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SSC Selection Post 2024 PYQ — Question 9

SSC Selection Post - Matriculation Level - 21 June 2024 - Shift 4 • English • Q9

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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully andselect the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Vijayanagara or “city of victory” was the ______1____ of both a city and an empire. The
empire was ______2_____ in the fourteenth century. In its heyday, it _____3______ from the river Krishna in the north to the extreme south of the peninsula. In 1565 the city was sackedand ______4______ deserted. Although it fell into ruin in the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries, it lived on in the memories of people living in the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab. They remembered it as Hampi, a name ________5______ from that of the local mother goddess,  Pampadevi.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. founded.

This sentence is in passive voice ("was ___ in the fourteenth century"), so we need the past participle form of a verb that indicates the beginning or establishment of an empire.

Hence, “founded” is the correct word because it is the past participle of the verb “found,” which fits both the tense and meaning of the sentence in passive voice.
Hence, the chosen option will be correct.