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SSC CGL 2024 PYQ — Question 21

SSC CGL - 17 Sep 2024 - Shift 3 • English • Q21

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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.

Rory Cooper was a top aide to former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the up-and-coming Virginia Republican who lost a 2014 House primary. He was also a prominent Never Trumper, openly (1)______________ how awful he found the 45th president. The cause Cooper has (2)______________ himself to for the past year, though, is closer to home. He is, as he puts it in his Twitter bio, ‘Apparently Mr. Open the Schools’. A father of a fifth grader, a second grader and a kindergartner, Cooper is (3) ___________ because the public schools in Fairfax, Virginia, where he lives, have not reopened. Fairfax, in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, is one of the school districts that has moved (4) ___________ toward in-person learning, and it is still not close: only in the past few weeks have students started to return to classrooms, and only about half of those eligible have opted to go back, for an (5) ________________ of two days a week.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

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

Context: Rory Cooper, a Never Trumper, openly expressed how much he disliked the 45th president. We need a word that fits the description of how he communicated his views.

Meaning of the words:

  • Frisking: Searching someone thoroughly, especially for concealed items or weapons.

  • Skipping: To pass over or omit something.

  • Detailing: Explaining or describing something thoroughly.

  • Ignoring: To deliberately pay no attention to something.

Correct word: Detailing

Reason: The word detailing fits the context because it suggests that Rory Cooper was explaining or describing how he felt about the president in detail. This aligns with the idea of someone expressing an opinion or stance clearly and fully.

Hence, the chosen options are correct.