SSC CGL - 17 July 2023 - Shift 4

Tier 1 • 17 July 2023 • 100 questions

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Question 1 / 100

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Redwing had read (1)_________ that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best (2) ___________ for a novelist. He had said "an unhappy childhood". Redwing had enjoyed a fine time growing up, but he (3)__________ if this whole (4) ________ was unfolding more like a novel, and would be (5)__________ if this whole on one person, one character, the guy in charge: him. Maybe you got a happy childhood and then an unhappy adulthood, and that's how novels worked.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. based.

"Based" is the appropriate word to complete the sentence and maintain coherence with the overall context of the passage.

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  3. Q3.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.
  4. Q4.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.
  5. Q5.Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.
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