Cloze Test (CDS-Solved Paper)

Total Questions: 50

21. the attention of all thoughtful men. On this question I find myself in the somewhat ……… . [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (b) painful
Solution:

In the given context, ‘painful’ is the appropriate word to fill the given blank.

22. position of holding that no single one of the combatants is justified in taking the extreme Tolstoyan view that war is under all circumstances a ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (d) crime
Solution:

With respect to the word ‘war’, option (d) ‘crime’ is the appropriate choice.

23. Opinions on such a subject as war are the outcome of ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (a) feeling
Solution:

‘Feeling’ is the appropriate word to fill the given blank according to given context. ‘Feeling’ is an emotional state or reaction.

24. rather than of thought : given a man’s emotional. temperament, his convictions, ………… [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (c) both
Solution:

Here, conjunction ‘both’ will be used to fill the given blank as ‘both …… and’ is a conjunction pair used to join one statement or fact to another.

25. on war in general and on any particular war which may occur during his lifetime, can be ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (c) suggested
Solution:

Here, ‘suggested’ is the appropriate word to fill the given blank as it means ‘put-forward for consideration’.

26. reinforcements to convictions otherwise reached. The fundamental facts in this as in all ethical ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (a) questions
Solution:

With the word ‘ethical’, option (a) ‘questions’ is the suitable choice. ‘Ethical questions’ are those questions that involve consideration of conflicting moral choices and dilemmas, with several alternative solutions.

27. are feelings; all that thought can do is to clarify and systematise the expression of those feelings and it is such clarifying and systematising of my own feelings that I wish to ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (c) attempt
Solution:

In the given context, option (a) ‘considered’ is the appropriate choice.

28. in the present article. In fact, the question of rights and wrongs of a particular war is generally ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (a) considered
Solution:

In the given context, ‘considered’ is the appropriate word to fill the given blank. ‘Considered’ means ‘having been thought about carefully’.

29. from a juridical or quasi-juridical ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (d) standpoint
Solution:

With the word ‘juridical or quasi-juridical’ option (d) ‘stand point’ is the appropriate choice. The word ‘stand point’ means ‘a set of beliefs and ideas from which opinions and decisions are formed’.

30. (Q. Nos. 30-34) 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 (I)]

The Nobel Prize for Chemistry this year is a tribute to the power of (1) _______The laureates harnessed evolution and used it in the (2) ______with amazing results. Frances H. Arnold, an American was given one-half of the prize, used 'directed evolution' to (3) _______variants of naturally occurring enzymes that could be used to (4)______biofuels and pharmaceuticals. The other half went to George P.Smith, also of the U.S., and Sir Gregory P. Winter, from the U.K., who evolved antibodies to (5) ______ autoimmune diseases and even metastatic cancer through a process called phage display.

The Nobel Prize for Chemistry this year is a tribute to the power of ……...

Correct Answer: (a) evolution.
Solution:

The whole passage is about evolution and its scientific usage. So, option (a) ‘evolution’ is the correct word to fill the given blank.‘Evolution’ is the gradual development of something over a period of time.