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SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 25

SSC CHSL - 2 June 2022 - Shift 1 • English • Q25

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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.

Salander sat for a while (1) _________ the telephone after Armansky hung up. She went to her work corner in the living room (2) ______ looked at the notes she had pinned up on the wall and the papers she had (3)_________ on the desk. What she had managed to collect was mostly press cuttings and articles (4)_________ from the Internet. She took the papers and dropped (5) ______ in a desk drawer.

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. them.

  • In this sentence, "them" is a pronoun that refers to the papers mentioned in the previous part of the sentence.
  • It is used to avoid repetition and make the sentence more concise and clear.
  • The pronoun "them" acts as the direct object of the verb "dropped," indicating what she dropped into the desk drawer.
  • The other options like "it," "they," or "that" do not correctly refer to the papers and would create grammatical inconsistency in the sentence.