5) the spirit of the kingdom. Raja Balhait commissioned Sissa, an intelligent courter at his court to find an answer to this (6) After much (7) the clever Sissa invented another game. Chaturanga, the exact (8) of hard, in which the four elements of the Indian army were the key places. In the game these pieces-chariots, horses, elephants and foot soldiers-joined with a royal counsellor to defend their king and defeat the enemy. Forceful (9) was demanded of the players not luck. Chaturanga soon became more popular than hard, and the (10) to the Kingdom was over.
| 1 | (A) concerned | (b) confident | (c) ignorant | (d) indifferent | (e) partisan |
| 2 | (a) propelled | (b) enshrined | (c) captured | (d) activated | (e) enhanced |
| 3 | (a) communities | (b) ways | (c) abnormalities | (d) destiny | (e) groups |
| 4 | (a) bravado | (b) interest | (c) peace | (d) wealth | (e) faith |
| 5 | (a) appalling | (b) crushing | (c)moistening | (d) promoting | (e) overwhelming |
| 6 | (a) apprehension | (b) risk | (c) problem | (d) game | (e) destiny |
| 7 | (a) deliberation | (b) absorption | (c) insight | (d) hesitation | (e) reluctance |
| 8 | (a) nature | (b) equivalent | (c) picture | (d) opposite | (e) replica |
| 9 | (a) prediction | (b) concentration | (c) manipulation | (d) attack | (e) fortune |
| 10 | (a) devastation | (b) anxiety | (c) impeachment | (d) nuisance | (e)threat |
Assignment -10
Once upon a time, there lived a sparrow on a banyan tree. She laid her eggs in the nest. One afternoon, a wild elephant came under the tree and in a fit of rage, broke a branch of the tree on which the nest was ...(1).... Unfortunately, all the eggs of the sparrow ...(2)... after falling down though the sparrow was saved. The sparrow was full of grief and began weeping for her eggs. A woodpecker, a close friend of the sparrow, heard her crying and asked her, "Why are you crying, my friend?" The sparrow said, "The ...(3)... elephant has killed my offspring. If you are a true friend of mine, suggest a way-to kill him". The woodpecker ...(4)... her and told her that he knew a fly and she would definitely help them kill the elephant. Both of them went to seek the help of the fly. The woodpecker said, "A wild elephant has crushed my friend's eggs. We need your help in killing him." the fly replied, "One of my friends is a frog. Let us go to him and take his help too". They went to the frog and ...(5)... the whole incident. The frog said, "What can an elephant do before a united crowd like us ? Do what I tell you. Dear Fly, you go to the elephant and hum a sweet tune into his ears. When he closes his eyes in delight, the woodpecker will poke his eyes. This way, he will become ...(6).... When he gets thirsty, he will ...(7)... for water. I will go to a marshy land and begin croaking there. ...(8)... that there is water, the elephant will come there. He will sink into the marshy area and ...(9).... The next day in the noon, all of them played out the plan and the elephant was killed, as he drowned into a marshy area after being blinded by the woodpecker, when he closed his eyes in response to the music. Thus, the smartness of all the animals enabled the sparrow in taking her ...(10)... on the elephant.
| (A) born | (B) built | (C) Grown | (D) Broken | (E) found |
| (A) fell | (B) escaped | (C) damaged | (D) survived | (E) broke |
| (A) defective | (B) attacking | (C) wicked | (D) poor | (E) harmless |
| (A) ignored | (B) protected | (C) scolded | (D) consoled | (E) defended |
| (A) said | (B) Informed | (C) revived | (D) mention | (E) narrated |
| (A) Blind | (B) unseen | (C) regretful | (D) sorry | (E) Dead |
| (A) Need | (B) want | (C) search | (D) Drink | (E) Demands |
| (A) recalling | (B) Informed | (C) Sure | (D) Assuming | (E) Accepting |
| (A) hurt | (B) Die | (C) fall | (D) kill | (E) realize |
| (A) Help | (B) Revenge | (C) Anger | (D) Insult | (E) Flight |
Assignment -11
For as long as I can remember I have thought of myself as a teacher and I still do even today. But in 1965 I decided to ...(1)... my hand at business. So I ..., (2)... my father to allow me to ,..(3)... up a printing and packaging plant. I ...(4)... the project proposal and applied for a ...(5)... Once it was approved I went ...(6)... the challenges of employing the right ...(7)... My project was successful and I ...(8)... an attractive profit. Becoming a rich businessman ... (9)... never my dream. It was just a ...(10)... of proving to myself and my family that I could be a success in business. This experience also gave me a lot of self-confidence.
