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SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 18

SSC CGL - 3rd March 2020 Shift 2 • English • Q18

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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

Machines were made to be man's servants. Yet, man has grown so (1)______ on them that they are in a fair way to become his (2)________. Already men spend most of their lives looking after and waiting (3)______ machines. Machines are very stern bosses. They must be fed with coal and (4)______ petrol to drink and oil to wash with and must be kept at a (5)__________ temperature.

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 2

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

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

Let's have a look at the meaning of the given word-

  1. victims- a person who has been attacked, injured, robbed, or killed by someone else. 
  2. masters- to learn how to do something well.
  3. slaves- (in past times) a person who was owned by another person and had to work for him/her.
  4. administrators- a person whose job is to organize or manage a system, a business, etc.

In the previous statement it is said that we are very dependent on the machine it this dependency is increasing in such a way that one day machine will be our master.

Hence, master will be our correct answer.