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SSC GD 2024 PYQ — Question 16

SSC GD Const (English) - 21 Feb 2024 Shift 4 • English • Q16

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Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blanks out of the four alternatives.

Photographs and videos showing people bursting firecrackers on the (1) ______ of Kedarnath temple are making the (2)______ on social media. The video clip showed loud bangs of firecrackers, lights, and clouds of (3) ______along with the echo of the ringing temple bells, raising (4) ______ over the effect of such crackers in the geologically (5) _______ glacier region.

Select the most appropriate option for blank (1).

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. premises.

  • Premises means the building and the land around an area. Here, the sentence refers to the area around the Kedarnath temple where crackers were burst. 

Other options mean:

  • Establishment means an organization or a large institution.
  • Layout means the way in which parts of something are arranged.
  • Plot means a small piece of land, especially one that has been measured or marked out for a special purpose.