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SSC CHSL 2022 PYQ — Question 5

SSC CHSL - 27 May 2022 - Shift 3 • English • Q5

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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.

A question like "How big is Faerie?” does not admit (1)_________ a simple answer. Faerie, after all, is not one land, one principality or (2)_________. Maps of Faerie are unreliable, and may not be (3)_________ upon. Faerie is bigger than England, as it is bigger than the world. In the middle of a wood so thick it was very nearly a forest was a small hut, (4)_________ of thatch and grey clay. A yellow bird in a cage sat on its perch outside the house. It did not sing and sat (5)_________ silent.
 

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

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

  • The sentence means that the question does not allow a simple answer.
  • "Admit" is generally followed by "of" to allow or permit (something, such as an answer or solution).
    • Example: The need to inform him was too urgent to admit of further delay.