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SSC CHSL 2024 PYQ — Question 17

SSC CHSL - 11 July 2024 - Shift 1 • English • Q17

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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.

What is literacy? It is the golden key that (1)_______ the gates to a whole new world. It heralds the dawn of a new (2)______. But the media hype seems to give the impression that literacy simply means the ability to sign one’s name, instead of putting thumb impression. Isn’t that a very (3)______, simplistic interpretation of the word? Taking up this narrow meaning of the word, politicians proclaim that their states have achieved 80 or 90 per cent literacy or even (4)______. But quite often, what happens is, once the training course is over, to produce (5)______, the neo-literates soon lapse into illiteracy.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

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

In the context of the passage, the phrase refers to individuals who have completed a literacy training course. The term "literates" appropriately refers to people who can read and write.

The other options—"education," "pupils," and "Iliterates"—do not fit the sentence as well in terms of meaning.