Cloze Test 82 Welcome to your Cloze Test 82 DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-5): In the passage given below there are blanks which are to be filled with the options given below. Find out the appropriate word in each case which can most suitably complete the sentence without altering the meaning of the statement. The Indian media has never been a (1).......... For every (2)............ news outlet, there has been a (3)....... sensationalist tabloid as a (4).......... But the sensationalists were kept under (5).....; there was some form of a social (6)........ (a) enormous (b) monolith (c) burden (d) mammoth (e) bug bear None 2 The Indian media has never been a (1).......... For every (2)............ news outlet, there has been a (3)....... sensationalist tabloid as a (4).......... But the sensationalists were kept under (5).....; there was some form of a social (6)........ (a) controversial (b) imaginary (c) bogus (d) credulous (e) credible None 3 The Indian media has never been a (1).......... For every (2)............ news outlet, there has been a (3)....... sensationalist tabloid as a (4).......... But the sensationalists were kept under (5).....; there was some form of a social (6)........ (a) alternate (b) similarity (c) emulated (d) corresponding (e) opposite None 4 The Indian media has never been a (1).......... For every (2)............ news outlet, there has been a (3)....... sensationalist tabloid as a (4).......... But the sensationalists were kept under (5).....; there was some form of a social (6)........ (a) contrary (b) counterstroke (c) counterpoint (d) conundrum (e) enigma None 5 The Indian media has never been a (1).......... For every (2)............ news outlet, there has been a (3)....... sensationalist tabloid as a (4).......... But the sensationalists were kept under (5).....; there was some form of a social (6)........ a) control (b) attention (c) prevention (d) pressure (e) compulsion None Time's up
