Cloze Test 80 Welcome to your Cloze Test 80 DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-5): In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. It is a common fallacy that history is all about the past, that it is a concatenation of ascertained facts in sequence. In reality, the past gets ____(1)_____ with every shift in the world view of the present. The past is not to blame for the hairy view that the TajMahal is a blot on Indian culture, rather, the politics of the ___(2)___ who asserts this is. It is not just the present that colours the past. Even the shape of the future that is desired has an ___(3)____ on history. You can look at Ashoka and the Buddha and say that India was a land of peace, because you want to inspire the ___(4)____ generation to build a future of harmony. Those whose forefathers suffered systematic violence and seek justice in the present might choose a different set of facts to portray a different ___(5)____ of history, with different imperatives for reparative action. (a) repercussion (b) reforming (c) reunion (d) reconstructed (e) recharge None 2 It is a common fallacy that history is all about the past, that it is a concatenation of ascertained facts in sequence. In reality, the past gets ____(1)_____ with every shift in the world view of the present. The past is not to blame for the hairy view that the TajMahal is a blot on Indian culture, rather, the politics of the ___(2)___ who asserts this is. It is not just the present that colours the past. Even the shape of the future that is desired has an ___(3)____ on history. You can look at Ashoka and the Buddha and say that India was a land of peace, because you want to inspire the ___(4)____ generation to build a future of harmony. Those whose forefathers suffered systematic violence and seek justice in the present might choose a different set of facts to portray a different ___(5)____ of history, with different imperatives for reparative action. (a) historians (b) man (c) policy (d) writers (e) reports None 3 . It is a common fallacy that history is all about the past, that it is a concatenation of ascertained facts in sequence. In reality, the past gets ____(1)_____ with every shift in the world view of the present. The past is not to blame for the hairy view that the TajMahal is a blot on Indian culture, rather, the politics of the ___(2)___ who asserts this is. It is not just the present that colours the past. Even the shape of the future that is desired has an ___(3)____ on history. You can look at Ashoka and the Buddha and say that India was a land of peace, because you want to inspire the ___(4)____ generation to build a future of harmony. Those whose forefathers suffered systematic violence and seek justice in the present might choose a different set of facts to portray a different ___(5)____ of history, with different imperatives for reparative action. (a) attempt (b) result (c) impact (d) comeback (e) return None 4 . It is a common fallacy that history is all about the past, that it is a concatenation of ascertained facts in sequence. In reality, the past gets ____(1)_____ with every shift in the world view of the present. The past is not to blame for the hairy view that the TajMahal is a blot on Indian culture, rather, the politics of the ___(2)___ who asserts this is. It is not just the present that colours the past. Even the shape of the future that is desired has an ___(3)____ on history. You can look at Ashoka and the Buddha and say that India was a land of peace, because you want to inspire the ___(4)____ generation to build a future of harmony. Those whose forefathers suffered systematic violence and seek justice in the present might choose a different set of facts to portray a different ___(5)____ of history, with different imperatives for reparative action. (a) future (b) past (c) common (d) present (e) main None 5 . It is a common fallacy that history is all about the past, that it is a concatenation of ascertained facts in sequence. In reality, the past gets ____(1)_____ with every shift in the world view of the present. The past is not to blame for the hairy view that the TajMahal is a blot on Indian culture, rather, the politics of the ___(2)___ who asserts this is. It is not just the present that colours the past. Even the shape of the future that is desired has an ___(3)____ on history. You can look at Ashoka and the Buddha and say that India was a land of peace, because you want to inspire the ___(4)____ generation to build a future of harmony. Those whose forefathers suffered systematic violence and seek justice in the present might choose a different set of facts to portray a different ___(5)____ of history, with different imperatives for reparative action. (a) kind (b) season (c) angle (d) view (e) round None Time's up
