SSC GD 2023 PYQ — Question 14

As if to fill the small hours of that cold night with warm thoughts, I picked up the book and started browsing.

The gist of the quote was that all reasonable men addopt themselves to the world.

Without the slightest warning, something new breaks into your life that you may be completely unconscious of.

Both of them were best friends, now they are at daggers drawn.