MCQ: Cloze Test - 2 - SSC CGL MCQ

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
The chess world was _____(A)_____ in late 2022 when Magnus Carlsen, the current world champion, accused Hans Niemann, a 19-year-old US chess grandmaster, of cheating using a chess-playing artificial intelligence (AI) system. Niemann had defeated Carlsen, prompting Carlsen’s _____(B)_____; Niemann asserted that he had played Carlsen fairly even though he later admitted to having cheated twice in online chess games, at the ages of 12 and 16.

A month later, a 72-page investigation report drafted by Chess.com _____(C)_____ that Niemann had “likely cheated” more than a hundred times while playing online chess. But the report also said, “There is no direct _____(D)_____ that proves Hans cheated at the September 4, 2022, game with Magnus.”

Cheating in chess has become a major problem, especially in the online era. Among the more-than 500,000 accounts that Chess.com has _____(E)_____ for cheating, more than 500 belonged to titled players (titling is a mark of skill). By the beginning of 2024, the site expects to close more than a million accounts.

Q. Select the most appropriate option that will fill in the blank (B).

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
The chess world was _____(A)_____ in late 2022 when Magnus Carlsen, the current world champion, accused Hans Niemann, a 19-year-old US chess grandmaster, of cheating using a chess-playing artificial intelligence (AI) system. Niemann had defeated Carlsen, prompting Carlsen’s _____(B)_____; Niemann asserted that he had played Carlsen fairly even though he later admitted to having cheated twice in online chess games, at the ages of 12 and 16.

A month later, a 72-page investigation report drafted by Chess.com _____(C)_____ that Niemann had “likely cheated” more than a hundred times while playing online chess. But the report also said, “There is no direct _____(D)_____ that proves Hans cheated at the September 4, 2022, game with Magnus.”

Cheating in chess has become a major problem, especially in the online era. Among the more-than 500,000 accounts that Chess.com has _____(E)_____ for cheating, more than 500 belonged to titled players (titling is a mark of skill). By the beginning of 2024, the site expects to close more than a million accounts.

Q. Select the most appropriate option that will fill in the blank (D).

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.

The Biden administration has followed through on a Congressional ___(A)___ to create a National AI Research Resource Task Force. With top experts from the federal government, higher education, and private organizations, the task force is dedicated to strengthening America’s foundation and ___(B)___ advances in artificial intelligence (AI). 

Like all technologies human civilization has built, AI is a tool that is as good or as bad as those who make and use it. It ___(C)___ the values of our society and our time. State and non-state actors are building increasingly sophisticated technological means not only to ___(D)___our economy, but even to surveil citizens, censor the free speech to which Americans are accustomed, and institute other social controls. This could likely lead to a ___(E)___digital authoritarianism that can threaten people’s ability to speak, live, act, and even think freely, regardless of where one is in the world.

Which of the following words will fit into the blank E?

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
The Biden administration has followed through on a Congressional ___(A)___ to create a National AI Research Resource Task Force. With top experts from the federal government, higher education, and private organizations, the task force is dedicated to strengthening America’s foundation and ___(B)___ advances in artificial intelligence (AI). 
 Like all technologies human civilization has built, AI is a tool that is as good or as bad as those who make and use it. It ___(C)___ the values of our society and our time. State and non-state actors are building increasingly sophisticated technological means not only to ___(D)___our economy, but even to surveil citizens, censor the free speech to which Americans are accustomed, and institute other social controls. This could likely lead to a ___(E)___digital authoritarianism that can threaten people’s ability to speak, live, act, and even think freely, regardless of where one is in the world.

Which of the following words will fit into the blank C?

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
The Biden administration has followed through on a Congressional ___(A)___ to create a National AI Research Resource Task Force. With top experts from the federal government, higher education, and private organizations, the task force is dedicated to strengthening America’s foundation and ___(B)___ advances in artificial intelligence (AI). 

Like all technologies human civilization has built, AI is a tool that is as good or as bad as those who make and use it. It ___(C)___ the values of our society and our time. State and non-state actors are building increasingly sophisticated technological means not only to ___(D)___our economy, but even to surveil citizens, censor the free speech to which Americans are accustomed, and institute other social controls. This could likely lead to a ___(E)___digital authoritarianism that can threaten people’s ability to speak, live, act, and even think freely, regardless of where one is in the world.

Q. Which of the following words will fit into the blank A?

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
The Biden administration has followed through on a Congressional ___(A)___ to create a National AI Research Resource Task Force. With top experts from the federal government, higher education, and private organizations, the task force is dedicated to strengthening America’s foundation and ___(B)___ advances in artificial intelligence (AI). 
 Like all technologies human civilization has built, AI is a tool that is as good or as bad as those who make and use it. It ___(C)___ the values of our society and our time. State and non-state actors are building increasingly sophisticated technological means not only to ___(D)___our economy, but even to surveil citizens, censor the free speech to which Americans are accustomed, and institute other social controls. This could likely lead to a ___(E)___digital authoritarianism that can threaten people’s ability to speak, live, act, and even think freely, regardless of where one is in the world.

Q. Which of the following words will fit into the blank D?

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.
The Biden administration has followed through on a Congressional ___(A)___ to create a National AI Research Resource Task Force. With top experts from the federal government, higher education, and private organizations, the task force is dedicated to strengthening America’s foundation and ___(B)___ advances in artificial intelligence (AI). 
 Like all technologies human civilization has built, AI is a tool that is as good or as bad as those who make and use it. It ___(C)___ the values of our society and our time. State and non-state actors are building increasingly sophisticated technological means not only to ___(D)___our economy, but even to surveil citizens, censor the free speech to which Americans are accustomed, and institute other social controls. This could likely lead to a ___(E)___digital authoritarianism that can threaten people’s ability to speak, live, act, and even think freely, regardless of where one is in the world.

