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SSC MTS 2024 PYQ — Question 90

SSC MTS - 04/11/2024 - (9:00 AM - 11:00 AM) • 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.
The (1)______ life in Kashmir was drawing to its end after three (2)______ months. Miss Joan was leaving a week earlier than Mrs. Rhodes, and about two days before she left, I took her alone to the hotel for dinner. We walked to the hotel in (3)______ silence, a silence so heavy that I could (4)______ breathe. The hotel seemed to be far away and yet not far (5)______.

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

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. enough.

Context: The sentence conveys that the hotel seemed distant yet not too far, so the word should express sufficiency or acceptable distance.

Meaning of the words:

  • Thorough – complete or detailed, incorrect here.

  • Clough – a narrow valley or ravine, irrelevant.

  • Enough – sufficient, correct in this context.

  • Overweigh – to outweigh, does not fit.

Correct word: Enough, because the hotel seemed not far enough to be unreachable, fitting the context of the sentence.

Final Sentence: The hotel seemed to be far away and yet not far enough.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.