Cloze Test

JKSSB Junior Engineer (Mechanical) · English · 76 practice questions with answers and explanations: 41 Easy, 35 Medium, 0 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Passage: Water is the most precious resource on earth. Yet, many people (1) ___ it as if it will never run out. In several regions, rivers are drying up (2) ___ of overuse and pollution. If we do not (3) ___ care, future generations may face a severe shortage. It is (4) ___ that every citizen learns to save water. Choose the word for blank (1).

  1. use
  2. uses
  3. using
  4. used
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Answer: A. The plural subject 'many people' takes 'use'.

Sample Easy question 2

Passage: Water is the most precious resource on earth. Yet, many people (1) ___ it as if it will never run out. In several regions, rivers are drying up (2) ___ of overuse and pollution. If we do not (3) ___ care, future generations may face a severe shortage. It is (4) ___ that every citizen learns to save water. Choose the word for blank (2).

  1. despite
  2. instead
  3. because
  4. apart
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Answer: C. 'Because of' introduces the cause.

Sample Easy question 3

Passage: Water is the most precious resource on earth. Yet, many people (1) ___ it as if it will never run out. In several regions, rivers are drying up (2) ___ of overuse and pollution. If we do not (3) ___ care, future generations may face a severe shortage. It is (4) ___ that every citizen learns to save water. Choose the word for blank (3).

  1. taking
  2. took
  3. take
  4. takes
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Answer: C. After 'do not', the base form is used: 'take care'.

Sample Medium question 4

Fill in the blank: "Had I known about the meeting, I ___ attended it."

  1. would have
  2. will have
  3. would
  4. had
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Answer: A. This is a third conditional sentence, requiring 'would have + past participle'.

Sample Medium question 5

Fill in the blank: "By the time we arrived, the movie ___ already started."

  1. has
  2. had
  3. was
  4. have
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Answer: B. An action completed before another past action uses the past perfect: 'had started'.

Sample Medium question 6

Fill in the blank: "If it rains tomorrow, we ___ the match."

  1. will postpone
  2. postponed
  3. would postpone
  4. postpone
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Answer: A. First conditional sentences use 'will + base verb' in the main clause.

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