Cloze Test for SBI PO Prelims: 12th June 2018

Cloze Test for SBI PO Prelims (Week-05)

Directions (1-15): In the passage given below there are blanks which are to be filled with the options given below. Find out the appropriate word in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement. 

The Indian media has never been a (1)……….. For every (2)………… news outlet, there has been a (3)……….. sensationalist tabloid as a (4)………. But the sensationalists were kept under (5)………..; there was some form of a social (6)……….. There was an (7)………. firewall that (8)……….. these two universes. However, in the last five to six years, this firewall seems to have lost its (9)………. disinformation is (10)……….. into credible sections of the media because the (11)………… of disinformation happens to be our own leaders. This poses a (12)………. question about the nature of reporting. (13)………. reporting means reporting what was said. But if statements themselves are wrong, do reporters (14)………. about them or not? Wouldn’t not reporting (15)………. to censorship?

Q1. 
(a) enormous
(b) monolith
(c) burden
(d) mammoth
(e) bug bear

Q2. 
(a) controversial
(b) imaginary
(c) bogus
(d) credulous
(e) credible

Q3. 
(a) alternate
(b) similarity
(c) emulated
(d) corresponding
(e) opposite

Q4.
(a) contrary
(b) counterstroke
(c) counterpoint
(d) conundrum
(e) enigma

Q5. 
(a) control
(b) attention
(c) prevention
(d) pressure
(e) compulsion

Q6. 
(a) compel
(b) refrain
(c) leash
(d) abstain
(e) fasten

Q7. 
(a) visible
(b) invisible
(c) palpable
(d) tangible
(e) restricted

Q8. 
(a) annex
(b) kept away
(c) apart
(d) separated
(e) combine

Q9. 
(a) right
(b) charge
(c) capacity
(d) caliber
(e) power

Q10. 
(a) venting
(b) flowing
(c) seeping
(d) penetrate
(e) falling

Q11. 
(a) resource
(b) source
(c) area
(d) section
(e) way

Q12. 
(a) difficult
(b) chaotic
(c) roaring
(d) complexity
(e) conundrum

Q13.
(a) Bogus
(b) Bona fide
(c) Truthful
(d) Faithful
(e) Counterfeit

Q14.  
(a) display
(b) paint
(c) print
(d) encrypt
(e) write

Q15. 
(a) quantify
(b) amount
(c) qualify
(d) accumulate
(e) collect

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