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SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 90

SSC MTS - 20 July 2022 - Shift 2 • Reasoning • Q90

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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The Crosses, the village (1) ______ Vasili Andreevich lived, consisted of six houses. As soon as they had passed the blacksmith’s hut, (2)
______ last in the village, they realised that the wind was much stronger than they had thought. The road could hardly be seen. The tracks
left by the sledge-runners were immediately (3) ______ by snow and the road was only (4) ______ by the fact that it was higher than the
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rest of the ground. There was a swirl of snow over the fields and the line where sky and earth met could not be (5) ______.

In a certain code language, 'nu vu du' is written as 'Please ask Hamza', 'hu du ru' is written as 'Give water please', and 'tu vu ru' is written as 'Give Hamza Book'. What is the code for the word 'Book' in that language?

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e tu

'nu vu du' is written as 'Please ask Hamza', 'hu du ru' is written as 'Give water please', and 'tu vu ru' is written as 'Give Hamza Book'.

In first two sentences, word 'please' is common and code 'du' is common. So, the code word of 'please' is 'du'.

In second and third sentence, word 'give' is common and code 'ru' is common. So, the code word for 'give' is 'ru'.

In first and third sentence, word 'Hamza' is common and code 'vu' is common. So, the code word for 'Hamza' is 'vu'.

So, the code word for 'Book' is 'tu'.

Hence, option 2 is the correct option.