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SSC MTS 2023 PYQ — Question 61

SSC MTS - 08 May 2023 - Shift 2 • English • Q61

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In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

One afternoon, a dozen Arizona State University students (1) __________ to spend the morning cutting cardboard, taping fans and assembling filters in an effort to (2) ______ 125 portable air purifiers for local schools. That (3) ______ morning, staff members at a homeless shelter in Los Angeles were setting (4) _______ 20 homemade purifiers of their own, while in Brookline, Massachusetts, another DIY air purifier was whirring quietly in the back of a day care (5)________ as children played.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 1.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

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

  • The most apt word to fill the blank will be "gathered" which means to assemble. The students assembled together in order to complete the work.  
  • The other options mean:
    • "plated" means to cover something with metal.
    • "triggered" means to initiate something set off by a trigger. 
    • "dismissed" is to ask somebody to leave.