Cloze Test MCQ for IBPS/SSC

Directions (Q. 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, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate words.

It was an enthusiasm-filled evening as the cultural department, in (1) with Sangeet Akademi, organised a (2) cultural programme. About 400 (3) artists gave a (4) performance of music and dance before a (5) audience. The chief minister and special invitee (6) inaugurated the function by lighting the lamp. The evening got to a (7) start with the students (8) the large gathering by demonstrating their (9) over instruments like (10). This was followed by a group song.

1. 

1) harmony

2) association

3) tandem

4) tune

5) lieu

2. 

1) splendour

2) besotted

3) colourful

4) theme

5) semantic

3. 

1) seasoned

2) thrilled

3) brave

4) gallant

5) chivalrous

4.

1) effective

2) prolonged

3) scintillating

4) beatific

5) benign

5. 

1) bored

2) yawning

3) crowded

4) good

5) jampacked

6. 

1) literally

2) finally

3) informally

4) at last

5) formally

7.

 l) stifling

2) boring

3) obscene

4) befitting

5) perfection

8. 

1) braving

2) regaling

3) divesting

4) enjoying

5) booming

9. 

1) grasp

2) prowess

3) mastering

4) cleverness

5) largesse

10. 

1) mike

2) clarinet

3) dictaphone

4) tools

5) synthesize

Answers

1. 2
2. 3
3. 1
4. 3
5. 5
6. 5
7. 4
8. 2
9. 3
10. 2