| 1. | (A) attempt | (B) try | (C) give | (D) show | (E) Use |
| 2. | (A) permitted | (B) appealed | (C) offered | (D) persuaded | (E) prevailed |
| 3. | (A) built | (B) raise | (C) stand | (D) begin | (E) Set |
| 4. | (A) extended | (B) prepared | (C) thought | (D) formulate | (E) draft |
| 5. | (A) loan | (B) post | (C) leave | (D) job | (E) relief |
| 6. | (A) through | (B) ahead | (C) for | (D) away | (E) under |
| 7. | (A) equipment | (B) knowledge | (C) behaviour | (D) role | (E) people |
| 8. | (A) gain | (B) benefited | (C) obtain | (D) reap | (E) made |
| 9. | (A) fulfilled | (B) pursued | (C) was | (D) had | (E) Stayed |
| 10. | (A) state | (B) certificate | (C) way | (D) proof | (E) direction |
Assignment -12
He was a charismatic leader, an entrepreneur and a highly effective manager all rolled into one. As a leader, he (1) the company’s growth plan in a dedicated manner and he never (2) focus. The cement industry in those days was doing badly. (3) to everyone's expectations he sanctioned an additional plant in (4 ) time. He was (5) that since the cement industry was cyclic in nature, by the time the plant was (6) the market would have improved. It did happen and the decision brought rich (7) when the plant was commissioned. Not only was he a great entrepreneur but he also (8) all his senior people to be practical entrepreneurs. I have seen a similar example at the Asian Institute of Management, which allows its professors to (9) their own business. This made their lectures more practical and less theoretical. It is the (10) of the Institutes success.
| 1. | (A) achieved | (B) Implemented | (C) Visualized | (D) persevered | (E) aimed |
| 2. | (A) moved | (B) shifts | (C) missed | (D) changes | (E) lost |
| 3. | (A) Contrary | (B) opposite | (C) yet | (D) obedient | (E) different |
| 4. | (A) any | (B) mean | (C) short | (D) no | (E) less |
| 5. | (A) known | (B) calculating | (C) certain | (D) dreamt | (E) surely |
| 6. | (A) operational | (B) install | (C) use | (D) produced | (E) new |
| 7. | (A) supply | (B) diversity | (C) rewards | (D) pay | (E) knowledge |
| 8. | (A) thought | (B) tried | (C) wished | (D) encouraged | (E) wanted |
| 9. | (A) expand | (B) function | (C) chose | (D) run | (E) risk |
| 10. | (A) responsibility | (B) Secret | (C) guarantee | (D) Prize | (E) value |
| Assignment -1 | |||||||||
| 1.A | 2.D | 3.E | 4.E | 5.C | 6.A | 7.B | 8.D | 9.C | 10.B |
| Assignment -2 | |||||||||
| 1.E | 2.B | 3.D | 4.C | 5.A | 6.B | 7.B | 8.A | 9.D | 10.E |
| Assignment -3 | |||||||||
| 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 10.1 |
| Assignment -4 | |||||||||
| 1.D | 2.E | 3.B | 4.D | 5.E | 6.A | 7.A | 8.C | 9.A | 10.E |
| Assignment -5 | |||||||||
| 1.E | 2.B | 3.E | 4.B | 5.D | 6.E | 7.A | 8.D | 9.B | 10.E |
| Assignment -6 | |||||||||
| 1. B | 2.E | 3.D | 4.C | 5.A | 6.A | 7.B | 8.A | 9.C | 10.A |
| Assignment -7 | |||||||||
| 1.E | 2.D | 3.B | 4.C | 5.B | 6.A | 7.D | 8.B | 9.E | 10.C |
| Assignment -8 | |||||||||
| 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 10.5- |
| Assignment -9 | |||||||||
| 1.A | 2.C | 3.D | 4.B | 5.E | 6.E | 7.A | 8.D | 9.B | 10.E |
| Assignment -10 | |||||||||
| 1.B | 2.E | 3.C | 4.D | 5.E | 6.A | 7.C | 8.D | 9.B | 10.B |
| Assignment -11 | |||||||||
| 1.B | 2.D | 3.E | 4.B | 5.A | 6.A | 7.E | 8.E | 9.C | 10.B |
| Assignment -12 | |||||||||
| 1.B | 2.C | 3.A | 4.D | 5.B | 6.A | 7.C | 8.E | 9.D | 10.B |
