DIRECTIONS: (Q.Nos. 1-20) In each of the following passages, some of the words have been left out.  First read a passage over and try to understand what it is about.  Then, fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives.

CLOZE TEST

1. There _____1____ in the city of Ujjain a poor tailor 2 Ramphal.  As he was very poor, he 3 to live and work in one little room with his wife and 4 three small children.  The children fought 5 each other and made so much noise.

2. There 1 in the city of Ujjain a poor tailor _____2_____ Ramphal.  As he was very poor, he 3 to live and work in one little room with his wife and 4 three small children.  The children fought 5 each other and made so much noise.

3. There 1 in the city of Ujjain a poor tailor 2 Ramphal.  As he was very poor, he ____3____ to live and work in one little room with his wife and 4 three small children.  The children fought 5 each other and made so much noise.

4. There 1 in the city of Ujjain a poor tailor 2 Ramphal.  As he was very poor, he 3 to live and work in one little room with his wife and ____4____ three small children.  The children fought 5 each other and made so much noise.

5. There 1 in the city of Ujjain a poor tailor 2 Ramphal.  As he was very poor, he 3 to live and work in one little room with his wife and 4 three small children.  The children fought ____5____ each other and made so much noise.

6. The much awaited New Year is finally here.  While you maight have made _____6_____ to exercise daily, read 20 books before the year ends, splurge less on clothes or learn to 7 a musical instrument, but have you spared a thought about your 8 life?  In case, you are still figuring out what all you can do to climb up the corporate ladder in 2018, we have got you covered.

We have compiled a list of six small changes that can make a huge 9 in your help career.  Apart from increasing your daily productivity and managing the stress levels at workplace, these habits would also help you to 10 a better life balance.

7. The much awaited New Year is finally here.  While you maight have made 6 to exercise daily, read 20 books before the year ends, splurge less on clothes or learn to ____7____ a musical instrument, but have you spared a thought about your 8 life?  In case, you are still figuring out what all you can do to climb up the corporate ladder in 2018, we have got you covered.

We have compiled a list of six small changes that can make a huge 9 in your help career.  Apart from increasing your daily productivity and managing the stress levels at workplace, these habits would also help you to 10 a better life balance.

8. The much awaited New Year is finally here.  While you maight have made 6 to exercise daily, read 20 books before the year ends, splurge less on clothes or learn to 7 a musical instrument, but have you spared a thought about your _____8_____ life?  In case, you are still figuring out what all you can do to climb up the corporate ladder in 2018, we have got you covered.

We have compiled a list of six small changes that can make a huge 9 in your help career.  Apart from increasing your daily productivity and managing the stress levels at workplace, these habits would also help you to 10 a better life balance.

9. The much awaited New Year is finally here.  While you maight have made 6 to exercise daily, read 20 books before the year ends, splurge less on clothes or learn to 7 a musical instrument, but have you spared a thought about your 8 life?  In case, you are still figuring out what all you can do to climb up the corporate ladder in 2018, we have got you covered.

We have compiled a list of six small changes that can make a huge ____9____ in your help career.  Apart from increasing your daily productivity and managing the stress levels at workplace, these habits would also help you to 10 a better life balance.

10. The much awaited New Year is finally here.  While you maight have made 6 to exercise daily, read 20 books before the year ends, splurge less on clothes or learn to 7 a musical instrument, but have you spared a thought about your 8 life?  In case, you are still figuring out what all you can do to climb up the corporate ladder in 2018, we have got you covered.

We have compiled a list of six small changes that can make a huge 9 in your help career.  Apart from increasing your daily productivity and managing the stress levels at workplace, these habits would also help you to ____10____ a better life balance.

11. Scientists have developed an electronic circuit that _____11_____ the wiring of the human brain in some ways - an achievement that 12 revolutionalize computer science and 13 understanding of how nature's most powerful 14 works.  The 15 built on a 16 chip the size of finger nail, is 17 from the thinking machines of science-fiction : For one thing it cannot 18, the way the 19 can.  But researchres say it could 20 in better speech and object recognition by computers.

12. Scientists have developed an electronic circuit that 11 the wiring of the human brain in some ways - an achievement that ____12____ revolutionalize computer science and 13 understanding of how nature's most powerful 14 works.  The 15 built on a 16 chip the size of finger nail, is 17 from the thinking machines of science-fiction : For one thing it cannot 18, the way the 19 can.  But researchres say it could 20 in better speech and object recognition by computers.

13. Scientists have developed an electronic circuit that 11 the wiring of the human brain in some ways - an achievement that 12 revolutionalize computer science and _____13_____ understanding of how nature's most powerful 14 works.  The 15 built on a 16 chip the size of finger nail, is 17 from the thinking machines of science-fiction : For one thing it cannot 18, the way the 19 can.  But researchres say it could 20 in better speech and object recognition by computers.

14. Scientists have developed an electronic circuit that 11 the wiring of the human brain in some ways - an achievement that 12 revolutionalize computer science and 13 understanding of how nature's most powerful _____14_____ works.  The 15 built on a 16 chip the size of finger nail, is 17 from the thinking machines of science-fiction : For one thing it cannot 18, the way the 19 can.  But researchres say it could 20 in better speech and object recognition by computers.

15. Scientists have developed an electronic circuit that 11 the wiring of the human brain in some ways - an achievement that 12 revolutionalize computer science and 13 understanding of how nature's most powerful 14 works.  The _____15_____ built on a 16 chip the size of finger nail, is 17 from the thinking machines of science-fiction : For one thing it cannot 18, the way the 19 can.  But researchres say it could 20 in better speech and object recognition by computers.

16. Scientists have developed an electronic circuit that 11 the wiring of the human brain in some ways - an achievement that 12 revolutionalize computer science and 13 understanding of how nature's most powerful 14 works.  The 15 built on a _____16_____ chip the size of finger nail, is 17 from the thinking machines of science-fiction : For one thing it cannot 18, the way the 19 can.  But researchres say it could 20 in better speech and object recognition by computers.

17. Scientists have developed an electronic circuit that 11 the wiring of the human brain in some ways - an achievement that 12 revolutionalize computer science and 13 understanding of how nature's most powerful 14 works.  The 15 built on a 16 chip the size of finger nail, is _____17_____ from the thinking machines of science-fiction : For one thing it cannot 18, the way the 19 can.  But researchres say it could 20 in better speech and object recognition by computers.

18. Scientists have developed an electronic circuit that 11 the wiring of the human brain in some ways - an achievement that 12 revolutionalize computer science and 13 understanding of how nature's most powerful 14 works.  The 15 built on a 16 chip the size of finger nail, is 17 from the thinking machines of science-fiction : For one thing it cannot _____18_____, the way the 19 can.  But researchres say it could 20 in better speech and object recognition by computers.

19. Scientists have developed an electronic circuit that 11 the wiring of the human brain in some ways - an achievement that 12 revolutionalize computer science and 13 understanding of how nature's most powerful 14 works.  The 15 built on a 16 chip the size of finger nail, is 17 from the thinking machines of science-fiction : For one thing it cannot 18, the way the _____19_____ can.  But researchres say it could 20 in better speech and object recognition by computers.

20. Scientists have developed an electronic circuit that 11 the wiring of the human brain in some ways - an achievement that 12 revolutionalize computer science and 13 understanding of how nature's most powerful 14 works.  The 15 built on a 16 chip the size of finger nail, is 17 from the thinking machines of science-fiction : For one thing it cannot 18, the way the 19 can.  But researchres say it could _____20_____ in better speech and object recognition by computers.