Closet Test


Direction: 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.

Ants play an important part in the __471__ of nature. They eat a large __472__of insects and so help keep them __473__ becoming too plentiful. In the tropics, ants eat more __474__
half the termites hatched each year. Ants, in __475__ are an important __476__ source for birds. Frogs, lizards and many other animals also feed __477__ ants. Ants are __478__ helpful and harmful to farmers. Some kinds of ants aid farmers by killing insects that __479__ crops. Ants that dig underground nests __480__ the soil. They break up, loosen and mix the soil.

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    Note : The Parts of Speech have been used according to the context of the Passage.

    from (Prep.)

    Correct Option: A

    Note : The Parts of Speech have been used according to the context of the Passage.

    from (Prep.)


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    Note : The Parts of Speech have been used according to the context of the Passage.

    number (Noun)

    Correct Option: B

    Note : The Parts of Speech have been used according to the context of the Passage.

    number (Noun)



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    Note : The Parts of Speech have been used according to the context of the Passage.

    balance (Noun)

    Correct Option: D

    Note : The Parts of Speech have been used according to the context of the Passage.

    balance (Noun)


Direction: 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.

Just sixty-five million years ago our ancestors were the most unprepossessing of mammals-creatures with the size and intelligence of moles or tree shrews. The earth then (461) full of awesome, nightmarish lizards which (462) virtually every ecological niche. Some of (463) had very large brains, an upright (464) and two little front legs very much (465) hands, which they used dexterously to (466) small animals for dinner. But then (467) did not survive. Sadly, in one (468) event every one of them was (469) . And no one knows what wiped (470) the dinosaurs.

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    Note : The Parts of Speech have been used according to the context of the Passage.

    out (Adv., Prep.)

    Correct Option: A

    Note : The Parts of Speech have been used according to the context of the Passage.

    out (Adv., Prep.)



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    Note : The Parts of Speech have been used according to the context of the Passage.

    destroyed (Verb)

    Correct Option: C

    Note : The Parts of Speech have been used according to the context of the Passage.

    destroyed (Verb)