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SSC MTS 2024 PYQ — Question 86

SSC MTS - 14/10/2024 - (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) • English • Q86

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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 brigantine is a two-masted sailing vessel (1)_____ fore-and-aft rigging on the mainmast and square rigging on the foremast. The pirates that (2)______ the Mediterranean in the sixteenth century loved it for its speed and ease of handling. The brigantine (3)_________ into a true sailing vessel in the waters of northern Europe. Although the words began to be used interchangeably, it was (4)_______ from the fully square-rigged brig by its gaff-rigged mainsail. True brigantines, for (5)_____, were defined as having square topsails above a gaffed mainsail.

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

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. featuring.

Context:
The sentence is describing a brigantine (a type of ship) and what kind of rigging it has on its masts. So, the blank must fit logically with 'fore-and-aft rigging on the mainmast and square rigging on the foremast.'

Meaning of the words:

  • Predicting = telling about the future

  • Focusing = concentrating on something

  • Featuring = showing/ having something as a special part

  • Attending = being present

Correct word:
The correct word is featuring, because the sentence is talking about the features of the brigantine (what it has).

Reason:
The brigantine is a ship having (featuring) fore-and-aft rigging on one mast and square rigging on the other. The word 'featuring' perfectly fits this description.

Final Sentence:
A brigantine is a two-masted sailing vessel featuring fore-and-aft rigging on the mainmast and square rigging on the foremast.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.