Cloze Test – Test 12

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

The decision to affect the Partition of Bengal was announced in July 1905, by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon. The partition took place (21) 16 October 1905 and (22) the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas. The Hindus of West Bengal who (23) Bengal's business and rural life complained that the division would make them a minority in a province that would incorporate the province of Bihar and Orissa. Hindus were (24) at what they recognized as a "divide and rule" policy, where the colonizers turned the native population against itself in order to rule, even though Curzon stressed it would produce administrative efficiency. The partition animated the Hindus and led the Muslims to form their own national organization on communal lines. Bengal was reunited in 1911, in an effort to both (25) the Bengali sentiment and have easier administration.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

The decision to affect the Partition of Bengal was announced in July 1905, by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon. The partition took place (21) 16 October 1905 and (22) the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas. The Hindus of West Bengal who (23) Bengal's business and rural life complained that the division would make them a minority in a province that would incorporate the province of Bihar and Orissa. Hindus were (24) at what they recognized as a "divide and rule" policy, where the colonizers turned the native population against itself in order to rule, even though Curzon stressed it would produce administrative efficiency. The partition animated the Hindus and led the Muslims to form their own national organization on communal lines. Bengal was reunited in 1911, in an effort to both (25) the Bengali sentiment and have easier administration.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

The decision to affect the Partition of Bengal was announced in July 1905, by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon. The partition took place (21) 16 October 1905 and (22) the largely Muslim eastern areas from the largely Hindu western areas. The Hindus of West Bengal who (23) Bengal's business and rural life complained that the division would make them a minority in a province that would incorporate the province of Bihar and Orissa. Hindus were (24) at what they recognized as a "divide and rule" policy, where the colonizers turned the native population against itself in order to rule, even though Curzon stressed it would produce administrative efficiency. The partition animated the Hindus and led the Muslims to form their own national organization on communal lines. Bengal was reunited in 1911, in an effort to both (25) the Bengali sentiment and have easier administration.