CBSE Class 5 English Cloze Test MCQs

Directions for questions (31–40): In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.

All the political parties of India appear lost in the (31) exercise of fighting elections. There is nothing (32) about a (33) for votes in a democracy as India is and must (34). But democracies defeat themselves when they are (35) with the (36) of politics and must forget its (37). The growing political (38) in India (39) from the political parties (40) contempt for any real development.

Question 31.
(a) physical
(b) barren
(c) dreary
(d) bleak
Answer : A

Question 32.
(a) improbable
(b) impractical
(c) incongruous
(d) improper
Answer : D

Question 33.
(a) thought
(b) care
(c) worry
(d) concern
Answer : D

Question 34.
(a) reside
(b) defy
(c) remain
(d) abide
Answer : C

Question 35.
(a) overwhelmed
(b) obsessed
(c) worried
(d) concerned
Answer : B

Question 36.
(a) frame
(b) body
(c) form
(d) idea
Answer : C

Question 37.
(a) contends
(b) contains
(c) contempt
(d) contents
Answer : C

Question 38.
(a) positivism
(b) pessimism
(c) optimism
(d) pragmatism
Answer : B

Question 39.
(a) branches
(b) roots
(c) stems
(d) flowers
Answer : C

Question 40.
(a) unconcealed
(b) explicit
(c) latent
(d) hidden
Answer : A

Directions for questions (41–50): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.

Saina Nehwal’s bronze medal win (41) Saturday, at the London Olympics, may be seen as a lucky (42) after her Chinese opponent (43) hurt. But (44) Saina’s father, Dr Harvir Singh, “it’s god’s gift”. “She was (45) on Friday after losing the semifinal. It was god’s (46) that she won a medal. This is very satisfying for everyone. I was very (47) about Saina winning a bronze.” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (48) the Indian shuttler for winning the medal. “The country is proud of your (49)”.
Singh said in his congratulatory message. Andhra Pradesh governor ESL Narasimhan and Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy too congratulated Saina. “After Gagan Narang, Saina is the second sportsperson from AP to win a (50) at the Olympics.” the chief minister said.

Question 41.
(a) on
(b) in
(c) at
(d) onto
Answer : A

Question 42.
(a) succeed
(b) win of
(c) winning
(d) victory
Answer : D

Question 43.
(a) retired
(b) crashed
(c) injure
(d) fated
Answer : A

Question 44.
(a) according to
(b) from
(c) instead of
(d) on the way
Answer : A

Question 45.
(a) joyous
(b) appointed
(c) disappointed
(d) cheerful
Answer : C

Question 46.
(a) prayer
(b) nature
(c) notion
(d) wish
Answer : D

Question 47.
(a) pessimistic
(b) optimistic
(c) nostalgic
(d) emotional
Answer : B

Question 48.
(a) prayed
(b) congratulated
(c) wishes
(d) dictated
Answer : B

Question 49.
(a) getting of
(b) order
(c) achievement
(d) position
Answer : C

Question 50.
(a) post
(b) match
(c) entry
(d) medal
Answer : D

Directions for questions (51–55): In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.
Internet, (51) known as the Net, is the network (52) computers spanning the (53). Internet is a global (54) of computers that allows individuals to communicate (55) one another.

Question 51.
(a) too
(b) also
(c) another
(d) other
Answer : D

Question 52.
(a) an
(b) of
(c) since
(d) get
Answer : B

Question 53.
(a) sea
(b) sky
(c) mountain
(d) globe
Answer : D

Question 54.
(a) connect
(b) Web
(c) net
(d) wireless
Answer : B

Question 55.
(a) under
(b) out
(c) for
(d) with
Answer : D

Directions for questions (56–65): In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.

Past (56) us in understanding our present world in a (57) better way. If we know (58) our ancestors lived or (59) the wars were waged, we can understand the today’s world (60) and get ideas for a (61) future. What appears to (62) as wrong today could have been right (63). It is also interesting to know how (64) in the past (65) the life of humans.

Question 56.
(a) helped
(b) help
(c) is helping
(d) helps
Answer : D

Question 57.
(a) most
(b) just
(c) more
(d) much
Answer : D

Question 58.
(a) why
(b) when
(c) where
(d) how
Answer : D

Question 59.
(a) why
(b) when
(c) how
(d) which
Answer : A

Question 60.
(a) better
(b) best
(c) betterment
(d) well
Answer : D

Question 61.
(a) fairer
(b) fairest
(c) fair
(d) fairy
Answer : A

Question 62.
(a) us
(b) they
(c) them
(d) him
Answer : A

Question 63.
(a) earliest
(b) early
(c) earlier
(d) later
Answer : C

Question 64.
(a) adventures
(b) inventing
(c) inventions
(d) inventors
Answer : C

Question 65.
(a) improve
(b) improves
(c) improvement
(d) improved
Answer : A

Directions for questions (66–90): In the following passages, some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternative and fill in the blanks.

