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SSC CGL 2024 PYQ — Question 21

SSC CGL - 25 Sep 2024 - Shift 3 • English • Q21

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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.

The rise in global temperature (1)__________ already occurred and is leading to extreme weather events that bring (2)__________ heat waves and droughts, devastating floods, and increasingly powerful hurricanes and tropical storms. The combination of these factors means the impact on human health is increasing and is (3)__________ accelerate. But there is room for hope, particularly if governments take action now to (4)__________ the pledges made at Glasgow in November 2021 and to go further in resolving the climate crisis. WHO is (5)__________ governments to lead a just, equitable, and fast phase out of fossil fuels and transition to a clean energy future.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. that has.

Context: The sentence talks about the rise in global temperature that has already occurred.

Analysis of the given options:

  • which had – past perfect; doesn't match with present implication
  • that is – present tense mismatch with “already occurred”
  • which have – plural verb; incorrect for singular subject 'rise'
  • that has – correct tense and subject-verb agreement

Correct word: that has

Reason: 'Rise' is singular, so we need 'has' (not 'have'), and the phrase 'already occurred' fits with present perfect.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.