SSC GD Constable (English) - 16th November 2021 Shift 3

16 November 2021 • 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.
A giant plane carrying 43 passengers was (1) ______to crash-land when its landing gear got
(2) ______. Only the skill of the pilot was able to (3) ______ a major tragedy. Expert
mechanics laboured (4) ______ hours before they could find the (5) ______ of the mechanical
failure.

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

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

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

The meaning of the given words is:

Plan: a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.
Motive: a reason for doing something.
Agency: action or intervention producing a particular effect.
Cause: a person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.

The given blank requires the root or the origin of the mechanic failure.

Thus, the correct sentence will be:

.....before they could find the cause of the mechanical failure.

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