SSC Quiz | English Language | 18 - 08 - 17

Cloze Test

A kitchen (1) is not your enemy. But it can be very (2). Scientists (3) a study revealing how (4) packed your dirty kitchen sponge is with microscopic (5). After I wrote an article about their work, readers (6) my inbox with good questions, so I asked around for some answers. The study was designed to establish (7) measurements of the bacterial populations that live inside this common household item. Previous measurements had mainly (8) those from sponges (9) in the lab, growing the bacteria in a petri dish. But because not all bacteria will grow in that medium, their numbers may have been (10). 

1. (a) leech (b) cadger (c) sponge (d) panhandler 

2. (a) dusty (b) dirty (c) clean (d) spotted

3. (a) published (b) broadcast (c) issued (d) telecast 

4. (a) density (b) fast (c) densely (d) lethargic

5. (a) germicide (b) micros (c) germ (d) bacteria

6. (a) flown (b) flooded (c) filled (d) rushed 

7. (a) improved (b) revised (c) amended (d) enriched 

8. (a) looked into (b) looked after (c) looked at (d) looked on 

9. (a) dirtied (b) sullied (c) grimed (d) tarnished 

10. (a) underrate (b) imprecated (c) slighted (d) underestimated

Answer:

Ans 1- (c)

Ans 2- (b)

Ans 3- (a)

Ans 4- (c)

Ans 5- (d)

Ans 6- (b)

Ans 7- (a)

Ans 8- (c)

Ans 9- (a)

Ans 10- (d)