CLOZE TEST - SSC CGL 8 AUG 2017, SHIFT 1

CLOZE TEST

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Job performance is ______ by a number of factors. Motivation alone does not lead to increased performance. Ability and technology moderates the relationship between motivation and performance. The higher the levels of ability and motivation the ______ the level of performance will be. However, increasing motivation beyond an ______ level tends to ______ a dysfunctional result because it is ______ by an increased level of anxiety.

1   affected
2) effected
3) influenced
4) measured

2)      1) higher
2) larger
3) lower
4) smaller

3)      1) certain
2) desired
3) increased
4) optima

4)      1) deduce
2) introduce
3) produce
4) reduce

5)      1) abandoned
2) accompanied
3) affiliated
4) amalgamated