1000+ Cloze Test Questions for SSC CGL Tier 1, Tier 2 Pdf - 1

Question: 1

This ___(1)___ balance of payment situation must be seen along with an equally ___(2)___ problem of deficits in the government’s own budget. A growing ___(3)___ exists between the government’s total ___(4)____ and the sum of its current revenue and capital receipts. This gap, which has to be met through either external assistance or ___(5)___ deficit finance, has grown over the years. The government ___(6)___ cannot resort to indefinitely growing volumes of external assistance of deficit finance to meet the increasing gap between its total ___(7)___ and total receipts.
___(8)___ these conditions, there has been strong pressure on government to ___(9)___ various development programmes, welfare schemes and subsidies. Even if outlay in money terms are not actually cut, the ___(10)___ of these programmes may be reduced in real terms or their rate of expansion at least brought down.
In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) widening

(B) yawning

(C) increasing

(D) expanding

Question: 2

In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) serious

(B) understood

(C) posed

(D) ignored

Question: 3

In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) awareness

(B) gap

(C) bond

(D) disparity

Question: 4

In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) planning

(B) outlay

(C) budget

(D) resources

Question: 5

In each of the following passages, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate words.

(A) budget

(B) domestic

(C) zero

(D) planning