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SSC CGL 2025 PYQ — Question 74

SSC CGL Tier II - 20 January 2025 - Shift I • English • Q74

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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 greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure (1)________ diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are (2)________ for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty – it is not only a poverty of (3)________ but also of (4)________. There's a hunger for affection as there is a hunger for God.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 2.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

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

The blank is filled with 'dying' because the sentence is expressing the idea that, while some people may be physically starving or struggling for basic needs (like a piece of bread), many others are suffering from a deeper emotional need — a lack of love.

The word 'dying' here is used metaphorically, not literally, to convey how the absence of love can lead to emotional and spiritual pain that is just as devastating as physical illness or hunger.