Cloze Test (CDS-Solved Paper)

Total Questions: 50

31. The laureates harnessed evolution and used it in the ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (d) laboratory
Solution:

Experiments are done is the laboratory to get amazing results. So, option (d) ‘laboratory’ is the suitable choice in the given context.

32. with amazing results. Frances H Arnold, an American who was given one-half of the prize, used ‘directed’ to ……… [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (b) synthesize
Solution:

The word ‘synthesize’ means ‘to produce a substance by combining other substances chemically’. Hence, it is best suited for the given blank in the given context.

33. variants of naturally occurring enzymes that could be used to ……… . [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (c) manufacture
Solution:

‘Biofuels and pharmaceuticals’ are manufactured with the help of naturally occurring enzymes. So, option (c) ‘manufacture’ is the suitable choice in the given context.

34. biofuels and pharmaceuticals. The other half went to George P Smith, also of the US and Sir Gregory P Winter, from the UK, who evolved antibodies to ………… autoimmune diseases and even metastatic cancer through a process called phage display. [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (a) combat
Solution:

In context of autoimmune diseases, ‘combat’ is the correct word to fill the given blank as it means ‘to take action to reduce or prevent something bad or undesirable’.

35. (Q. Nos. 35-49) 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. [Evening Shift-2018 (II)]

This cultural form ………

Correct Answer: (a) originating
Solution:

As whole passage is in Present Tense, use of ‘originating’ is correct which means ‘having a specified beginning’

36. from Japan has a name which means ‘whimsical or impromptu pictures’. It ……… [Evening Shift-2018 (II)]

Correct Answer: (b) has been
Solution:

The usage of ‘since’ indicates that the given sentence is in Present Perfect Continuous Tense. So, option (b) ‘has been’ is the suitable choice to fill the given blank.

37. in existence since the 12th century when the first ……… [Evening Shift-2018 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) instance
Solution:

With the word ‘First’, option (a) ‘instance’ is the correct choice to fill the given blank. ‘Instance’ means ‘an example or single occurrence of something.’

38. for this art form was seen. Since the language itself is read from right to left, the books with ………. [Evening Shift-2018 (II)]

Correct Answer: (b) this
Solution:

Here, demonstrative pronoun ‘this’ will be used as it is used to point out the singular objects, here ‘art form’.

39. art form follow the same pattern ……… [Evening Shift-2018 (II)]

Correct Answer: (d) Initially
Solution:

According to the given context, ‘initially’ is the appropriate word for the given blank as it means ‘at first or at the beginning’.

40. when English translations were made, they flipped the pictures and published it. This ……… [Evening Shift-2018 (II)]

Correct Answer: (d) enraged
Solution:

The usage of ‘did’ show that the given sentence is in Past Tense, so past form ‘enraged’ is the correct choice in the given context. ‘Enraged’ means ‘to make very angry’.