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SSC CGL 2024 PYQ — Question 21

SSC CGL - 25 Sep 2024 - Shift 1 • 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 Kuno Palpur National Park, located in Madhya Pradesh's Chambal (1)__________, has an area of 750 square kilometres. It now has leopards, jackals, spotted deer, sambhar, neelgai, chinkara, wild boar, and four-horned antelope, making it a perfect (2)_________ base for felids. Despite strong objections from Gujarat, which (3)_________ that lions were part of the state's heritage, that MP had a poor (4)________ in wildlife management, and that Kuno Palpur had other big cat species that would (5)___________ lion relocation, the sanctuary was chosen for the lion reintroduction project in 2013.

 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

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

Jeopardise means to put something in danger or at risk, which fits the context of how the presence of other big cat species could harm or endanger the lion relocation project.

Other options:

Innocuous means harmless, which is the opposite of what the sentence needs.

Channelise means to direct or guide, which doesn’t fit the idea of risk to the project.

Safeguard means to protect, which would imply preventing any danger, but it doesn't fit the context of something potentially threatening the relocation project.