The Hindu Article Cloze Test For SSC and Bank 23-26

Test 23

More than six months after the Constitution was ___(1)___ to enable the Goods and
Services Tax (GST), the Centre and States have managed to find considerable ___(2)___
ground on the long-debated indirect tax system, ___(3)___ seemingly irreconcilable
differences that cropped ___(4)___ along the way.
1. (a) changed (b) altered (c) amended (d) invoked
2. (a) middle (b) same (c) common (d) fair
3. (a) Changing (b) ensuring (c) overcoming (d) declining
4. (a) on (b) down (c) for (d) up

Test 24

North Korea’s ___(1)___ action of launching four missiles into the Sea of Japan a few
hundred kilometres ___(2)___ the Japanese coastline has triggered fears of ___(3)___
tension between nuclear-armed powers. The launch seems timed to test the strategic
___(4)___ and tactical capabilities of new relationships in the broader power balance that
reins in Pyongyang’s ___(5)___ ambitions.
1. (a) provocative (b) platitude (c) Wreck (d) fetter
2. (a) of (b) from (c) to (d) over
3. (a) provincial (b) manifold (c) renewed (d) reaction
4. (a) dialogue (b) mutual (c) rapport (d) fortitude
5. (a) war (b) nuclear (c) higher (d) quaint

Test 25

India has launched the second phase of the programme to ___(1)___ the use of
hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) as part of its commitment under the Montreal Protocol,
which ___(b)___ the complete removal of chemicals that result in ozone ___(3)___ and aid
global warming. These are used mainly ___(4)___ the air-conditioning, refrigeration,
polyurethane foam manufacturing and cold chain sectors, and must be replaced with
better ___(5)___.
1. (a) reducing (b) eliminate (c) deletion (d) cut
2. (a) needed (b) demanding (c) requires (d) asked
3. (a) degrade (b) scarcity (c) depletion (d) deteriorate
4. (a) in (b) for (c) to (d) with
5. (a) option (b) alternatives (c) technology (d) innovation

Test 26

The ruling of the European Union’s top court giving member-states the right to grant or
deny ___(1)___ has come as welcome news for populist hardliners ___(2)___ to the surge of
refugees desperate to escape the humanitarian ___(3)___ in West Asia. In a ____(4)___
verdict this week on the immigration crisis, of a magnitude not seen since World War II,
the final judgment of the European Court of Justice of the 28-nation bloc overturned the
opinion of its prosecutor, which is rather ___(5)___ for the institution.
1. (a) sheltering (b) asylum (c) access (d) entry
2. (a) inclined (b) insolent (c) hostile (d) connection
3. (a) catastrophe (b) revolution (c) movement (d) areas
4. (a) designing (b) defining (c) delicate (d) dedicate
5. (a) fairly (b) just (c) rather (d) still

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