Cloze Test – Test 132

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

In India, "the Emergency" refers to a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977 when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi unilaterally had a state of emergency declared (21) the country. Officially (22) by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed under Article 352(1) of the Constitution because of the (23) "internal disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June 1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977. The order bestowed upon the Prime Minister the authority to rule by decree, allowing elections to be suspended and civil liberties to be curbed. For much of the Emergency, most of Gandhi's political opponents were imprisoned and the press (24) censored. Several other human rights violations were reported from the time, including a forced mass-sterilisation campaign spearheaded by Sanjay Gandhi, the Prime Minister's son. The Emergency is (25) of the most controversial periods of independent India's history.

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

In India, "the Emergency" refers to a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977 when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi unilaterally had a state of emergency declared (21) the country. Officially (22) by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed under Article 352(1) of the Constitution because of the (23) "internal disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June 1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977. The order bestowed upon the Prime Minister the authority to rule by decree, allowing elections to be suspended and civil liberties to be curbed. For much of the Emergency, most of Gandhi's political opponents were imprisoned and the press (24) censored. Several other human rights violations were reported from the time, including a forced mass-sterilisation campaign spearheaded by Sanjay Gandhi, the Prime Minister's son. The Emergency is (25) of the most controversial periods of independent India's history.

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

In India, "the Emergency" refers to a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977 when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi unilaterally had a state of emergency declared (21) the country. Officially (22) by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed under Article 352(1) of the Constitution because of the (23) "internal disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June 1975 until its withdrawal on 21 March 1977. The order bestowed upon the Prime Minister the authority to rule by decree, allowing elections to be suspended and civil liberties to be curbed. For much of the Emergency, most of Gandhi's political opponents were imprisoned and the press (24) censored. Several other human rights violations were reported from the time, including a forced mass-sterilisation campaign spearheaded by Sanjay Gandhi, the Prime Minister's son. The Emergency is (25) of the most controversial periods of independent India's history.