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SSC MTS 2024 PYQ — Question 90

SSC MTS - 12/11/2024 - (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.

Employers, nowadays, are (1)_______ on team-building as it proves to be useful in being more productive. So, they create occasions for the employees to spend time together. Some employees are sick (2) ________ office festival parties with mandatory dress codes and fun competitions. Some others (3)____ of having to forcibly bond with colleagues during after-work happy hours when they would rather be at home. A French court (4)____ recently that one very much has the right to be boring at the workplace. Seven years after Mr. T was fired from his company for not participating in fun activities, which included going out for drinks after work once a week, the court said that Mr. T was merely exercising his ‘freedom of expression’. It added that the company’s culture of fun (5)________ Mr. T ‘s fundamental right to ‘dignity and respect of private life’. However, employers and HR personnel insist that team-bonding initiatives are crucial to the workplace and the employees too feel the same if they want promotions.

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

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

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

Context:
The sentence refers to a past infringement on Mr. T’s rights by the company’s culture of fun, so the simple past tense is appropriate.

Meaning of the words:

  • Violate – present tense, incorrect for a past event.

  • Is violated – present passive, incorrect for a past action.

  • Will violate – future tense, incorrect.

  • Violated – correct, simple past tense indicating the infringement already occurred.

Correct word: Violated, because the company’s culture infringed upon Mr. T’s rights in the past.

Final Sentence:  It added that the company’s culture of fun violated Mr. T’s fundamental right to ‘dignity and respect of private life’.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.