SSC CGL 2024 PYQ — Question 23

SSC CGL - 17 Sep 2024 - Shift 3 • English • Q23

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

Rory Cooper was a top aide to former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the up-and-coming Virginia Republican who lost a 2014 House primary. He was also a prominent Never Trumper, openly (1)______________ how awful he found the 45th president. The cause Cooper has (2)______________ himself to for the past year, though, is closer to home. He is, as he puts it in his Twitter bio, ‘Apparently Mr. Open the Schools’. A father of a fifth grader, a second grader and a kindergartner, Cooper is (3) ___________ because the public schools in Fairfax, Virginia, where he lives, have not reopened. Fairfax, in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, is one of the school districts that has moved (4) ___________ toward in-person learning, and it is still not close: only in the past few weeks have students started to return to classrooms, and only about half of those eligible have opted to go back, for an (5) ________________ of two days a week.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

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

Context: Cooper is upset because the schools in Fairfax, Virginia, have not yet reopened, so we are looking for a word that describes this emotional reaction.

Meaning of the words:

  • Indebted: Owing gratitude or thanks to someone.

  • Provoked: Made angry or irritated.

  • Excited: Feeling enthusiasm or eagerness.

  • Frustrated: Feeling upset or annoyed because of unmet expectations.

Correct word: Frustrated

Reason: The word frustrated is the most appropriate because it accurately conveys the emotional response of being upset due to something not being done, in this case, schools not reopening.

Hence, the chosen options are correct.