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New Pattern Cloze Test - IBPS PO Exams

New Pattern Cloze Test - IBPS PO Exams

In the passage given below there are blanks (1 to 10)each of which has been numbered. The numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Those who __(1)__ time when they are young will regret this later. The pleasures of youth are short lived. Put out a piece of turmeric in the sun and the skin ___(2)__ in the heat. So does youth vanish.
The education that we acquire in youth is what will stand us in good stead when we are older.
And it is not just education of the sort that we need to find employment. This kind of formal education is important for our economic well being. But we have to think of our spiritual well-being too, said M.A.Manickavelu in a ___(3)___. Thiruvalluvar asks of what use is education if one does not worship at the feet of God? The Jain work Naaladiyaar says that one should read good works. Instead, if one reads __(4)__works it will have as much use as making empty noise.
Such worthless reading cannot help us cross the ocean of samsara. Neetineri vilakkam of Kumaraguruparar says that ___(5)__ easy pleasures will keep us happy initially, but will ultimately result in sorrow. While reading and studying may be difficult, they will bring us ___(6)__ joy. It is only spiritual education which helps us realise ___(7)___truths. Sendanaar, in his Tiruvisaippa, says that for those who love Him, He is like a lamp that __(8)__ darkness. Lord Siva destroyed three demons and the three cities they governed. But we must look beyond the mere story and study the ___(9)__behind it. He is the One who destroys our illusion, our karma and our ego. Lord Siva did not even have to exert Himself to destroy the demons or their cities. All He had to do was smile, and His smile was so powerful that it achieved what He wanted in no time at all. So all we need to do is to study spiritual texts and ___(10)__jnana and He will ensure liberation for us.



Questions 1. 
A.enhance
B.squander
C.Start
D.abandon
E.leave

Questions 2. 
A.shows
B.abuses
C.shrivels
D.tells
E.says

Questions 3. 
A.mandates
B.replies
C.falls
D.prays
E.discourse

Questions 4. 
A.negligently
B.frivolous
C.delay
D.lovingly
E.forcibly

Questions 5. 
A.solve
B.dissolve
C.seeking
D.inherit
E.absorb

Questions 6. 
A.eternal
B.tie up
C.discussion
D.disconnection
E.disassociation

Questions 7. 
A.fierce
B.lightly
C.heavenly
D.philosophical
E.rude

Questions 8. 
A.dispels
B.grief
C.blessing
D.praise
E.love

Questions 9. 
A.explains
B.cherishes
C.symbolism
D.believes
E.lives

Questions 10. 
A.desire
B.eagerness
C.acquire
D.reason
E.soon

In the passage given below there are blanks (11 to 20)each of which has been numbered. The numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Talking of the __(11)__ of the human body, Saint Vallalar, in his Deiva Mani Maalai, compares it to a rainbow, said M.A.Manickavelu in a discourse. Human life lasts for a short time, like a rainbow. Kumaraguruparar, in his Neetineri Vilakkam, says that youth is like water bubbles. You see them one minute and they are gone the next. So does youth end, ___(12)____ place to middle age and then old age, and finally sickness and death. As flood waters wash away everything in their path, so is wealth lost. This body of ours is __(13)__to letters written on water. Do such letters last? In the same way, our body also __(14)__. “That being the case, why do you waste time? Go and worship the Lord,” says Kumaraguruparar. The habit of studying philosophy must be __(15)__ in youth. What one has no taste for when one is young is not going to become__(16)__ when one gets old. Young men and women would do well to think of what old age brings with it. Naaladiyaar says that in old age, we find it difficult to walk and need the aid of a stick. We lose our teeth. We become a burden to our families. We cannot go out without help. At that stage of life, he who has fallen into the trap of worldly desires will not get ___(17)___, says Naaladiyaar. The Tamil work Yelaadi says that youth lasts for a brief period and disease and old age will soon be upon us. We must at least spend the remaining days of our life doing the right things. When Marulneekkiyaar suffered from an __(18)__ stomach ailment, his sister Thilakavatiar applied sacred ash on his forehead and he was cured. He came to be known as Appar. Appar __(19)__ the fact that in his youth he was without a proper goal.
Thus __(20)__spiritual knowledge at a young age is necessary.

Questions 11.
A.impermanence
B.existence
C. creation
D. agility
E. cremation

Questions 12.
A.rising
B.growing
C.producing
D.yielding
E.creating

Questions 13.
A.impervious
B.used to
C.akin
D.acquainted
E.unable

Questions 14.
A.ruins
B.develops
C.fades
D.perishes
E.accustomed

Questions 15.
A.inculcated
B.calculated
C.cultivated
D.produced
E.enhanced

Questions 16.
A.valuable
B.diminsih
C.evolve
D.grows
E.palatable

Questions 17.
A.relief
B.freedom
C.liberation
D.help
E.enlightenment

Questions 18.
A.awesome
B.awful
C.malignant
D.curable
E.incurable

Questions 19.
A.protested
B.stressed
C.lamented
D.expressed
E.cured

Questions 20.
A.loosening
B.acquiring
C.controlling
D.believing
E.fath
EXPLANATION
SOLUTION (Q.1 To Q.10)
(1) B. squander means to waste.
(2) C. shrivels means wrinkle.
(3) E. discourse means speech.
(4) B. frivolous  means of little use.
(5) C. seeking means looking for.
(6) A. eternal means unending or everlasting.
(7) D. philosophical means rational. 
(8) A. dispels means to run away.
(9) C. symbolism means to represent.
(10) C. acquire means to gain.

SOLUTION (Q.11 To Q.20)
(11)A. impermanence is a doctrine.
(12)D. yielding means to give way.
(13)C. akin means same blood.
(14)D. perishes means to pass away.
(15)A. inculcated means to teach by repeated instruction.
(16)E. palatable means tolerable or acceptable.
(17)C. liberation means setting free.
(18)E. incurable is something that cannot be cured.
(19)C. lamented means to be sad.
(20)B. acquiring means to gain.
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