SSC GD 2023 PYQ — Question 17

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 ability to think clearly and calmly while addressing an 1. ______ is neither inborn nor difficult to develop. The presence of an audience should act as a stimulus and not as a 2. ______ to thought. Audience fright can be overcome through training and practice. Even great speakers 3. ______ stage fright and self-consciousness. Every speaker gets worked up and experiences strain, shock, and excitement before he or she begins to talk. But every speaker who is struggling to gain 4. ______ should remember that all meritorious public speaking is accompanied by a little 5. ______.