Cloze Test (CDS-Solved Paper)

Total Questions: 50

1. (Q. Nos. 1-9) Each of the following passage in this section has some blank spaces with four words or groups of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly. [Morning Shift-2014 (I)]

(Passage-1)

The founders of the Indian Republic (1) __ the farsightedness and the courage to commit (2) __ to two major innovations of historical significance in nation-building and social engineering: first, to (3) __ a democratic and civil (4) __ society among illiterate people and, second, to undertake development (5) ___ democratic political structure. Hitherto, in all economic societies in which an economic takeoff or an early industrial and agricultural (6) ___ had occurred, effective democracy, especially from the working people, had been extremely limited. On the other hand, (7) __ the beginning, India was committed to (8) __ democratic and civil libertarian political order and a representative system of government (9) ___ on free and fair elections to be conducted on the basis of universal adult franchise.
The founders of the Indian Republic ………1

Correct Answer: (a) had
Solution:

Here, in the given blank, ‘had’ is an appropriate choice as the given sentence is in Past Tense.

2. the farsightedness and the courage to commit ……… . [Morning Shift-2014 (I)]

Correct Answer: (b) themselves
Solution:

Here, reflexive pronoun ‘themselves’ will be used as it is used for plural noun ‘founders’.

3. to two major innovations of historical significance in nation-building and social engineering : first, to ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) build
Solution:

With ‘to’, base form of verb is used. So, option (a) ‘build’ (V₁) is the correct choice for the given blank.

4. a democratic and civil …… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) libertarian
Solution:

Here, ‘Libertarian’ is the correct word according to the given context as ‘Libertarian’ means ‘a person or society who believes in free will’.

5. society among illiterate people and, second, to undertake economic development ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (b) within a
Solution:

In the given blank option (b) ‘within a’ is the correct choice as the word ‘within’ is used to indicate enclosure or containment.

6. a democratic political structure, Hitherto, in all societies in which an economic takeoff or an early industrial and agricultural ………… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) breakthrough
Solution:

‘Break through’ means ‘an important development or achievement’ and it is best suited for the given blank.

7. had occurred, effective democracy, especially from the working people, had been extremely limited. On the other hand, ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (b) from
Solution:

In the given blank, preposition ‘from’ will be used. ‘From’ is used to show the starting point of an action.

8. the beginning, India was committed to ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (c) a
Solution:

Article ‘a’ should be used before the word which starts with a consonant sound (democratic).

9. democratic and civil libertarian political order and a representative system of government ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (c) based
Solution:

The suitable word for the given blank in ‘based’. ‘Based on something’ means ‘to use particular ideas or facts to make a decision’.

10. (Q. Nos. 10-19) Each of the following passage in this section has some blank spaces with four words or groups of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly. [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Ecology, in a very simple term, is a science that ……… 10

Correct Answer: (a) studies
Solution:

Here, the general fact is given so Present Indefinite Tense will be used. Hence, option (a) ‘studies’ is the correct choice.