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SSC CGL 2024 PYQ — Question 2

SSC CGL - 25 Sep 2024 - Shift 2 • English • Q2

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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.
We naturally seek the company of those whose (1) _________ are the same as our own. Fools do not like the (2) _________ of wise men, and wise men avoid fools. Serious-minded people do not find much in common with (3) _________ folk, and vice versa. Sinners feel uncomfortable with (4) _________ and do not seek their company. We can, therefore, as a rule, judge a man’s (5) _________ by the company he keeps.

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

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

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

The sentence discusses how "sinners feel uncomfortable with _________ and do not seek their company." The word "saints" (meaning virtuous or morally upright people) is the appropriate contrast to "sinners."

The other options don't fit:

Knave and rowdy suggest negative or unruly behavior, which aligns more with sinners than contrasts with them.

Commoners refers to ordinary people, which doesn't logically contrast with sinners in this context.