CLOZE TEST-TEST 23

Crises — economic or medical — invariably have a disproportionate impact on ________ (A) constituencies. The Covid-19 pandemic has reiterated this hypothesis. Data from the United Nations had already shown that the increasing domestic burden caused by the restrictions ________ (B) by the global contagion resulted in the loss of employment for women. But their suffering has clearly has not stopped there. Recent research at the Azim Premji University is indicative of a double blow for women. Not only were women seven times more likely than men to lose their jobs during the lockdown, but they were also 11 times more likely than men to not return to work thereafter. The scale of the crisis is ________ (C): half of the pre-pandemic female workforce lost their jobs and were unable to resume work once the lockdown ended. There are several causes for this ________ (D) and some of them are apparent in the study itself. For instance, married women were less likely than their husbands to return to work, clearly indicating that increased household responsibilities are being unequally distributed among the sexes in accordance with a ________ (E) division of labour. Dishearteningly, women’s educational backgrounds have not made a difference to their fate. Those with higher educational qualifications — these are crucial in securing jobs — were less likely to be reemployed than men with similar degrees of education. The implications are troubling; data from the 2011 census show that between 2001 and 2011, the number of women earning post-graduate, professional and technical degrees went up manifold but it is clear that corresponding employment avenues are ________ (F) and are shrinking further. Gender based prejudice remains a formidable barrier to equitable employment opportunities; it seems to have been ________ (G) by the pandemic. 

Which of the following words should fill in the blank (A) to make a contextually correct and meaningful sentence?

Crises — economic or medical — invariably have a disproportionate impact on ________ (A) constituencies. The Covid-19 pandemic has reiterated this hypothesis. Data from the United Nations had already shown that the increasing domestic burden caused by the restrictions ________ (B) by the global contagion resulted in the loss of employment for women. But their suffering has clearly has not stopped there. Recent research at the Azim Premji University is indicative of a double blow for women. Not only were women seven times more likely than men to lose their jobs during the lockdown, but they were also 11 times more likely than men to not return to work thereafter. The scale of the crisis is ________ (C): half of the pre-pandemic female workforce lost their jobs and were unable to resume work once the lockdown ended. There are several causes for this ________ (D) and some of them are apparent in the study itself. For instance, married women were less likely than their husbands to return to work, clearly indicating that increased household responsibilities are being unequally distributed among the sexes in accordance with a ________ (E) division of labour. Dishearteningly, women’s educational backgrounds have not made a difference to their fate. Those with higher educational qualifications — these are crucial in securing jobs — were less likely to be reemployed than men with similar degrees of education. The implications are troubling; data from the 2011 census show that between 2001 and 2011, the number of women earning post-graduate, professional and technical degrees went up manifold but it is clear that corresponding employment avenues are ________ (F) and are shrinking further. Gender based prejudice remains a formidable barrier to equitable employment opportunities; it seems to have been ________ (G) by the pandemic. 

Which of the following words should fill in the blank (B) to make a contextually correct and meaningful sentence?

Crises — economic or medical — invariably have a disproportionate impact on ________ (A) constituencies. The Covid-19 pandemic has reiterated this hypothesis. Data from the United Nations had already shown that the increasing domestic burden caused by the restrictions ________ (B) by the global contagion resulted in the loss of employment for women. But their suffering has clearly has not stopped there. Recent research at the Azim Premji University is indicative of a double blow for women. Not only were women seven times more likely than men to lose their jobs during the lockdown, but they were also 11 times more likely than men to not return to work thereafter. The scale of the crisis is ________ (C): half of the pre-pandemic female workforce lost their jobs and were unable to resume work once the lockdown ended. There are several causes for this ________ (D) and some of them are apparent in the study itself. For instance, married women were less likely than their husbands to return to work, clearly indicating that increased household responsibilities are being unequally distributed among the sexes in accordance with a ________ (E) division of labour. Dishearteningly, women’s educational backgrounds have not made a difference to their fate. Those with higher educational qualifications — these are crucial in securing jobs — were less likely to be reemployed than men with similar degrees of education. The implications are troubling; data from the 2011 census show that between 2001 and 2011, the number of women earning post-graduate, professional and technical degrees went up manifold but it is clear that corresponding employment avenues are ________ (F) and are shrinking further. Gender based prejudice remains a formidable barrier to equitable employment opportunities; it seems to have been ________ (G) by the pandemic. 

Which of the following words should fill in the blank (C) to make a contextually correct and meaningful sentence?

Crises — economic or medical — invariably have a disproportionate impact on ________ (A) constituencies. The Covid-19 pandemic has reiterated this hypothesis. Data from the United Nations had already shown that the increasing domestic burden caused by the restrictions ________ (B) by the global contagion resulted in the loss of employment for women. But their suffering has clearly has not stopped there. Recent research at the Azim Premji University is indicative of a double blow for women. Not only were women seven times more likely than men to lose their jobs during the lockdown, but they were also 11 times more likely than men to not return to work thereafter. The scale of the crisis is ________ (C): half of the pre-pandemic female workforce lost their jobs and were unable to resume work once the lockdown ended. There are several causes for this ________ (D) and some of them are apparent in the study itself. For instance, married women were less likely than their husbands to return to work, clearly indicating that increased household responsibilities are being unequally distributed among the sexes in accordance with a ________ (E) division of labour. Dishearteningly, women’s educational backgrounds have not made a difference to their fate. Those with higher educational qualifications — these are crucial in securing jobs — were less likely to be reemployed than men with similar degrees of education. The implications are troubling; data from the 2011 census show that between 2001 and 2011, the number of women earning post-graduate, professional and technical degrees went up manifold but it is clear that corresponding employment avenues are ________ (F) and are shrinking further. Gender based prejudice remains a formidable barrier to equitable employment opportunities; it seems to have been ________ (G) by the pandemic. 

