SSC GD 2024 PYQ — Question 4

SSC GD Const (English) - 21 Feb 2024 - Shift 3 • English • Q4

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternative given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Instead, we (1) ________ our policy on hopes that by befriending her we would (2) ________ the evil day of reckoning. The evil day (3) _________ on 20th October 1962, barely 15 years (4) _________ Independence, and 12 years after China’s (5) __________ of Tibet.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 4.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. after.

after is a preposition which means later in time. The evil day of 20th October 1962 was the day after 15 years of independance. 

Hence, option 3 i.e. after is the correct answer.