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SSC Selection Post 2024 PYQ — Question 24

SSC Selection Post - Graduation Level - 24 June 2024 - Shift 3 • English • Q24

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Read the above paragraph and choose the correct answers for the questions given below.

Helping others physically, by removing their physical needs, is indeed a good thing, but spiritual help is more substantial, as it is more far reaching because the need is greater. ... It is only with the knowledge of the spirit that the faculty of want is annihilated forever, so helping man spiritually is the best help that can be extended to him. He who gives spiritual knowledge is the greatest benefactor of mankind. A spiritually strong man can be powerful in every other respect, if he so wishes. Until there is spiritual strength in man, even physical needs cannot be well satisfied. Next to spiritual comes intellectual help. The gift of knowledge is far higher than that of food and clothes, it is even higher than giving life to a man, because real life of a man consists of knowledge. Ignorance is death, knowledge is life.

What does the word ‘annihilated’ mean in the context of the above passage?

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1, i.e., Obliterated.

 

Given Word: Annihilated
Meaning: To destroy or wipe out something.
Example from passage: “…the faculty of want is annihilated forever…”
Contextual Meaning: The sentence implies that spiritual knowledge completely removes (destroys) the feeling of want or desire.
Meaning of the options:

Obliterated: Destroyed or wiped out. (Correct)

Omitted: Left out.  (Doesn’t imply destruction)

Occluded: Blocked or closed. (Not relevant)

Obstructed: Hindered or blocked. (Not strong enough in this context)
Hence, the chosen option will be correct.