Which of the following words will fit into the blank B?

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.

Scientists said on Monday they have used a laser beam to _____(A)_____ lightning for the first time, hoping the technique will help protect against deadly bolts -- and one day maybe even trigger them.

Lightning strikes between 40-120 times a second worldwide, killing more than 4,000 people and causing billions of dollars worth of _____(B)_____ every year.

Yet the main protection against these bolts from above is still the humble lightning rod, which was first _____(C)_____ by American polymath Benjamin Franklin in 1749.

A team of scientists from six research institutions have been working for years to use the same idea but replace the simple metal pole with a far more sophisticated and _____(D)_____ laser.

Now, in a study published in the journal Nature Photonics, they describe using a laser beam -- shot from the top of a Swiss mountain -- to guide a lightning bolt for more than 50 metres.

"We wanted to give the first _____(E)_____ that the laser can have an influence on lightning -- and it is simplest to guide it," said Aurelien Houard, a physicist at the applied optics laboratory of the ENSTA Paris institute and the study's lead author.

Q. Select the most appropriate option that will fill in the blank (A).
I. guide
II. steer
III. echo

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.

Scientists said on Monday they have used a laser beam to _____(A)_____ lightning for the first time, hoping the technique will help protect against deadly bolts -- and one day maybe even trigger them.

Lightning strikes between 40-120 times a second worldwide, killing more than 4,000 people and causing billions of dollars worth of _____(B)_____ every year.

Yet the main protection against these bolts from above is still the humble lightning rod, which was first _____(C)_____ by American polymath Benjamin Franklin in 1749.

A team of scientists from six research institutions have been working for years to use the same idea but replace the simple metal pole with a far more sophisticated and _____(D)_____ laser.

Now, in a study published in the journal Nature Photonics, they describe using a laser beam -- shot from the top of a Swiss mountain -- to guide a lightning bolt for more than 50 metres.

"We wanted to give the first _____(E)_____ that the laser can have an influence on lightning -- and it is simplest to guide it," said Aurelien Houard, a physicist at the applied optics laboratory of the ENSTA Paris institute and the study's lead author.

Q. Select the most appropriate option that will fill in the blank (C).
I. slaughtered
II. conceived
III. gestated

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.

Scientists said on Monday they have used a laser beam to _____(A)_____ lightning for the first time, hoping the technique will help protect against deadly bolts -- and one day maybe even trigger them.

Lightning strikes between 40-120 times a second worldwide, killing more than 4,000 people and causing billions of dollars worth of _____(B)_____ every year.

Yet the main protection against these bolts from above is still the humble lightning rod, which was first _____(C)_____ by American polymath Benjamin Franklin in 1749.

A team of scientists from six research institutions have been working for years to use the same idea but replace the simple metal pole with a far more sophisticated and _____(D)_____ laser.

Now, in a study published in the journal Nature Photonics, they describe using a laser beam -- shot from the top of a Swiss mountain -- to guide a lightning bolt for more than 50 metres.

"We wanted to give the first _____(E)_____ that the laser can have an influence on lightning -- and it is simplest to guide it," said Aurelien Houard, a physicist at the applied optics laboratory of the ENSTA Paris institute and the study's lead author.

Q. Select the most appropriate option that will fill in the blank (E).

I. aspiration
II. demonstration
III. appointment

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.

Scientists said on Monday they have used a laser beam to _____(A)_____ lightning for the first time, hoping the technique will help protect against deadly bolts -- and one day maybe even trigger them.

Lightning strikes between 40-120 times a second worldwide, killing more than 4,000 people and causing billions of dollars worth of _____(B)_____ every year.

Yet the main protection against these bolts from above is still the humble lightning rod, which was first _____(C)_____ by American polymath Benjamin Franklin in 1749.

A team of scientists from six research institutions have been working for years to use the same idea but replace the simple metal pole with a far more sophisticated and _____(D)_____ laser.

Now, in a study published in the journal Nature Photonics, they describe using a laser beam -- shot from the top of a Swiss mountain -- to guide a lightning bolt for more than 50 metres.

"We wanted to give the first _____(E)_____ that the laser can have an influence on lightning -- and it is simplest to guide it," said Aurelien Houard, a physicist at the applied optics laboratory of the ENSTA Paris institute and the study's lead author.

Q. Select the most appropriate option that will fill in the blank (B).

I. association
II. damage
III. lecture

Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a letter. Find the suitable word from the options given against each letter and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.

Scientists said on Monday they have used a laser beam to _____(A)_____ lightning for the first time, hoping the technique will help protect against deadly bolts -- and one day maybe even trigger them.

Lightning strikes between 40-120 times a second worldwide, killing more than 4,000 people and causing billions of dollars worth of _____(B)_____ every year.

Yet the main protection against these bolts from above is still the humble lightning rod, which was first _____(C)_____ by American polymath Benjamin Franklin in 1749.

A team of scientists from six research institutions have been working for years to use the same idea but replace the simple metal pole with a far more sophisticated and _____(D)_____ laser.

Now, in a study published in the journal Nature Photonics, they describe using a laser beam -- shot from the top of a Swiss mountain -- to guide a lightning bolt for more than 50 metres.

"We wanted to give the first _____(E)_____ that the laser can have an influence on lightning -- and it is simplest to guide it," said Aurelien Houard, a physicist at the applied optics laboratory of the ENSTA Paris institute and the study's lead author.

Q. Select the most appropriate option that will fill in the blank (D).

I. venerable
II. precise
III. exact