Cloze Test For SBI PO Set : 25
Cloze Test For SBI PO Set : 25
Fill up the blanks in the passage given be most appropriate word from the options given for each blanks:
Today, it is (1) recognized that the 21st century will be driven by knowledge. To (2) the challenges of this century, India needs to usher in a knowledge revolution that (3) to bring about systemic changes in education. While our economy has made significant strides, the education system has not kept (4) with the aspirations of the youth. The vast disparity in the country today is a result of skewed (5) to knowledge. The address this we need a substantial expansion in educational opportunities, with a special (6) on inclusion of the under-privileged.At the bottom of the pyramid, steps must be taken to (7) access to equality education. While the government has taken steps to ensure education to all, where it lacks in its efforts is the equality perspective. Being a spirally upward drive, education can not be (8) to improve at the higher level lest it improves at the very grass root level. The top of the pyramid, i.e., higher education is also uneven. Students struggle to compete in the exams which (9) a sound knowledge of English. While candidates are expected to travel several kilometers to reach school to obtain any education, the higher education organization often (10) candidates from vernacular media through State sponsored exams and proudly affirm them as ‘unbiased’.
1. (a) thickly
(b) widely
(c) ample
(d) partly
(e) considered
2. (a) adhere to
(b) gather
(c) cover
(d) contact
(e) meet
3. (a) sought
(b) wanted
(c) seeks
(d) attempt
(e) determined
4. (a) adequate
(b) sufficient
(c) influence
(d) pace
(e) ahead
5. (a) access
(b) approaching
(c) rights
(d) infiltration
(e) excess
6. (a) aspiration
(b) intensity
(c) important
(d) place
(e) emphasis
7. (a) enjoy
(b) help
(c) provide
(d) diminish
(e) deepen
8. (a) awaited
(b) judged
(c) thought
(d) expected
(e) said
9. (a) demand
(b) has
(c) consume
(d) expects
(e) wants
10. (a) discourages
(b) disobey
(c) contest
(d) assume
(e) reject
