SSC Stenographer 2025 PYQ — Question 186

SSC Stenographer - 06 Aug 2025 - Shift 3 • English • Q186

 Select the most appropriate option to improve the bold part of the sentence.

The higher you go, the cooler it get. 

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

Subject-Verb Agreement: The subject in the second part of the sentence is "it," which is a third-person singular pronoun. In the present tense, the verb must end in "-s." Therefore, "get" must be changed to "gets".

Parallel Structure: The sentence follows a common comparative structure (The + comparative adjective + subject + verb, the + comparative adjective + subject + verb) used to show that two things change in relation to each other.

The most appropriate option to improve the bold part of the sentence is “cooler it gets”.

The complete, grammatically correct sentence is: "The higher you go, the cooler it gets."