Cloze test based on The Hindu Article test 8 test 9

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Test 8


For an economy that relies on public __(a)__ and private consumption to __(b)__ private investment and growth, the last round of official statistics on prices and industrial activity signal testing times ahead. First, industrial output __(c)__ by 0.4% in December 2016, led by a 2% decline in manufacturing (just five of 22 industries registered positive growth) and a 6.8% decline in consumer goods. Now, wholesale prices have risen at the fastest pace in two and a half years this January, at 5.25%. This is particularly __(4)__ since the pace of price rise at the consumer level slowed to 3.2% in the __(5)__ month.

  1. (a) conscience (b) demand (c) investment (d) relations 

 2. (a) do (b) clean (c) stay (d) revive 

 3. (a) fall (b) plummeted (c) felt (d) grown 

 4. (a) large (b) noteworthy (c) available (d) claimed 

 5. (a) exact (b) coming (c) same (d) new

Test 9 

The extraordinary sight of a lake in Bengaluru on fire, with a massive __(1)__ of smoke that could be seen from afar, is a __(2)__ sign that urban environments are crashing __(3)__ the weight of official __(4)__. If wetlands are the kidneys of the cities, as scientists like to describe them, Karnataka’s capital city has entered a phase of __(5)__ failure. 

1. (a) chain (b) plume (c) exhume  d) balloon 

2. (a) warning (b) wearing (c) warned (d) bad 

3. (a) to (b) under (c) before (d) for 

4. (a) concern (b) letter (c) information (d) indifference 

5. (a) such (b) big (c) likely (d) chronic


Answer -  


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