cloze passage test Model Questions & Answers, Practice Test for ibps clerk prelims 2023

Directions:

In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. against each number, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. find out the appropriate word in each case.

Decades ago, China (___11___) the concept of barefoot doctors. They were community healthcare workers who successfully (___12___) the health of Chinas villages. Following this example, many African, Asian and Latin American countries have started (___13___) programmes. The largest of such community health efforts is India's National Rural Health Mission, in (___14___) over three years, the programme has mobilized over fifty thousand new community health workers, each (___15___) as Asha. This is short for Accredited Social Health Activist and translated into Hindi is the word (___16___) hope. Today technology companies and foundations are also joining the (___17___) to support community health workers. Mobile phone companies , are (___18___) these workers with phones and support systems to obtain up to date medical information, call ambulances etc., In the (___19___) years, community health workers can thus help (___20___) the spread of many devastating but curable diseases.