SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 85

SSC MTS - 20 July 2022 - Shift 2 • Reasoning • Q85

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) ______.

Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
ACL, DFO, GIR, JLU, MOX, ?

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e PRA

Given series is: ACL, DFO, GIR, JLU, MOX, ?

A + 3 = D, C + 3 = F, L + 3 = O

D + 3 = F, F + 3 = I, O + 3 = R

G + 3 = J, I + 3 = L, R + 3 = U

J + 3 = M, L + 3 = O, U + 3 = X

Hence, option 1 is the correct option.