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SSC CGL 2018 PYQ — Question 76

SSC CGL Tier II English - 21/02/2018 • English • Q76

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Silence is much more than the absence of sound; it is the ______ pre-existing entity in which God creates. It is the source to which all words return to ______ true meaning. Silence is the womb of the tangible world. In the Christian Biblical version of Creation, God ‘spoke’ and the world came into being. With the pronouncing of the Word, speech became primary, but silence remained ______. The heart of Christian meditation is to return to this primordial state of being. It is a journey from words into the creative word of God; this word is ______ by silence. By its very nature, silence is ______, often purposeless and for that reason very frightening.

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P: Most often, the things in this list are forgotten by us or taken for granted, as we continue to interact with the world on a daily basis.

Q: The gratitude list is a list of those things that we have and that we are grateful for.

R: A simple gratitude list would go thus: I am grateful for being alive, that I have a roof over my head and can afford two square meals, that I have work, that I am earning, that I don’t have any major disease etc.

S: This list is endless, and we can all keep adding our own small or big personal items to the list.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. QPRS.

  1. According to the options, the paragraph either starts with P or Q.
  2. The paragraph cannot start with P as it contains 'this' which is not mentioned here.
  3. Only option 2 starts with Q and makes a coherent paragraph.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.