Cloze Test Questions and Answers for SSC CGL & Stenographer

Directions: In the following passage (Q. Nos. 1 to 10) some of the words have been left out. First, read the passage over and try to understand what it is about Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Blacken the appropriate rectangle in the Answer Sheet.

Mass communication is the delivery of… (1) ideas and entertainment to thousands or millions of….(2)….simultaneously; it is a force with incalculable…. (3)… .on today’s world. The …. (4)…. of mass communication rests. …(5) the skills of the communicator to’….(6)….the recipient’s thinking,…(7)…., stir emotions, to….(8)….. him or her to….(9)…Mass communication is the one-to-one impact of one human intelligence upon …(10)… carried on thousand fold simultaneously among individuals who have no direct personal contact

1. (A) items (B) news
(C) advertisements (D) cartoons

2. (A) people (B) pictures
(C) advertisements (D) items

3. (A) worth (B) impact
(C) force (D) value

4. (A) dynamism (B) force
(C) success (D) power

5. (A) against (B) under
(C) to (D) upon

6. (A) stimulate (B) agitate
(C) understand (D) minimize

7. (A) for (B) to
(C) with (D) from

8. (A) encourage (B) persuade
(C) discourage (D) endanger

9. (A) direction (B) function
(C) action (D) mission

10. (A) another (B) people
(C) man (D) women

Answers : 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (A)


Directions (Q. 11-20): In the following passage some of the words have been left out. First, read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

It is summed up in a single word – Man. Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove man from the. …(11)…..and the root cause of hunger and….(12) is abolished forever. Man is the only….(13)….that consumes without….(14)… He does not give milk, are….(15) …not lay eggs, he is…(16)…. to pull the plow, he cannot run….(17),…enough to catch rabbits (18)….he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare .,,.(19)….that will-prevent them from….(20)…. and the rest he keeps for himself.

11. (A) area (B) scene
(C) place (D) light

12. (A) overwork (B) work
(C) while (D) waste

13. (A) living being (B) worm
(C) human (D) creature

14. (A) drinking (B) producing
(C) eating (D) sleeping

15. (A) does (B) do
(C) did (D) has done

16. (A) too idle (B) too strong
(C) too weak (D) too quick

17. (A) slow (B) fast
(C) idle (D) dull

18. (A) yet (B) but
(C) them (D) thus

19. (A) maximum (B) minimum
(C) average (D) capacity

20. (A) producing (B) creating
(C) eating (D) starving

Answers : 11. (B)  12. (A)  13. (D) 14. (B) 15. (A) 16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (D)