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SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 3

SSC CHSL - 30 May 2022 - Shift 2 • English • Q3

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Directions: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The contract (1)__________ the author and the reader is a game. And the game is one of the greatest inventions (2)__________ Western civilization: the game of telling stories, inventing characters and creating the (3)__________ paradise of the individual, from whence no one can be expelled (4)__________ in a novel, no one owns the truth and everyone has the right to be (5)__________ and understood.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. imaginary.

  • The sentence indicates that the activity mentioned involves constructing a paradise that is not real or tangible but exists in one's imagination.
  • The word "imaginary" accurately describes this type of paradise, as it refers to something that is created or perceived in the mind, rather than being physically or tangibly present.
  • Therefore, "imaginary" is the most appropriate choice.