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SSC CGL 2024 PYQ — Question 5

SSC CGL - 17 Sep 2024 - Shift 1 • English • Q5

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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.

I have a recurring dream. Actually, I have a few: one is about dismembering a body , I’d rather not get into it, but the (1) ________ pertinent one is about college. It’s the end of the semester, and I suddenly (2) ________ that there is a class I forgot to attend, ever, and now I have to sit for the final exam. I wake up panicked, my GPA in peril. How could I have done this? Why do I so (3) ________ dissatisfy myself? Then I remember I haven’t been in college in more than a decade. Someone with (4) ________ knowledge of my academic career might point out that this nightmare scenario is not that far removed from my actual collegiate experience, and that at certain times in my life, it did not take the magic of slumber to find me completely unprepared for a final. And, well, (5) ________ of what may or may not be true of my personal scholastic rigour, I suspect the schoolstress dream is quite a common one.

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

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. more.

"Pertinent" means "relevant" or "applicable." Since the speaker is comparing two dreams in terms of relevance, the comparative form "more pertinent" is grammatically correct.

The sentence presents two dreams, one about dismembering a body (which the speaker doesn’t want to discuss) and another about college (which is more relevant to the context).

The word "more" is used to compare the relevance of the two dreams, emphasizing that the college dream is of greater importance to the current discussion.