SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 9

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. breathed his last.

Let's understand what the phrases in the options actually mean:

• "Breathed his last" is an idiomatic expression used to indicate someone's death.
• "Nipped in the bud" is used to describe stopping something at an early stage or preventing it from developing further.
• "Kept the ball rolling" is an idiom that means to continue or sustain a particular activity or process.
• "Dug the grave" is a literal expression used to refer to the act of preparing a burial site.
  • In the given sentence, the phrase "after receiving the Honorary Academic Award from Audrey Hepburn" suggests a significant event that occurred in the life of the great director Satyajit Ray.
  • Therefore, the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence would be "breathed his last.

Thus, the completed sentence would be:

The great director Satyajit Ray after receiving the Honorary Academic Award from Audrey Hepburn, breathed his last in his Kolkata home.