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SSC MTS 2024 PYQ — Question 90

SSC MTS - 30/10/2024 - (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) • English • Q90

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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.

Man, it would seem, has (1)______ from arboreal apes. They lived a happy life in tropical forests, eating coconuts when they were hungry, and throwing them at each other when they were not. They were (2)______ occupied in gymnastics and acquired an (3)______ which to us is truly (4)______. But after some millions of years of this arboreal paradise, their numbers increased to the point where the supply of coconuts was no longer (5)________.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer for is option 1 i.e. adequate.

Context: The passage explains that as ape numbers grew, the supply of coconuts could no longer meet their needs.

Meaning of the words:

  • Delicate – fragile, incorrect.

  • Consecrate – to make sacred, irrelevant.

  • Adequate – sufficient or enough, correct here.

  • Deficient – insufficient, although close in meaning, the passage uses a positive framing to indicate sufficiency was lost, so “adequate” fits grammatically after “no longer.”

Correct word: Adequate, because the coconut supply was no longer sufficient.

Final Sentence: But after some millions of years of this arboreal paradise, their numbers increased to the point where the supply of coconuts was no longer adequate.

Hence, the chosen options are correct.