SSC CPO 2025 PYQ — Question 193

SSC CPO - 9 Dec 2025 - Shift 1 • English • Q193

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence:
The news are too good to be true.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

is too good to be true

Explanation:

The sentence:

The news are too good to be true.

Error:

“News” is singular, so it takes “is”, not “are”.

Correct sentence:

The news is too good to be true.

Other options:

are so good / is so good → incorrect structure for this idiom

very good → changes meaning

Hindi meaning:

यह खबर इतनी अच्छी है कि सच नहीं लगती।