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SSC MTS 2024 PYQ — Question 89

SSC MTS - 12/11/2024 - (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) • English • Q89

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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.

Employers, nowadays, are (1)_______ on team-building as it proves to be useful in being more productive. So, they create occasions for the employees to spend time together. Some employees are sick (2) ________ office festival parties with mandatory dress codes and fun competitions. Some others (3)____ of having to forcibly bond with colleagues during after-work happy hours when they would rather be at home. A French court (4)____ recently that one very much has the right to be boring at the workplace. Seven years after Mr. T was fired from his company for not participating in fun activities, which included going out for drinks after work once a week, the court said that Mr. T was merely exercising his ‘freedom of expression’. It added that the company’s culture of fun (5)________ Mr. T ‘s fundamental right to ‘dignity and respect of private life’. However, employers and HR personnel insist that team-bonding initiatives are crucial to the workplace and the employees too feel the same if they want promotions.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. has ruled.

Context: The sentence refers to a recent decision by a French court, so the present perfect tense is appropriate to show the action has relevance to the present.

Meaning of the words:

  • Was ruled – past tense, indicates a completed action, less emphasis on present relevance.

  • Have ruled – plural form, does not match “court” (singular).

  • Has ruled – correct, singular subject “court” with present perfect to indicate a recent ruling.

  • Is ruled – present tense, incorrect.

Correct word: Has ruled, because the court recently made a decision that still has relevance.

Final Sentence: A French court has ruled recently that one very much has the right to be boring at the workplace.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.