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SSC Selection Post 2024 PYQ — Question 10

SSC Selection Post - Matriculation Level - 21 June 2024 - Shift 4 • English • Q10

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

Vijayanagara or “city of victory” was the ______1____ of both a city and an empire. The
empire was ______2_____ in the fourteenth century. In its heyday, it _____3______ from the river Krishna in the north to the extreme south of the peninsula. In 1565 the city was sackedand ______4______ deserted. Although it fell into ruin in the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries, it lived on in the memories of people living in the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab. They remembered it as Hampi, a name ________5______ from that of the local mother goddess,  Pampadevi.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1
 

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

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

Context: The sentence implies that we are identifying what “Vijayanagara” refers to — and it refers to both a city and an empire.

Reason: The structure "was the name of..." is standard when introducing a term or word and explaining what it refers to. The sentence is defining what Vijayanagara signifies.

Hence, the chosen option will be correct.