Cloze Test Based on SBI PO Prelims 2017 Pattern – Set 2

Decades ago one noon, Radhika
caught my mother teaching over a topic and reciting a poem     moving (1) across the airwaves.
Engulfed in the block out enforce by the traditional customs, she was   panned  
(2) by Sarika’s emotional rendering of love. My mother was not known
to be given to display of love and    yet  (3), Sarika’s poetry opened terrible
wounds of love in her. Five years later, Radhika learnt that my mother and
Sarika were not only relatives but also childhood friends, lost their mothers
while they were    strained  (4). Their common   choice  
(5) of loneliness brought them together briefly but they were    ascertained 
(6)    frivolous  (7) by circumstances and it took years
before the two childhood friends met again.   Though (8) Radhika had arranged that
meeting, it was only when Radhika met Sarika’s daughter recently that Radhika
understood the things. There was a depth of love in her poetry irrespective of
lime light and adulation, Sarika had indulged in her    blister 
(9) with sincerity so as to delight and      plank (10) the heart and mind at that
time.

1. 1) blowing 2) floating 3) overwhelming 4) aggravating 5)
no correction required

2. 1) debouched 2) meted 3) stunk 4) overwhelmed 5) no
correction required

3. 1) but 2) more 3) if 4) whether 5) no correction required

4. 1) standstill 2) toddlers 3) subtle 4) minded 5) no
correction required

5. 1) crusader 2) spadework 3) legacies 4) gender 5) no
correction required

6. 1) torn 2) agile 3) heinous 4) rushed 5) no correction
required

7. 1) apart 2) appellant 3) avail 4) crept 5) no correction
required

8. 1) where 2) and 3) then 4) also 5) no correction required

9. 1) transcends 2) stigma 3) pursuit 4) planning 5) no
correction required

10. 1) smooth 2) satiate 3) reflex 4) react 5) no correction
required