SSC CGL English – Cloze Test – Tier II Level · Marathon
SSC CGL English – Cloze Test – Tier II Level · Marathon – 10 questions, subject: English Language & Comprehension. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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Read the passage and choose the most appropriate option for each numbered blank (questions 36–40).
Noise is perhaps the most (1) ______ of pollutants: it leaves no stain on the river and no haze in the sky, yet its effects are real. Constant traffic, loudspeakers and construction work keep many city dwellers in a state of mild stress, (2) ______ their sleep and making it harder to concentrate. Because the harm builds up slowly, it is often (3) ______ until it becomes serious.
Quiet zones near hospitals and schools, limits on the use of loudspeakers at night and better maintenance of vehicles can all help. But rules alone will not be (4) ______ unless citizens themselves value silence (5) ______ a shared resource, like clean air.
Correct Answer: A [overlooked]
Explanation:
The colon explains: it leaves no visible mark → it is overlooked (not noticed).
Grammar formCloze G – blank (2): choose the most appropriate option.
Correct Answer: D [disturbing]
Explanation:
Participle phrase parallel with 'making' → disturbing their sleep.
Grammar formCloze G – blank (3): choose the most appropriate option.
Correct Answer: C [ignored]
Explanation:
'it is often ___ until it becomes serious' → passive → ignored.
Grammar formCloze G – blank (4): choose the most appropriate option.
Correct Answer: A [effective]
Explanation:
After 'will not be' (linking verb) an adjective is needed → effective.
PrepositionCloze G – blank (5): choose the most appropriate option.
Correct Answer: B [as]
Explanation:
'value X as Y' = regard X as Y → as.
Read the passage and choose the most appropriate option for each numbered blank (questions 41–45).
Mr Iyer had collected stamps for most of his life, and his albums (1) ______ the story of a dozen countries. When his eyesight began to fail, he worried that the collection would be (2) ______ after him. His grandson, who cared more for cricket than for stamps, showed little interest.
One rainy afternoon, (3) ______ to stay indoors, the boy opened an album out of boredom. Mr Iyer began to tell him the story behind each stamp: a ship, a mountain, a forgotten king. Hours passed (4) ______ either of them noticed. By evening, the boy had asked for a magnifying glass, and Mr Iyer had found someone to (5) ______ his life's work.
Correct Answer: A [told]
Explanation:
'tell a story' is the collocation; said/spoke/talked do not take 'the story' as object.
Grammar formCloze H – blank (2): choose the most appropriate option.
Correct Answer: D [neglected]
Explanation:
'would be ___' → passive → past participle: neglected.
Grammar formCloze H – blank (3): choose the most appropriate option.
Correct Answer: B [forced]
Explanation:
The boy was forced to stay indoors → past participle phrase: forced.
ConnectorCloze H – blank (4): choose the most appropriate option.
Correct Answer: C [before]
Explanation:
So absorbed that hours passed before either noticed → before.
Grammar formCloze H – blank (5): choose the most appropriate option.
