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SSC CGL 2018 PYQ — Question 69

SSC CGL Tier II English - 21/02/2018 • English • Q69

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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.

Silence is much more than the absence of sound; it is the ______ pre-existing entity in which God creates. It is the source to which all words return to ______ true meaning. Silence is the womb of the tangible world. In the Christian Biblical version of Creation, God ‘spoke’ and the world came into being. With the pronouncing of the Word, speech became primary, but silence remained ______. The heart of Christian meditation is to return to this primordial state of being. It is a journey from words into the creative word of God; this word is ______ by silence. By its very nature, silence is ______, often purposeless and for that reason very frightening.

Fill in the given blank: but silence remained ______.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Primordial.

  1. 'Ambrosial' means 'pertaining to or worthy of gods'.
  2. 'Celestial' means 'heavenly'.
  3. 'Primordial' means 'ancient', 'earliest', 'first' etc.
  4. 'Altricial' means '(of a young bird or other animal) hatched or born in an undeveloped state and requiring care and feeding by the parents'.
  5. The passage says that the silence came before speech. It means silence is the first to come.
  6. Option 3 holds the required word.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.