Cloze Test part-11

Total Questions: 50

1. Many fruits and vegetables change colour as they ripen. For example, tomatoes, strawberries, and red bell peppers all change from green to red. Colour is just one way along with size, texture, and smell that you can tell if a fruit or vegetable is ready to be harvested or eaten. Imagine a factory that packs strawberries into plastic containers to be ________ to grocery stores across the country. It might be useful to have a machine that automatically rejects any green strawberries that were picked before they were ripe. Or, you might want a machine on the farm that automatically recognizes strawberries by colour and only picks the red ones to begin with. [SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) managed of
(b) shipped off
(c) suited to
(d) accounted to

Correct Answer: (b) shipped off

Solution:'Shipped off' means to send something away from somewhere. The given passage talks about a factory that packs strawberries into plastic containers to be shipped off to grocery stores across the country. Hence, 'shipped off' is the most appropriate answer.

2. Many fruits and vegetables change colour as they ripen. For example, tomatoes, strawberries, and red bell peppers all change from green to red. Colour is just one way along with size, texture, and smell that you can tell if a fruit or vegetable is ready to be harvested or eaten. Imagine a factory that packs strawberries into plastic containers to be shipped off to grocery stores across the country. It might be useful to have a machine that automatically ________ any green strawberries that were picked before they were ripe. Or, you might want a machine on the farm that automatically recognizes strawberries by colour and only picks the red ones to begin with. [SSC CHSL 09/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) sustains
(b) detains
(c) proceeds
(d) rejects

Correct Answer: (d) rejects

Solution:'Reject' means to refuse to accept somebody/something. The given passage states that it might be useful to have a machine that automatically rejects any green strawberries that were picked before they were ripe. Hence, 'rejects' is the most appropriate answer.

3. Fresh pineapple, chilled watermelon, and an icy cold soft drink on a hot summer's day. What do these things have in _________ ? They all taste so good because of the sweetness the sugar in them provides. When you think of sugar, you probably picture the white rubbles you put in cookies, that your parents put in their coffee, or that you sprinkle on your cereal. Actually, this is just one kind of sugar, called sucrose, which is excavated from sugar cane or sugar beets. Technically, sugar is a carbohydrate that occurs mentally in every fruit and vegetable. [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) tandem
(b) common
(c) collision
(d) balance

Correct Answer: (b) common

Solution:'Common' means happening or found often or in many places. The given passage talks about the common things. Hence, 'common' is the most appropriate answer.

4. Fresh pineapple, chilled watermelon, and an icy cold soft drink on a hot summer's day. What do these things have in common ? They all taste so good because of the sweetness the sugar in them provides. When you think of sugar, you probably picture the white _________ you put in cookies, that your parents put in their coffee, or that you sprinkle on your cereal. Actually, this is just one kind of sugar, called sucrose, which is excavated from sugar cane or sugar beets. Technically, sugar is a carbohydrate that occurs mentally in every fruit and vegetable. [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) rubbles
(b) capsules
(c) stones
(d) granules

Correct Answer: (d) granules

Solution:'Granules' means a small hard piece of something. The given passage when you think of sugar, you probably picture the white granules. Hence, 'granules' is the most appropriate answer.

5. Fresh pineapple, chilled watermelon, and an icy cold soft drink on a hot summer's day. What do these things have in common ? They all taste so good because of the sweetness the sugar in them provides. When you think of sugar, you probably picture the white rubbles you put in cookies, that your parents put in their coffee, or that you ________ on your cereal. Actually, this is just one kind of sugar, called sucrose, which is excavated from sugar cane or sugar beets. Technically, sugar is a carbohydrate that occurs mentally in every fruit and vegetable. [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) raise
(b) sprinkle
(c) send
(d) place

Correct Answer: (b) sprinkle

Solution:Sprinkle' means to throw drops of liquid or small pieces of something over a surface. The given passage states that you sprinkle on your cereal. Hence, 'sprinkle' is the most appropriate answer.

6. Fresh pineapple, chilled watermelon, and an icy cold soft drink on a hot summer's day. What do these things have in common ? They all taste so good because of the sweetness the sugar in them provides. When you think of sugar, you probably picture the white rubbles you put in cookies, that your parents put in their coffee, or that you sprinkle on your cereal. Actually, this is just one kind of sugar, called sucrose, which is _________ from sugar cane or sugar beets. Technically, sugar is a carbohydrate that occurs mentally in every fruit and vegetable. [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) extracted
(b) rugged
(c) shelved
(d) excavated

Correct Answer: (a) extracted

Solution:Extract' means to take something out, especially with difficulty. The given passage talks about sucrose, which is extracted from sugar cane or sugar beets. Hence, 'extracted' is the most appropriate answer.

7. Fresh pineapple, chilled watermelon, and an icy cold soft drink on a hot summer's day. What do these things have in common ? They all taste so good because of the sweetness the sugar in them provides. When you think of sugar, you probably picture the white rubbles you put in cookies, that your parents put in their coffee, or that you sprinkle on your cereal. Actually, this is just one kind of sugar, called sucrose, which is excavated from sugar cane or sugar beets. Technically, sugar is a carbohydrate that occurs __________ in every fruit and vegetable. [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

(a) fortunately
(b) mentally
(c) happily
(d) naturally

Correct Answer: (d) naturally

Solution:'Naturally' means in a natural way, not forced or made artificially. The given passage states that sugar is a carbohydrate that occurs naturally in every fruit and vegetable. Hence, 'naturally' is the most appropriate answer.

8. Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous ________ that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Few species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side over side, and most have only one functional lung. [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) birds
(b) reptiles
(c) mammals
(d) amphibians

Correct Answer: (b) reptiles

Solution:'Reptile' is an animal that has cold blood and a skin covered in scale. The given passage states that Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles. Hence, 'reptiles' is the most appropriate answer.

9. Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous birds that can be distinguished from legless lizards by ________ lack of eyelids and external ears. Few species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side over side, and most have only one functional lung. [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) those
(b) them
(c) their
(d) there

Correct Answer: (c) their

Solution:'Their' means of or belonging to them. The given passage states that they can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Hence, 'their is the most appropriate answer.

10. Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous birds that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. ________ species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side over side, and most have only one functional lung. [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

(a) Lots
(c) Few
(b) Many
(d) Much

Correct Answer: (b) Many

Solution:'Many' means a large number of people or things. The given passage talks about many species of snakes. Hence, 'many' is the most appropriate answer.

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