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SSC Selection Post 2024 PYQ — Question 9

SSC Selection Post - Higher Secondary Level - 20 Jun 2024 - Shift 2 • English • Q9

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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.
Tim Wright knows all about making companies more efficient. His firm, Check-up, sends
‘secret shoppers’ into retail and leisure companies in order to make sure that customers are
receiving good service. After (1)_________ visit, the secret shoppers prepare a report for the
company to let them know how the service was. “Companies like to know”, says Mr Wright,
“that (2)____________ customers go into a store just a few minutes before closing time, they
will still get good service.”

Check-up (3)___________ set up in the west of England and after two years moved to
London so it could offer a nationwide service. (4)________ the last three years, Check-up’s
profits have increased dramatically as companies have come to realise the great importance
of good customer service. Last week, an important new contract was (5)_________ with a
major supermarket chain.

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. While.

The sentence is: "Companies like to know, says Mr Wright, that (2) __________ customers go into a store just a few minutes before closing time, they will still get good service."

Here, the sentence is expressing a contrast or situation happening at the same time — even if customers enter just before closing, they still get good service.

"While" is used to indicate contrast or simultaneous actions, making it the best fit.

Option 2: when indicates a specific time, but the sentence focuses on the situation rather than timing.

Option 3: as can mean "because" or "while," but here "while" better expresses contrast.

Option 4: then does not fit grammatically in this sentence structure.