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SSC CGL 2024 PYQ — Question 2

SSC CGL - 12 Sep 2024 - Shift 2 • English • Q2

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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.

People often say that the stars govern their fate but they forget the fact that success or failure is the result of one’s own (1)________. If we sow chaff, we can’t reap grain; and the result or consequence of an action depends on what one does and to the extent he (2)________ it. If we work hard, we succeed only to the extent that we work. People who think that the law of karma is (3)________ may feel that if one is destined to get something he will always get it whether he strives for it or not. But experience tells us that reward and punishments are the direct result of our action. Honesty and hard work never go unrewarded and (4)________ and evil deeds never go (5)________. In fact even the law of karma, in its proper sense, means that the fruit we get is decided by whatever actions we did in the past.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

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

The sentence draws an analogy between sowing and reaping to explain that the outcome of any action depends on the quality of the action performed. 

The sentence has two parts:

1. "The result or consequence of an action depends on what one does."

2. "And to the extent he does it."

The blank must refer to the same action already mentioned in the first clause.

Hence, option 1 i.e. does is the correct answer.