SSC CGL 2024 PYQ — Question 24

SSC CGL - 17 Sep 2024 - Shift 3 • English • Q24

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. 4.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

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

Context: The sentence compares the pace of reopening schools in Fairfax to other districts. We need a word that describes a delayed or slow pace.

Meaning of the words:

  • Plainest: Simple, without decoration or complexity.

  • Slowest: Taking the longest time.

  • Longest: The greatest distance or duration.

  • Strangest: Most unusual or odd.

Correct word: Slowest

Reason: The word slowest fits best because it indicates that Fairfax is moving at the most delayed pace compared to other districts in reopening schools.

Hence, the chosen options are correct.