English Language II Cloze Test & Fill in the blanks Quiz || 24.06.2020 for CLAT UG Exams

Question 1

Direction: 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.

Land degradation and desertification are some of the greatest environmental (1) for the world in light of climate change, rapidly growing population and increasing demand for food, fibre and biomass energy. But the problem of land degradation and desertification is (2) in Asia and Africa. UN agencies and the scientific community have been in a (3) discourse on identifying and generating empirical and scientific methods for monitoring, assessing and reporting the progresses on land degradation and desertification. Asia (4) almost 60 per cent of the world’s population. Of this, nearly 70 per cent live in rural areas and depend directly on land and land-based ecosystem services. As a result, Asia is most (5) affected by land degradation, desertification and drought in terms of the number of people.

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Question 2

Direction: 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.

Land degradation and desertification are some of the greatest environmental (1) for the world in light of climate change, rapidly growing population and increasing demand for food, fibre and biomass energy. But the problem of land degradation and desertification is (2) in Asia and Africa. UN agencies and the scientific community have been in a (3) discourse on identifying and generating empirical and scientific methods for monitoring, assessing and reporting the progresses on land degradation and desertification. Asia (4) almost 60 per cent of the world’s population. Of this, nearly 70 per cent live in rural areas and depend directly on land and land-based ecosystem services. As a result, Asia is most (5) affected by land degradation, desertification and drought in terms of the number of people.

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Question 3

Direction: 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.

Land degradation and desertification are some of the greatest environmental (1) for the world in light of climate change, rapidly growing population and increasing demand for food, fibre and biomass energy. But the problem of land degradation and desertification is (2) in Asia and Africa. UN agencies and the scientific community have been in a (3) discourse on identifying and generating empirical and scientific methods for monitoring, assessing and reporting the progresses on land degradation and desertification. Asia (4) almost 60 per cent of the world’s population. Of this, nearly 70 per cent live in rural areas and depend directly on land and land-based ecosystem services. As a result, Asia is most (5) affected by land degradation, desertification and drought in terms of the number of people.

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Question 4

Direction: 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.

Land degradation and desertification are some of the greatest environmental (1) for the world in light of climate change, rapidly growing population and increasing demand for food, fibre and biomass energy. But the problem of land degradation and desertification is (2) in Asia and Africa. UN agencies and the scientific community have been in a (3) discourse on identifying and generating empirical and scientific methods for monitoring, assessing and reporting the progresses on land degradation and desertification. Asia (4) almost 60 per cent of the world’s population. Of this, nearly 70 per cent live in rural areas and depend directly on land and land-based ecosystem services. As a result, Asia is most (5) affected by land degradation, desertification and drought in terms of the number of people.

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Question 5

Direction: 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.

Land degradation and desertification are some of the greatest environmental (1) for the world in light of climate change, rapidly growing population and increasing demand for food, fibre and biomass energy. But the problem of land degradation and desertification is (2) in Asia and Africa. UN agencies and the scientific community have been in a (3) discourse on identifying and generating empirical and scientific methods for monitoring, assessing and reporting the progresses on land degradation and desertification. Asia (4) almost 60 per cent of the world’s population. Of this, nearly 70 per cent live in rural areas and depend directly on land and land-based ecosystem services. As a result, Asia is most (5) affected by land degradation, desertification and drought in terms of the number of people.

Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Question 6

Direction: Two sentences with two blanks in each, followed by five alternatives with two words in each, are given. Choose that option as the answer which can fill both the blanks of both the sentences.

I. The gusty wind _________ away the clothes hanging in the open, which gave a picturesque ___________ like those of kites flying high in the sky.
II. Being the way he is, he _________ half of his income in the first week, essentially on branded clothes and on grooming his ___________.

Question 7

Direction: Two sentences with two blanks in each, followed by five alternatives with two words in each, are given. Choose that option as the answer which can fill both the blanks of both the sentences.

I. A sinking feeling of panic ________ over them and a temporary paralyzing fear engulfed them ________.

II. Being a cleanliness freak, she ________ the floor and went down to the market only after the house was _________ clean.

Question 8

Direction: Two sentences with two blanks in each, followed by five alternatives with two words in each, are given. Choose the option as the answer which can fill both the blanks of both the sentences.

i. Schizophrenia does not imply having "split personality" or "dissociative identity” __________, with which it is often confused in public perception; and people having Schizophrenia can have an IQ similar, or even greater than their __________.

ii. The working _________ have changed with time, and unequal pay for females in film and corporate industries with respect to their male __________ has stirred debates.

Question 9

Direction: Two sentences with two blanks in each, followed by five alternatives with two words in each, are given. Choose that option as the answer which can fill both the blanks of both the sentences making it grammatically correct and meaningful.

i. Ants don't have complex ________ such as love, anger, or empathy, but they do approach things they find pleasant and avoid the unpleasant; they can smell with their antennae, which helps them in __________ their own colony.
ii. AI can detect _________ with the help of a camera targeted on the subject’s face, a feat that goes on to show how much the technology has advanced in ___________ face expressions.

Question 10

Direction: Two sentences with two blanks in each, followed by five options with two words in each, are given. Choose that option as the answer which can fill both the blanks of both the sentences.

I. His ____ behavior gave an ____ of rudeness in the first go, but it became normal once I spent some time with him.
II. The wheel was placed on an ____ axle to give it an ____ of another independent revolving link.