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SSC MTS 2024 PYQ — Question 89

SSC MTS - 18/10/2024 - (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) • English • Q89

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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.

That was a jolly story _____1_____ Arthur Ransome told the other day in one of his messages from Petrograd, a place in Russia. A stout old lady was walking __2___ her basket down the middle of a street to the _____3_____ confusion of the traffic and with no small peril to herself. It was pointed _____4_____ to her that the _____5_____ was the place for the foot passengers, but she replied, “I’m going to walk where I like. We’ve got liberty now.”

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. out.

Context: The sentence is explaining how someone made the old lady aware that the pavement was the right place for foot passengers. The missing word must complete the phrasal verb “point out”, which means “to indicate or bring attention to something.”

Meaning of the words:

  • by – shows agency, but does not fit with “pointed … to her.”

  • in – incorrect in this context, doesn’t collocate with “pointed.”

  • so – illogical, does not make sense here.

  • out – part of the phrasal verb “point out”, which means “to show/indicate/make someone aware of.”

Correct word: out

Reason: The correct and natural phrase in English is “point out to someone”. Hence, “It was pointed out to her …” is the most appropriate choice.

Final Sentence: It was pointed out to her that the pavement was the place for the foot passengers …

Hence, the chosen option is correct.