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SSC CGL 2024 PYQ — Question 4

SSC CGL - 13 Sep 2024 - Shift 2 • English • Q4

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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.

(1) _________ a letter came to inform them that Raka’s mother Tara had another breakdown and was in a nursing home in Geneva and that Raka’s grandmother Asha, (2) _________ seen another grandchild safely into the world, was flying to Switzerland to be with her, Nanda Kaul (3) _________ her lips, (4) _________ the blue sheets of paper with that distasteful sprawl (5) _________ them, and hid them in her desk.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

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

The past perfect tense "had seen" is used here to indicate that the action of seeing another grandchild was completed before the action of flying to Switzerland.

This shows a sequence of events in the past: Asha had already seen another grandchild before she took the flight to Switzerland.