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SSC GD 2024 PYQ — Question 2

SSC GD Const (English) - 21 Feb 2024 - Shift 3 • English • Q2

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In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternative given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Instead, we (1) ________ our policy on hopes that by befriending her we would (2) ________ the evil day of reckoning. The evil day (3) _________ on 20th October 1962, barely 15 years (4) _________ Independence, and 12 years after China’s (5) __________ of Tibet.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 2.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. stave off.

Stave off means to delay something bad or dangerous. Here, by basing their policy on hopes of befriending her, they thought that they could delay i.e stave off the evil day.

Hence, option 3 i.e. stave off is the correct answer.