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SSC MTS 2024 PYQ — Question 89

SSC MTS - 14/10/2024 - (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.

A brigantine is a two-masted sailing vessel (1)_____ fore-and-aft rigging on the mainmast and square rigging on the foremast. The pirates that (2)______ the Mediterranean in the sixteenth century loved it for its speed and ease of handling. The brigantine (3)_________ into a true sailing vessel in the waters of northern Europe. Although the words began to be used interchangeably, it was (4)_______ from the fully square-rigged brig by its gaff-rigged mainsail. True brigantines, for (5)_____, were defined as having square topsails above a gaffed mainsail.

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

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

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

Context:
The sentence explains how the brigantine was different from the fully square-rigged brig. The word in the blank should show a point of distinction or separation.

Meaning of the words:

  • Join = connect or bring together

  • Split = divide, separate

  • Spill = fall or pour out accidentally

  • Mourned = expressed sorrow

Correct word:
Here, the right word is split, because the brigantine is being separated (distinguished) from the square-rigged brig by its mainsail type.

Reason:
The phrase 'it was ______ from the fully square-rigged brig by its gaff-rigged mainsail' means that the brigantine was set apart (split) from the brig because of this special feature.

Final Sentence:
Although the words began to be used interchangeably, it was split from the fully square-rigged brig by its gaff-rigged mainsail.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.