SSC CGL 2017 PYQ — Question 75

SSC CGL Tier II English - 12/01/2017 • English • Q75

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as
powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave
Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many
people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war
they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

The writer says war is

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

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

As it is a fact that the war gives only to scar to the people memory because it always comes in the form of destruction to the world.

Hence, the chosen option will be correct.