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SSC Stenographer 2024 PYQ — Question 57

SSC Stenographer - 11/12/2024 (4:30 PM to 6:30 PM) • English • Q57

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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.
Presently, a soprano voice of richness and depth floated from the open windows of the parlour, resonating (1)_____________ the darkening greenery. All at once it was as if the entire scene before them was (2)___________ by that voice, infused with unexpected life: the western sky, streaked with bands of pale gold and purple; the two houses, standing grey and disconsolate against that sky; the (3)____________ of trees casting deep black shadows here and there across the ground. The same voice that (4)___________ everything suddenly to life also drew them into another, much deeper world: a world that was normally
hidden, a world that (5)___________ into eternity.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. branches

Context: The sentence describes a beautiful natural scene — the sky, the houses, and something related to trees that is casting deep black shadows. So we need a word related to trees that can cast shadows on the ground.

Meaning of the words:

Pack: A group of animals or things.
Material: Substance used to make things.
Transition: A change from one state to another.
Branches: Parts of a tree that grow out from the trunk — and they can cast shadows.

Correct word: Branches

Reason: Since the sentence mentions trees and shadows, the correct word must be “branches”, because branches of trees naturally cast shadows on the ground.

Final Sentence: The two houses, standing grey and disconsolate against that sky; the branches of trees casting deep black shadows here and there across the ground.

Hence the chosen option is correct.