Gateway to SBI Mains: English Quiz (Cloze Test)

Direction (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 meaningfully complete.

Gradually, Aftab stopped ...(1)... on himself, his worry about life or death was put aside and he started to be filled with an ...(2)... and inexhaustible sense of happiness. He thought, “Every day is so peaceful and calm. It’s nothing like the days he used to have before he got ill.” There was nothing for him to fear any longer. ...(3)... of ...(4)... he was cured of his sickness or not, he knew he would continue worshiping. It was when he reached the state of ...(5)... able to think this way that a miracle came upon him.

He was back for examinations when the doctor, who few months earlier diagnosed him with severe infection. Few months earlier, his stomach had been so swollen that he could feel it ...(6)... from ...(7)... the skin. Now, it was back to its normal size and there was no longer any abnormality ...(8).... He ...(9)... could not believe it at first, but he could think of the reason why this miracle had happened: He got a second life. There was no mistake; he was made to live to prove the miracles of God. He now knows the mission he must fulfil with his new life. It is to widely communicate the ...(10)... teachings of god and to keep serving him. With literally a brand new life, there is a new light in his heart.

1. 

1) routing 

2) shellacking 

3) breaking 

4) striking 

5) beating

2. 

1) overwhelming 

2) releasing 

3) yielding 

4) bounded 

5) ending

3. 

1) attentive 

2) regardless 

3) heedful 

4) concerned 

5) prudent

4. 

1) that 

2) either 

3) rather 

4) whether 

5) this

5. 

1) abstract 

2) fact 

3) being 

4) deadness 

5) inanimate

6. 

1) contracting 

2) bulging 

3) rising 

4) bending 

5) waving

7. 

1) underneath 

2) superior 

3) secondary 

4) above 

5) over

8. 

1) whatsoever 

2) hither 

3) toward 

4) away from 

5) towards

9. 

1) like wise 

2) as well 

3) further more 

4) too 

5) along

10. 

1) plausible 

2) unamusing 

3) miraculous 

4) normal 

5) conventional

Answers

1. 5

2. 1

3. 2

4. 4

5. 3

6. 2

7. 1

8. 1

9. 4

10. 3