IBPS and SBI Clerks Previous Questions – English Cloze Test for Practice

Here we are giving more practice questions / Previous Exam questions for IBPS / SBI Clerks English examination. The practice questions are related to English – Cloze Test. Answers are given at the end of the tests. You can see previous posts for more practice tests on English section.

Cloze Test 1:

Although John Wisdom’s writings in philosophy show clearly the influence of Wittgenstein, they nevertheless display a….(1)…originality. Despite the….(2)…. and difficult of his style, a careful study of Wisdom is seldom…(3)….. He is a unique kind of genius in philosophy. This essay is an excellent example of Wisdom’s repeated attempts to….(4)….the ultimate bases of philosophical perplexity. A great deal of time Wisdom is….(5)…interested in finding out why meta-physicians feel…(6)…to utter such strange sentences (e.g.”Time is unreal, “There are no material things”,etc). According to Wisdom, such sentences are both false and perhaps meaningless and yet….(7)….. Even more than Wittgenstein, Wisdom has stressed the “therapeutic”conception of philosophy, a view that comes out clearly in this essay where he emphasises the analogy between philosophical and neurotic distress….(8)….them with other kinds of problems. The reader who is interested in gaining a fuller ….(9)….with Wisdom’s thought is referred to his famous article, “Philosophy and Psycho-analysis”. “Other Minds” is Wisdom’s most….(10)….discussion of a single topic and in many ways his finest work.
(SBI EXAM 1999)

1. 1) marked 2) disguised 3) invisible 4) independent 5) invincible
2. 1) simplicity 2) complexity 3) simple 4) complex 5) easy
3. 1) profitable 2) unprofitable 3) rewarding 4) gainful 5) unexpected
4. 1) discuss 2) differentiate 3) erase 4) explore 5) expose
5. 1) little 2) less 3) personally 4) primarily 5) professionally
6. 1) compelled 2) confused 3) confined 4) confessed 5) confirmed
7. 1) ill-timed 2) implied 3) illuminating 4) fading 5) failing
8. 1) associating 2) alienating 3)separating 4) fixing 5) fastening
9. 1) acquaintance 2) association 3) assumption 4) admission 5) allocation
10. 1) professed 2) projected 3) prolonged 4) profited 5) profused

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Cloze Test 2:

Rich countries usually help poorer ones….(1)….African countries through donations and aid. Their….(2)….are not always successful as loans are….(3)….not used for the projects for which they are…(4)…. China, however, has found a different….(5)….to help Africa-by trading more with the….(6)…. In 2009 China’s trade with African countries was $90 billion – ….(7)….than the USA’s which was $86 billion…..(8)…. countries have now begun to notice the….(9)….available in Africa. China’s attitude has….(10)….the way the world deals with poor countries.
(IBPS CLERK EXAM 2011)

1. 1) belonging 2) similarly 3) compared 4) with 5) like
2. 1) efforts 2)practices 3)challenges 4) achievements 5)attempt
3. 1) given 2) approved 3) regular 4) often 5) being
4. 1) grant 2) sanctioned 3) took 4) hired 5) apply
5. 1) goal 2) fund 3) way 4) skill 5) dream
6. 1) countries 2) others 3) abroad 4) neighbours 5) poor
7. 1) further 2) extra 3) more 4) less 5) high
8. 1) recently 2) any 3) friendly 4) many 5) while
9. 1) differences 2) supply 3) quantity 4) people 5) opportunities
10. 1) substitute 2) changed 3) exchanged 4) transform 5) convert

Answers:

Cloze Test 1: 1-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-4, 5-4, 6-1, 7-3, 8-1,9-1, 10-3.

Cloze Test 2: 1-5, 2-1, 3-4, 4-2, 5-3, 6-1, 7-3, 8-4, 9-5, 10-2.

IBPS and SBI Clerks – English Cloze Test Practice Questions – Set 2

Following are practice questions on English useful for IBPS and SBI Clerks Recruitments. The content is related to English – Cloze Test Model.

Practice Test – 1:

…(1)…stringent anti-pollution laws,mass awareness levels in India about the need to… 2)….environment are low. Which is …(3)…many people insist that mere laws won’t do,what we…(4)….need are “environment conscious” citizens. It is in this contest that the university’s …(5)…. to introduce environment studies as a compulsory paper at the undergraduate level…(6)…..significance. There was some…(7)…initially about who would teach because financial…(8)….make it impossible for colleges to….(9)…..approval for new teaching posts.In fact, in August 1999,the UGC imposed a ban on the creation of new teaching posts in colleges. ….(10)….with this problem authorities at the universities have decided that serving teachers belonging to various discipline will teach the paper.

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1. 1) old 2) new 3) despite 4) unless 5) until
2. 1) protect 2) pine out 3) pin down 4) press for 5) phase out
3. 1) not 2) as 3) why 4) which 5) what
4. 1) don’t 2) never 3) actually 4) s eldom 5) often
5. 1) decision 2) uncertainty 3) helplessness 4) need 5) hope
6. 1) ends 2) assumes 3) appears 4) thins out 5) fades out
7. 1) certainty 2) confusion 3) correctness 4) compulsion 5) covering
8. 1) needs 2) wants 3) gains 4) losses 5) profits
9. 1) give 2) offer 3) lend 4) accept 5) receive
10. 1) faced 2) lost 3) sank 4) ignoring 5) answering

Practice Test — 2:

The world’s climate has always changed and species have evolved accordingly to survive it. The surprising fact about the…(1)…between evolution and global warming….(2)…that it is not
linear. …(3)….temperatures alone do not….(4)…evolution. Evolution is also the….(5)….of seasonal changes. As the environment….(6)….those species which don’t adapt….(7)….to exist..But the sheer…(8)….of man-made climate change today is….(9)…. Bad things are happening and by one….(10)…..global warming could threaten upto one-third of the world’s species if left unchecked. In fact,a lot of the species which will be able to survive are the ones we consider pests like insects and weeds.

1. 1) relationship 2) similarity 3) difference 4) link 5) connection
2. 1) was 2) is 3) are 4) were 5) being
3. 1) decreasing 2) declining 3) raising 4) falling 5) sliding
4. 1) trigger 2) hanger 3) slip 4) end 5) gun down
5. 1) fall 2) rise 3) result 4) insult 5) assault
6. 1) evolves 2) entraps 3) changes 4) transfers 5) retains
7. 1) cease 2) seize 3) sneeze 4) seal 5) steal
8. 1) race 2) trace 3) pace 4) space 5) lace
9. 1) unprecedented 2) unprepared 3) unprocessed 4) unpredicted 5) unparalleled
10. 1) foresee 2) forecast 3) foreplay 4) forlorn 5) forewarn

Answers:

Practice Test 1: 1-3, 2-1, 3-3, 4-3, 5-1, 6-2, 7-2, 8-4, 9-5,10-1.
Practice Test 2: 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-1, 5-3, 6-3, 7-1, 8-3, 9-1, 10-2.

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