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SSC CGL 2018 PYQ — Question 77

SSC CGL Tier II English - 21/02/2018 • English • Q77

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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: Therefore, these are products of the thinking by sages and not products of every man’s nature.

Q: A person’s behaviour evolves through conscious evolution.

R: When a potter pounds the clay and makes a vessel, it is the product of the artisan’s activity, not of his nature.

S: The sages observed activities and gathered ideas and thoughts, and thereafter introduced principles of propriety and righteousness and instituted laws and systems.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

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

  1. According to the options, the paragraph either starts with P or Q.
  2. The paragraph cannot starts with P as it starts with 'therefore' which shows a conclusion.
  3. A conclusion comes at the end of the paragraph.
  4. Only option 4 starts with Q and makes a coherent paragraph.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.