Target SBI PO Mains : English Day 3 :

Cloze Test

Directions (11-20): Fill in the blanks choosing the word that is most appropriate in the context of the passage.

The legislation and the structure of complaints redress that it ___11____ should provide some relief to thousands of families that __12___discrimination in admitting children to school, an infected individual getting a job, or treatment in hospital,. Unlike many other diseases, however, HIV/AIDS has received global attention and funding, thus building up pressure on governments to come ___13___ supportive policies. Communities will now have the opportunity to ensure that ___14__ strongest element of the prospective law, assuring confidentiality of HIV status, is enforced. A ___15___could invite imprisonment and a fine. Yet the proposals approved by the Cabinet fail ___16___ one important count: the insurance industry is allowed to use actuarial calculations to limit access to products to people with HIV. The centre’s initiative is palpably weak, since ___17___ universal system would not discriminate against people with any form of illness, and would fully ___18___the goal of health and welfare for all. National AIDS Control Organisation data for 2015 indicate that while there is ___19____ overall decline in HIV prevalence among visitors to ____20____clinics, there was a rise in nine states. The government must get down to business and close such gaps.

1.

(a) Projects

(b) Initiates

(c) Proposes

(d) Covers

(e) Modifies

2.

(a) Face

(b) Meet

(c) File

(d) Provide

(e) Indulge

3.

(a) Against

(b) Up with

(c) Over

(d) Out

(e) Its

4.

(a) An

(b) Most

(c) A

(d) More

(e) The

5.

(a) Answer

(b) Break

(c) Manipulation

(d) Breach

(e) Failure

6.

(a) Over

(b) Out

(c) Upon

(d) On

(e) Its

7.

(a) A

(b) An

(c) The

(d) Simple

(e) Sample

8.

(a) Fulfil

(b) Embrace

(c) Complete

(d) Spoil

(e) Avoid

9.

(a) A

(b) Complete

(c) An

(d) Partial

(e) Simple

10.

(a) Poly

(b) Appropriate

(c) Nearly

(d) Pre- natal

(e) Antenatal