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SSC CHSL 2019 PYQ — Question 12

SSC CHSL - 2nd July 2019 - Shift 2 • English • Q12

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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.

Trade on the New York Stock Exchange was (1) ______ to a standstill on an autumn day (2) ______ 1994. The culprit for the outage (3) ______ a squirrel that had chewed through a power line near the computer centre of the (4) ______ in Trumbull, Connecticut. The shutdown (5) ______ lasted for half an- hour, resulted in the NYSE operating at 85 percent capacity.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. was.

Since the incident happened in the past and it talks about a singular subject ‘a squirrel’, we will substitute the blank with ‘was.’ as a helping verb to the sentence.

Hence, ‘was’ will be the appropriate word for the given blank.