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English Questions: Cloze Test Set – 57

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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation in Affairs Cloud.com. Here we are creating question sample in Cloze test, which is BASED ON IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other competitive exams !!!

When the autonomy of India’s finest institutes of higher education seems to be under..(1).., it’s time to be afraid for the future of education in the country. This week the human resource development (HRD) ministry once again..(2)..in the affairs of IIT Delhi by asking it to..(3)..its decision to cancel the admission of a PhD student, who had submitted incorrect information regarding her work experience. Though the institute’s senate rejected the..(4)..,the incident has brought the issue of the ministry’s repeated attempts to undermine the autonomy of IITs – the lynchpin on which their..(5)..rests – back into focus.
In December last year IIT Delhi director R K Shevgaonkar..(6)..his post following differences with the HRD ministry. Earlier this year nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar too resigned as the chairman of the board of governors of IIT Bombay, citing..(7)..from the HRD ministry. The latter has not stopped short of..(8)..even in petty matters. For..(9)..,HRD minister Smriti Irani issued a directive to IITs and IIMs last year, asking them to..(10)..vegetarian and non-vegetarian students in their dining halls.

  1. 1) fear
    2) threat
    3) decide
    4) resolve
    5) determine
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : threat

  2. 1) swerve
    2) sidestep
    3) meddled
    4) dodge
    5) ignore
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation : meddled

  3. 1) slight
    2) inattention
    3) review
    4) neglect
    5) disdain
    Answer – 3)
    Explanation :review

  4. 1) directive
    2) disclosure
    3) guff
    4) comment
    5) prescription
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : directive

  5. 1) deficiency
    2) mediocrity
    3) inferiority
    4) excellence
    5) imperfection
    Answer – 4)
    Explanation : excellence

  6. 1) resigned
    2) intolerant
    3) narrow
    4) irate
    5) obdurate
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : resigned

  7. 1) interference
    2) assistance
    3) support
    4) exertion
    5) butt
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : interference

  8. 1) hurdle
    2) fencing
    3) barrier
    4) continual
    5) intervening
    Answer – 5)
    Explanation : intervening

  9. 1) hide
    2) instance
    3) obscure
    4) eclipse
    5) cloak
    Answer – 2)
    Explanation : instance

  10. 1) segregate
    2) desegregate
    3) assemble
    4) corral
    5) confine
    Answer – 1)
    Explanation : segregate





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