English Questions: Cloze Test Set – 23

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The Planning commission is neither a constitutional nor statutory body, but over the years it has..(1)..tremendous power of distant planning which is..(2)..to a country as diverse and complex as India. Let us neither reinvent nor..(3)..such body. Let us, instead, make a clean break and replace it with a think tank which supports high quality..(4)..research to support policy making in India.
The fundamental reason for this is that basic research is like defence: a pure public good which the private sector can support only in..(5)..ways. The government, therefore, should provide the necessary support for this. The reason India needs such a think tank is that despite..(6)..federalism and overall liberalization, the government will..(7)..a dominant and critical player in the Indian economy over the next several decades. Though the most..(8)..function of the Planning Commission – planning and enforcement of the Five Years Plans – can be..(9)..to the States and other Ministers, policy making will remain integral to the functioning of the government at the Centre and State levels and must be supported by a think tank. Such an entity must be..(10)..with the central mission of evolving into a centre of excellence for policy research.

1. a) Collected
   b) Seized
   c) Accomplished
   d) Acquired
   e) Realized
   
   Answer

   d) Acquired
   
   
2. a) Interfering
   b) Unsuitable
   c) Desperate
   d) Clashing
   e) Contrary
   
   Answer

   b) Unsuitable
   
   
3. a) Devastate
   b) Reshuffle
   c) Disorient
   d) Restructure
   e) Revamp
   
   Answer

   d) Restructure
   
   
4. a) Separate
   b) Individual
   c) Restricted
   d) Sound
   e) Independent
   
   Answer

   e) Independent
   
   
5. a) Defined
   b) Different
   c) Limited
   d) Fixed
   e) No
   
   Answer

   c) Limited
   
   
6. a) Magnified
   b) Enhanced
   c) Embellished
   d) Adorned
   e) Aggrandized
   
   Answer

   b) Enhanced
   
   
7. a) Remain
   b) Hover
   c) Tarry
   d) Lodge
   e) Endure
   
   Answer

   a) Remain
   
   
8. a) Visible
   b) Discernible
   c) Revealed
   d) Patent
   e) Manifested
   
   Answer

   a) Visible
   
   
9. a) Vacillated
   b) Shuffled
   c) Displaced
   d) Shifted
   e) Given
   
   Answer

   d) Shifted
   
   
10. a) Secured
    b) Targeted
    c) Destroyed
    d) Concealed
    e) Established
    
    Answer

    e) Established