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Cloze Test Questions with Answers

A passage with several blanks, where each choice has to fit both grammar and argument. This page pools every cloze test question on the site — 161 of them, from 17 exams, weighted towards Banking, SSC — so you can drill the topic on its own instead of meeting four of them inside a full paper.

5% of the pool is graded hard on this site’s own scale and 15% easy, which is gentler than the average topic in this section.

Questions
161
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
24/129/8
Negative marking
None
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Cloze Test questions with solutions

6 from the 161-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. The board has decided to _______ the proposal after careful review.

    • A. approve ✓
    • B. approving
    • C. approved
    • D. approves

    Solution. After the modal-like construction "decided to", the base form of the verb is required: "to approve".

  2. 2. The bank has _______ a new policy to reduce processing time for loan applications.

    • A. implement
    • B. implementing
    • C. implemented ✓
    • D. implementation

    Solution. The sentence requires the past participle form after "has" to form the present perfect tense: "has implemented".

  3. 3. Choose the correct word: The transaction was completed ___ any delay.

    • A. without ✓
    • B. with
    • C. for
    • D. by

    Solution. "Without any delay" is the standard idiomatic phrase meaning promptly.

  4. 4. In the following passage, four numbered blanks have been left. Choose the option that best fits each blank. Regional Rural Banks were originally (1)______ to extend banking services to underserved rural populations who had limited (2)______ to formal credit. Over the decades, their mandate has (3)______ to include priority-sector lending targets alongside general banking services. Critics argue that without continued government support, many of these banks would struggle to remain (4)______ in low-margin rural markets. Choose the best word for blank (2).

    • A. access ✓
    • B. interest
    • C. knowledge
    • D. opposition

    Solution. 'Limited access to formal credit' is the standard phrase describing underserved populations, fitting blank (2).

  5. 5. The committee decided to _______ the proposal until further data became available.

    • A. defer ✓
    • B. deferring
    • C. deferred
    • D. defers

    Solution. After "decided to", the base form of the verb is required: "decided to defer".

  6. 6. Fill in the blank: 'She has been working here ___ 2018.'

    • A. for
    • B. from
    • C. at
    • D. since ✓

    Solution. 'Since' is used with a specific starting point in time, such as a year.

Exams that set Cloze Test

2 categories, led by Banking, SSC.

Also set by SEBI Grade A, SIDBI Grade A & B, SSC CHSL, SSC CPO, SSC MTS. Browse all exams.

Cloze Test: frequently asked questions

How many cloze test questions are there?

161, from the 17 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 15% are graded easy and 5% hard, which makes cloze test one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

Which exams ask cloze test questions?

17 of the exams on this site, weighted towards Banking (14), SSC (3). Every question in this pool comes from one of their own mock tests, so the list below is the honest answer to whether the topic is worth your time.

Is cloze test hard?

5% of these 161 questions are graded hard and 15% easy, making it one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

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