CBSE Class 9 English Cloze Test Assignment

Directions for questions (891–900): In the following passage, there are blanks’ each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each four words are suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Gandhiji once said, “I would say that if the village perishes, India will perish too. India will be (981) more India. Her own mission in the world will get (892). The (893) of the village is possible only when it is no more (894) Industrialization on a mass scale will (895) lead to passive or active exploitation of the villagers as the problems (896) competition and marketing come in. Therefore, we have to (897) on the village being self-contained, manufacturing mainly for use. Provided this character of the village industry is (898) there would be no objection to villagers using even the modern machines and tools that they can make and (899) to use. Only, they (900) not be used as a means of exploitation of others”.

Question 891.
(a) certainly
(b) scarcely
(c) much
(d) no
Answer : D

Question 892.
(a) lost
(b) extension
(c) elevated
(d) flourished
Answer : A

Question 893.
(a) rehabilitation
(b) pruning
(c) revival
(d) devastation
Answer : C

Question 894.
(a) denuded
(b) exploited
(c) contaminated
(d) populated
Answer : B

Question 895.
(a) passionately
(b) surprisingly
(c) scarcely
(d) necessarily
Answer : D

Question 896.
(a) forming
(b) enhancing
(c) between
(d) of
Answer : D

Question 897.
(a) concentrate
(b) ponder
(c) imagine
(d) ensure
Answer : A

Question 898.
(a) regained
(b) neglected
(c) maintained
(d) thwarted
Answer : C

Question 899.
(a) prepare
(b) afford
(c) hesitate
(d) propose
Answer : B

Question 900.
(a) can
(b) could
(c) need
(d) should
Answer : D

Directions for questions (901–910): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer in the answer-sheet.

In India, from time immemorial, there (901) been a common spiritual outlook on (902) to which various races and religions (903) made contributions. Thus, a subtle but (904) thread of unity has been running (905) through the infinite multiplicity of our (906). For an analytical description of Indians (907) cultural heritage, in the light of (908) definition given above, it would be, (909) to trace her cultural history of (910) thousand years.

Question 901.
(a) rather
(b) have
(c) has
(d) had
Answer : C

Question 902.
(a) manner
(b) life
(c) happiness
(d) behaviour
Answer : A

Question 903.
(a) have
(b) has
(c) are
(d) is
Answer : A

Question 904.
(a) genuine
(b) serious
(c) strong
(d) sincere
Answer : C

Question 905.
(a) out
(b) on
(c) in
(d) all
Answer : D

Question 906.
(a) life
(b) fortune
(c) future
(d) hope
Answer : A

Question 907.
(a) sole
(b) special
(c) common
(d) actual
Answer : C

Question 908.
(a) the
(b) a
(c) new
(d) its
Answer : A

Question 909.
(a) important
(b) necessary
(c) required
(d) useful
Answer : A

Question 910.
(a) many
(b) more
(c) vivid
(d) several
Answer : D

Directions for questions (911–920): In the following passage, some of the words have been ‘left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

Of all the psychological problems, (911) the-aged face, the most (912) are perhaps isolation and the (913) for adaptability. In addition to this (914) handicaps and the diminishing number (915) social roles that are commonly (116) to the old, the aged (917) to cope with loss of the (918) career, standard of living (919) and above all, people. The gloomy (920) through the obituaries for yet another friend who has gone is bad enough. The death of a spouse is often a blow from which the aged do not recover. The ability to come to terms with these changes is vitally important.

Question 911.
(a) which
(b) whose
(c) that
(d) who
Answer : A

Question 912.
(a) wonderful
(b) difficult
(c) beautiful
(d) interesting
Answer : B

Question 913.
(a) necessity
(b) need
(c) claim
(d) order
Answer : B

Question 914.
(a) mental
(b) spiritual
(c) physical
(d) financial
Answer : C

Question 915.
(a) in
(b) on
(c) of
(d) off
Answer : C

Question 916.
(a) made
(b) presented
(c) available
(d) given
Answer : D

Question 917.
(a) has
(b) are
(c) had
(d) have
Answer : D

Question 918.
(a) available
(b) familiar
(c) known
(d) unfamiliar
Answer : A

Question 919.
(a) home
(b) office
(c) surroundings
(d) environment
Answer : A

Question 920.
(a) look
(b) view
(c) search
(d) sight
Answer : A

Directions for questions (921–930): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

Pythons are (921) non-venomous snakes found (922) in damp places or rocky ledges near marshes or in dense (923). They are considered to be the most primitive (924) the living snakes, (925) they retain the traces of hind limbs of a (926) era in the form (927) horny claw-like spurs, which are present (928) either side (929) anus. These hind limbs are functionless (930) female pythons.

