Cloze Test (CDS-Solved Paper)

Total Questions: 50

11. (Q. Nos. 11-19) 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)]

(Passage-2)

Ecology, in a very simple term, is a science that __(11)__ the interdependent mutually reactive and interconnected relationships __(12)__ the organisms and __(13)__ physical environment on the one hand and among the organisms on the other hand. __(14) __ the term 'ecology' was first coined and used by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel in 1869, a few conceptual terms___(15)__already proposed to reveal relationships __(16)__ organisms and their environment. For example, French zoologist I.G. Hilaire used the term 'ethology'__(17)__ the study of the relations of__(18) ___ organisms within the family and society in the aggregate and in the community. British naturalist St. George Jackson Mivart proposed the term 'hexicology' with regard to the study of the relations___(19) ___ living creatures to other organisms and their environment as regards the nature of the locality they frequent, the temperatures and the___(20) ___ of light which suit them, and their relations to other organisms as enemies, rivals, or accidental and involuntary benefactors.
the interdependent, mutually reactive interconnected relationships ………

Correct Answer: (b) between
Solution:

Here, Preposition ‘between’ will be used to fill the given blank. ‘Between’ is used with two persons or things or group of things.

12. the organisms and ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) their
Solution:

Here, the suitable word is ‘their’ to indicate the physical environment of the organisms.

13. physical environment on the one hand and among the organisms on the other hand. ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (c) Though
Solution:

Conjunction ‘though’ is the appropriate choice to fill the given blank as the rest of the sentence appear to contradict.

14. the term ‘ecology’ was first coined and used by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel in 1869, a few conceptual terms ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (b) were
Solution:

The given sentence is in Past Tense, so Past form ‘were’ will be used to fill the given blank.

15. already proposed to reveal relationships ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (d) between
Solution:

To fill the given blank, preposition ‘between’ is the suitable choice. ‘Between’ is used with two persons or things or group

16. organisms and their environment. For example, French zoologist LG Hilaire used the term ‘ethology’ ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) for
Solution:

Here, preposition ‘for’ is the correct choice to fill the given blank. ‘For’ is used to show the purpose of something.

17. the study of the relations of ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) the
Solution:

Here, article ‘the’ should be used to make definite or specific reference that has been already referred to.

18. organisms within the family and society in the aggregate and in the community. British naturalist St. George Jackson Mivart proposed the term ‘hexicology’ with regard to the study of the relations ………… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (b) of
Solution:

In the given blank preposition ‘of’ is the suitable choice. Preposition ‘of’ is used to show the possession.

19. living creatures to other organisms and their environment as regards the nature of the locality they frequency, the temperature and the ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) amount
Solution:

With the word ‘light’, option (a) ‘amount’ is the suitable choice in the given context.

20. (Q. Nos. 20-30) Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four words or group 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)]

The question whether war is ever justified, and if so under what circumstances, is one which has been forcing itself ___the attention of all thoughtful men. On this question I find myself in the somewhat __position of holding that no single one of the combatants is justified in the present war, while not taking the extreme Tolstoyan view that war is under all circumstances a __. Opinions on such a object as war are the outcome of __rather than of thought: given a man's emotional temperament, his convictions, __on war in general, and on any particular war which may occur during his lifetime, can be __with tolerable certainty. The arguments used will be mere reinforcements to convictions otherwise reached. The fundamental facts in this as in all ethical __are feelings; all that thought can do is to clarify and systematize the expression of those feelings, and it is such clarifying and systematizing of my own feelings that I wish to __in the present article. In fact, the question of rights and wrongs of a particular war is generally __from a juridical or quasi-juridical ___.

The question whether war is ever justified, and if so under what circumstances, is one which has been forcing itself ……….

Correct Answer: (a) upon
Solution:

With the word ‘itself’, preposition ‘upon’ is the suitable choice.