Passage I
A healthy body is necessary for the development of the (66) and wisdom. Every human being should exercise daily to (67) good health. Physical exercise (68) physical fitness. It makes human beings mentally (69) physical exercise is required to (70) food properly.

Question 66.
(a) healing
(b) intellect
(c) benevolence
(d) nominate
Answer : B

Question 67.
(a) legislate
(b) reclaim
(c) start
(d) maintain
Answer : D

Question 68.
(a) ensuing
(b) entangles
(c) ensures
(d) ensnares
Answer : C

Question 69.
(a) akin
(b) defective
(c) mindful
(d) alert
Answer : D

Question 70.
(a) digest
(b) inhale
(c) assent
(d) apprise
Answer : A

Passage II

Since the U.S. led alliance toppled the Taliban (71) November 2001, women and girls in Afghanistan have (72) greater freedom to participate in public life and (73) to education, health care, and employment. This is the case particularly in the (74), Kabul, where the deployment of foreign military forces under the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has helped bring (75) security. Even in Kabul, however, many Afghan women still face constant (76) to their personal security from other civilians or armed men belonging to various political (77). Outside Kabul, the situation is one of acute general lawlessness and insecurity, as there is no ISAF presence and rival warlords control security conditions. In these areas, more than in Kabul, Afghan women continue to (78) serious threats to their physical safety, which (79) them the opportunity to exercise their basic human rights and to participate fully in the rebuilding of their (80).

Question 71.
(a) on
(b) at
(c) from
(d) in
Answer : D

Question 72.
(a) submitted
(b) gained
(c) surrendered
(d) volunteered
Answer : B

Question 73.
(a) success
(b) progress
(c) regress
(d) access
Answer : D

Question 74.
(a) locality
(b) country
(c) capital
(d) outskirts
Answer : C

Question 75.
(a) less-needed
(b) much-admired
(c) less-known
(d) much-needed
Answer : D

Question 76.
(a) threats
(b) lashes
(c) demands
(d) opportunities
Answer : A

Question 77.
(a) factions
(b) actions
(c) upheavals
(d) fractions
Answer : A

Question 78.
(a) evade
(b) bear
(c) face
(d) oppose
Answer : C

Question 79.
(a) approves
(b) allows
(c) provides
(d) denies
Answer : D

Question 80.
(a) selves
(b) state
(c) city
(d) country
Answer : D

Passage III

One day when king Rama was sitting on his (81) his ring fell off. When it touched the earth, it made a hole in the ground and disappeared into it. It was (82). His trusty henchman, Hanuman, was (83) his feet. Rama said to Hanuman, ‘Look, my ring is lost. (84) it for me’.
Now Hanuman can enter any hole, no matter how tiny. He had the power to become the smallest of the small and larger than the largest thing. So he took on a (85) form and went down the hole. He went and went and went and (86) fell into the netherworld. There were women down there. Look, a tiny monkey! It’s fallen from above? Then they caught him and placed him on a platter (thali). The King of Spirits (bhut), who lives in the netherworld, likes to eat animals. So, Hanuman was sent to him as part of his dinner, along with his vegetables. Hanuman sat on the platter, (87) what to do. While this was going on in the netherworld, Rama sat on his throne on the earth above. The (88) Vashistha and the (89) Brahma came to see him. They said to Rama, “We want to talk privately with you. We don’t want anyone to (90) what we say or interrupt it. Do we agree?” “All right.” said Rama, “We’ll talk.”

Question 81.
(a) throne
(b) rock
(c) bench
(d) chair
Answer : A

Question 82.
(a) gone
(b) vanished
(c) molten
(d) returned
Answer : A

Question 83.
(a) on
(b) in
(c) at
(d) under
Answer : C

Question 84.
(a) Replace
(b) Make
(c) Return
(d) Find
Answer : D

Question 85.
(a) tiny
(b) substantial
(c) corporeal
(d) humungous
Answer : B

Question 86.
(a) gradually
(b) superstitiously
(c) cleverly
(d) suddenly
Answer : D

Question 87.
(a) wondering
(b) thundering
(c) plundering
(d) wandering
Answer : A

Question 88.
(a) wife
(b) daughter
(c) sage
(d) animal
Answer : C

Question 89.
(a) Hanuman
(b) God
(c) women
(d) Sprit king
Answer : B

Question 90.
(a) see
(b) hear
(c) imagine
(d) say
Answer : B