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SSC GD Constable (English) - 24th November 2021 Shift 1

24 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.
On 14th April 1912, the Titanic received warnings all the day about (1)______ icebergs. The
first message was received at 9 a.m. Similar messages (2)______. Around 9 p.m., Captain
Smith (3)______ with his second officer, before retiring for the night. They knew that on such a
clear, moonless night it would be (4)______ difficult to spot icebergs. Why did they not change
the course of the ship and take the ice-free southern route? It remains one of the (5)______
mysteries surrounding the Titanic.

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. unsolved.

The meaning of the given words is:

  • Dishelmed: to deprive a person of a helmet.
  • Declaimed: utter or deliver words in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience.
  • Resolved: firmly determined to do something.
  • Unsolved: not solved.

The most appropriate filler for the given blank is unsolved.

The correct sentence:

It remains one of the unsolved mysteries surrounding the Titanic.

 

 

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