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SSC CGL 2018 PYQ — Question 78

SSC CGL Tier II English - 17/02/2018 • English • Q78

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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.

Our reputation and image is most definitely determined by our ______. Also our ______ tend to be habit forming, in that we have a ______ to act in a particular manner. Hence most people are ______ by their deeds and seem to have little control over their actions. We usually act according to or in response to our surroundings-our circumstances and the environment which to a great extent ______ our priorities and objectives.

Also our ______ tend to be habit.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4, i.e. predispositions.

  1. Actings means taking on duties temporarily.
  2. Avocations means hobby or minor occupation.
  3. Bisections means the division of something into two equal or congruent parts, usually by a line, which is then called a bisector.
  4. Predispositions means a liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude, or act in a particular way.

The given sentence tries to talk about something that develops into a habit. In such an instance we can only use 'predispositions' because it expresses a meaning or condition that can develop overtime as a habit. The rest of the options might portray accurate meanings but doesn't convey similar sense based on the context of the given statement.