Which of the following words should fill in the blank (D) to make a contextually correct and meaningful sentence?

Crises — economic or medical — invariably have a disproportionate impact on ________ (A) constituencies. The Covid-19 pandemic has reiterated this hypothesis. Data from the United Nations had already shown that the increasing domestic burden caused by the restrictions ________ (B) by the global contagion resulted in the loss of employment for women. But their suffering has clearly has not stopped there. Recent research at the Azim Premji University is indicative of a double blow for women. Not only were women seven times more likely than men to lose their jobs during the lockdown, but they were also 11 times more likely than men to not return to work thereafter. The scale of the crisis is ________ (C): half of the pre-pandemic female workforce lost their jobs and were unable to resume work once the lockdown ended. There are several causes for this ________ (D) and some of them are apparent in the study itself. For instance, married women were less likely than their husbands to return to work, clearly indicating that increased household responsibilities are being unequally distributed among the sexes in accordance with a ________ (E) division of labour. Dishearteningly, women’s educational backgrounds have not made a difference to their fate. Those with higher educational qualifications — these are crucial in securing jobs — were less likely to be reemployed than men with similar degrees of education. The implications are troubling; data from the 2011 census show that between 2001 and 2011, the number of women earning post-graduate, professional and technical degrees went up manifold but it is clear that corresponding employment avenues are ________ (F) and are shrinking further. Gender based prejudice remains a formidable barrier to equitable employment opportunities; it seems to have been ________ (G) by the pandemic. 

Which of the following words should fill in the blank (E) to make a contextually correct and meaningful sentence?

Crises — economic or medical — invariably have a disproportionate impact on ________ (A) constituencies. The Covid-19 pandemic has reiterated this hypothesis. Data from the United Nations had already shown that the increasing domestic burden caused by the restrictions ________ (B) by the global contagion resulted in the loss of employment for women. But their suffering has clearly has not stopped there. Recent research at the Azim Premji University is indicative of a double blow for women. Not only were women seven times more likely than men to lose their jobs during the lockdown, but they were also 11 times more likely than men to not return to work thereafter. The scale of the crisis is ________ (C): half of the pre-pandemic female workforce lost their jobs and were unable to resume work once the lockdown ended. There are several causes for this ________ (D) and some of them are apparent in the study itself. For instance, married women were less likely than their husbands to return to work, clearly indicating that increased household responsibilities are being unequally distributed among the sexes in accordance with a ________ (E) division of labour. Dishearteningly, women’s educational backgrounds have not made a difference to their fate. Those with higher educational qualifications — these are crucial in securing jobs — were less likely to be reemployed than men with similar degrees of education. The implications are troubling; data from the 2011 census show that between 2001 and 2011, the number of women earning post-graduate, professional and technical degrees went up manifold but it is clear that corresponding employment avenues are ________ (F) and are shrinking further. Gender based prejudice remains a formidable barrier to equitable employment opportunities; it seems to have been ________ (G) by the pandemic. 

Which of the following words should fill in the blank (F) to make a contextually correct and meaningful sentence?

Crises — economic or medical — invariably have a disproportionate impact on ________ (A) constituencies. The Covid-19 pandemic has reiterated this hypothesis. Data from the United Nations had already shown that the increasing domestic burden caused by the restrictions ________ (B) by the global contagion resulted in the loss of employment for women. But their suffering has clearly has not stopped there. Recent research at the Azim Premji University is indicative of a double blow for women. Not only were women seven times more likely than men to lose their jobs during the lockdown, but they were also 11 times more likely than men to not return to work thereafter. The scale of the crisis is ________ (C): half of the pre-pandemic female workforce lost their jobs and were unable to resume work once the lockdown ended. There are several causes for this ________ (D) and some of them are apparent in the study itself. For instance, married women were less likely than their husbands to return to work, clearly indicating that increased household responsibilities are being unequally distributed among the sexes in accordance with a ________ (E) division of labour. Dishearteningly, women’s educational backgrounds have not made a difference to their fate. Those with higher educational qualifications — these are crucial in securing jobs — were less likely to be reemployed than men with similar degrees of education. The implications are troubling; data from the 2011 census show that between 2001 and 2011, the number of women earning post-graduate, professional and technical degrees went up manifold but it is clear that corresponding employment avenues are ________ (F) and are shrinking further. Gender based prejudice remains a formidable barrier to equitable employment opportunities; it seems to have been ________ (G) by the pandemic. 

Which of the following words should fill in the blank (G) to make a contextually correct and meaningful sentence?