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SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 4

SSC CHSL - 30 May 2022 - Shift 2 • English • Q4

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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 2.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

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

  • The word "of" accurately shows the relationship between the game and Western civilization, indicating that the game is part of the inventions that belong to or are associated with Western civilization.
  • Therefore, "of" is the most suitable choice.