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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 25

SSC CGL Tier II English - 11/09/2019 • English • Q25

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The sky is quite overcast. We’re ______ to have rain today.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1, i.e. likely.

  1. Option 1, likely means something promising, something that is bound to happen soon. The sentence gives us the idea about how the sky is quite overcast. This means the sentence is hinting towards the possibility of rain and hence 'likely' is the perfect fit for the blank.
  2. Option 2, mostly reagrds the greater number/part. It refers to something in general or usual terms. But our sentence is not hinting towards something that is usual in occurrence but a possibility that rainfall might occur.
  3. Option 3, surely means confirmed status of an event to take place. Our sentence does not hint towards the confirmation of rainfall but the possibility that it may occur.
  4. Option 4, probably means 'almost certainly'. There is a hint of certainty in the meaning and hence moves away from the hint/idea given by the sentence.

Option 1 is the correct answer because it's inclusion does not hamper the context and meaning established by the sentence.