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SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 8

SSC CGL - 4th March 2020 Shift 2 • English • Q8

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Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

The government should take stringent steps against terrorists and foil their ___________ designs.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

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

  1. benevolent- kind, friendly and helpful to others.
  2. conducive- helping or making something happen.
  3. malicious- having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone.
  4. exemplary- very good; that can be an example to other people.

Terrorists are always harmful to society and in the given statement we need to take stringent action against their malicious design.

Here, we need a negative word and in the given option we have only one negative word that is the chosen option.

It has the same meaning as the given statement hence, it will be correct for the given blank.