Cloze Test for SBI Clerk 2018: 06 April

Directions (Q. 1-10): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.

Life Insurance Corporation of India (1) a large number of death claims every year. Only in case of fraudulent (2) of material information is the claim repudiated. The (3) of death claims repudiated is very small. Even in these cases, an opportunity is given to the claimant to make a (4) for consideration by the Claims Dispute Redressal committees at the zonal offices and the central office. As a result, (5) on the merits of each case, appropriate decisions are taken. The Claims Dispute Redressal Committees at the central and zonal offices have among other members a retired High Court/District Court judge.

For (6) quick redressal of customers’ (7) the corporation has introduced a user-friendly integrated Complaints Management System (ICMS) (8) their customer portal where policy holder can directly (9) complaint/grievance and (10) its status.

1. 1) sets                 2) originates              3) pays                     4) claims                5) settles

2. 1) depression    2) revelation              3) suppression        4) messaging         5) compression

3. 1) number         2) kind                        3) collection             4) condition          5) terms

4. 1) suit                 2) portfolio                3) file                         4) representation  5) terms

5. 1) realised         2) depending             3) subjected             4) trusting               5) depicting

6. 1) securing        2) guaranteed            3) protecting            4) ensuring            5) following

7. 1) tribulation    2) injury                     3) grievances            4) annoyance        5) injustice

8. 1) through          2) in                            3) upon                     4) with                    5) over

9. 1) express           2) roll                         3) list                         4) mark                  5) register

10. 1) trail                 2) track                      3) explore                 4) pursue               5) trace

Answers:

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