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SSC CGL 2024 PYQ — Question 25

SSC CGL - 25 Sep 2024 - Shift 1 • English • Q25

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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 Kuno Palpur National Park, located in Madhya Pradesh's Chambal (1)__________, has an area of 750 square kilometres. It now has leopards, jackals, spotted deer, sambhar, neelgai, chinkara, wild boar, and four-horned antelope, making it a perfect (2)_________ base for felids. Despite strong objections from Gujarat, which (3)_________ that lions were part of the state's heritage, that MP had a poor (4)________ in wildlife management, and that Kuno Palpur had other big cat species that would (5)___________ lion relocation, the sanctuary was chosen for the lion reintroduction project in 2013.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

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

Region refers to a specific area or part of a country or territory, which fits the context of the Kuno Palpur National Park being located in the Chambal area of Madhya Pradesh.

Other options:

Reason refers to a cause or explanation, which doesn't fit here.

Reign refers to the period of rule of a monarch, which is irrelevant in this context.

River refers to a body of flowing water, which is not what the passage is describing.