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Cloze Test part-17

📆 November 26, 2024

Total Questions: 41

11. In 1938, the famous actor, Orson Welles, terrified New York. His radio play about an invasion of the city by Martians sounded totally real. It sounded so real that many people believed that it was an actual news report. Thousands of people panicked and there was chaos and disorder in the streets of the city for several hours. Today, however, we know that there aren’t any “little green men” on the planet nearest Earth. There was going to be a Martian invasion – only this time it was going to be in the ________  direction. [SSC CHSL 16/04/2021 (afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) opposite
Solution:Opposite means in a position facing someone but on the other side. The given passage states that if there was going to be a Martian invasion this time it was going to be in the direction on the other side. Hence, 'opposite' is the most appropriate answer.

12. The short story in literature is usually concerned with a single effect conveyed in only one or _________ few significant episodes or scenes. The form encourages economy of setting, long narrative, and the omission of a complex plot; character is disclosed in action and a dramatic encounter but is seldom fully developed. Despite its relatively limited scope, though, a short story is often judged by its ability to provide a ‘complete’ or satisfying treatment of its characters and subject. [SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) a
Solution:'A few' means a small number of things. The given sentence is about a small number of episodes or scenes. So, option (c) is the correct answer.

13. The short story in literature is usually concerned with a single effect conveyed in only one or a few significant episodes or scenes. The _______ encourages economy of setting, long narrative, and the omission of a complex plot; character is disclosed in action and a dramatic encounter but is seldom fully developed. Despite its relatively limited scope, though, a short story is often judged by its ability to provide a ‘complete’ or satisfying treatment of its characters and subject. [SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) form
Solution:Practice - action rather than ideas or thought.

Procedure - the usual or correct way for doing something.

According to the context of the sentence, form is the correct answer.

14. The short story in literature is usually concerned with a single effect conveyed in only one or a few significant episodes or scenes. The form encourages economy of setting, _________  narrative, and the omission of a complex plot; character is disclosed in action and a dramatic encounter but is seldom fully developed. Despite its relatively limited scope, though, a short story is often judged by its ability to provide a ‘complete’ or satisfying treatment of its characters and subject. [SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) long
Solution:Curt - short and not polite

Concise - giving a lot of information in a few words; brief

Lengthy - very long

Concise narrative means the description of events in a story in very brief. So, option (b) is the most logical answer.

15. The short story in literature is usually concerned with a single effect conveyed in only one or a few significant episodes or scenes. The form encourages economy of setting, long narrative, and the omission of a _________  plot; character is disclosed in action and a dramatic encounter but is seldom fully developed. Despite its relatively limited scope, though, a short story is often judged by its ability to provide a ‘complete’ or satisfying treatment of its characters and subject. [SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) complex
Solution:Slight - very small; not important or serious

Fused - joined or blended to form a single entity.

Complex - not easy to analyze or understand; complicated or intricate.

Compound - a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.

According to the context of the sentence - For the omission of a complex plot, a concise narrative is used. So, option (c) is the most logical answer.

16. The short story in literature is usually concerned with a single effect conveyed in only one or a few significant episodes or scenes. The form encourages economy of setting, long narrative, and the omission of a complex plot; character is disclosed in action and a ________  encounter but is seldom fully developed. Despite its relatively limited scope, though, a short story is often judged by its ability to provide a ‘complete’ or satisfying treatment of its characters and subject. [SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) dramatic
Solution:Dramatic - noticeable or sudden and often surprising Balanced - keeping or showing a balance; in good proportions.

Melodious - pleasant-sounding. Harmonious - friendly, peaceful and without disagreement According to the context of the sentence, option (d) is the correct answer.

17. What are the future possibilities for space travel in the long term? _________ will humans go after they have explored our solar system? It is said that ‘Star Trek’ could hold the answer to these questions. It is predicted that travel to other galaxies will only be possible in huge ‘starships’. These will wander through space for hundreds or even thousands of years. Each of them will carry a large human population. Some of those people will take over a suitable new planet and settle down there. This search for new planets to settle in will continue until life on planet Earth could be just a distant  memory. [SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) Where
Solution:Where will be the most suitable answer because in the further passage the author talks about star treking on different planets or galaxies in the future when humans will explore our solar system.

18. What are the future possibilities for space travel in the long term? Where will humans go after they have explored our solar system? It is said that ‘Star Trek’ could hold the _______ to these questions. It is predicted that travel to other galaxies will only be possible in huge ‘starships’. These will wander through space for hundreds or even thousands of years. Each of them will carry a large human population. Some of those people will take over a suitable new planet and settle down there. This search for new planets to settle in will continue until life on planet Earth could be just a distant  memory. [SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) answer
Solution:Here 'answer' will be the most appropriate answer because in the further sentence the author is talking about some questions.

19. What are the future possibilities for space travel in the long term? Where will humans go after they have explored our solar system? It is said that ‘Star Trek’ could hold the answer to these questions. It is predicted that travel to other galaxies will only be _________  in huge ‘starships’. These will wander through space for hundreds or even thousands of years. Each of them will carry a large human population. Some of those people will take over a suitable new planet and settle down there. This search for new planets to settle in will continue until life on planet Earth could be just a distant  memory. [SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) possible
Solution:Here the author is talking about the future possibilities of travelling to other galaxies and that will be only possible in a huge starship.

20. What are the future possibilities for space travel in the long term? Where will humans go after they have explored our solar system? It is said that ‘Star Trek’ could hold the answer to these questions. It is predicted that travel to other galaxies will only be possible in huge ‘starships’. These will wander through space for hundreds or even thousands of years. Each of them will carry a large human _________ . Some of those people will take over a suitable new planet and settle down there. This search for new planets to settle in will continue until life on planet Earth could be just a distant  memory. [SSC CHSL 11/08/2021 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) population
Solution:Population - a group of people. Instinct the way people or animals naturally react or behave,

without having to think or learn about it. Colony a group of people of one nationality or race living in a foreign place.

Proportion a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.

Here the author is talking about a group of people without separating it on any basis like race, country, color. etc. So, the word 'Population' will be the most logical answer.

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