Question 921.
(a) small
(b) tiny
(c) cute
(d) huge
Answer : D

Question 922.
(a) mostly
(b) rarely
(c) occasionally
(d) hardly
Answer : A

Question 923.
(a) cities
(b) jungles
(c) hills
(d) towns
Answer : B

Question 924.
(a) between
(d) towns
(c) among
(d) over
Answer : C

Question 925.
(a) so
(b) because
(c) and
(d) but
Answer : B

Question 926.
(a) by gone
(b) latest
(c) present
(d) recent
Answer : A

Question 927.
(a) in
(b) for
(c) on
(d) of
Answer : D

Question 928.
(a) over
(b) above
(c) on
(d) in
Answer : C

Question 929.
(a) the
(b) a
(c) an
(d) that
Answer : A

Question 930.
(a) with
(b) among
(c) on
(d) in
Answer : D

Directions for questions (931–940): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

Man’s basic aggressiveness is a fact and is the emotional factor for all the bloody violence that has marked human history since the beginning. His technology has never been as perfectly, (931) as in the weapons he makes to (932) his brothers. The plough has changed very (933) in design from the time man took (934) cultivation. But swords have not become (935) and the rifle, with which one man kills another, is a (936) in comparison with the stone and (937) with which he used to (938) his adversaries in the earliest stage of civilization. Nuclear (939) has designs that nature can never (940). They are wonders of technological creation.

Question 931.
(a) operated
(b) implemented
(c) employed
(d) deployed
Answer : B

Question 932.
(a) shoot
(b) injure
(c) wound
(d) kill
Answer : D

Question 933.
(a) much
(b) little
(c) slightly
(d) radically
Answer : B

Question 934.
(a) in
(b) to
(c) into
(d) over
Answer : B

Question 935.
(a) swordfishes
(b) pen-knives
(c) featherweights
(d) ploughshares
Answer : B

Question 936.
(a) miracle
(b) masterpiece
(c) legend
(d) model
Answer : B

Question 937.
(a) battle-axe
(b) spear
(c) sword
(d) stick
Answer : A

Question 938.
(a) slaughter
(b) penalise
(c) reform
(d) belabour
Answer : A

Question 939.
(a) bomb
(b) science
(c) weaponry
(d) research
Answer : C

Question 940.
(a) fabricate
(b) generate
(c) formulate
(d) emulate
Answer : D

Directions for questions (941–950): in the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

Happy is the man who (941) the habit of reading when he is young, He has secured a life-long source of (942) instruction and inspiration. So long as he has his beloved books he need (943) feel lonely. He always has a pleasant (944) of leisure moments. He is the (945) of wealth more precious than gold, (946) indeed is the man who does not read and (947) is his life. (948) gives the highest kind of pleasure. When we are (949) it is a healthy recreation to lose (950) in the company of books.

Question 941.
(a) owns
(b) buys
(c) acquires
(d) takes
Answer : C

Question 942.
(a) pleasure
(b) satisfaction
(c) sadness
(d) dejection
Answer : A

Question 943.
(a) always
(b) ever
(c) sometimes
(d) never
Answer : D

Question 944.
(a) source
(b) occupation
(c) possession
(d) relief
Answer : C

Question 945.
(a) possessor
(b) loser
(c) master
(d) heir
Answer : A

Question 946.
(a) Rich
(b) Lucky
(c) Poor
(d) Bad
Answer : C

Question 947.
(a) full
(b) vacuum
(c) empty
(d) deep
Answer : B

Question 948.
(a) Writing
(b) Speaking
(c) Listening
(d) Reading
Answer : D

Question 949.
(a) weak
(b) fresh
(c) sick
(d) tired
Answer : C

Question 950.
(a) himself
(b) ourselves
(c) yourselves
(d) themselves
Answer : B

Question 970.
(a) producing
(b) creating
(c) eating
(d) striving
Answer : D