SSC GD Constable (English) - 13 Jan 2023 - Shift 1

13 January 2023 • 80 questions

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Question 1 / 80

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

Munoo began (1)_________. He felt resentful and disheartened, thinking how he hated his uncle. But he saw that the fellow on the steel horse, who had been the cause of his (2)_________, had come to grief fifty yards ahead, having collided with a calf (3) __________ among the crowds of men and women near the fruit shops at the crossroads. So he walked along reassured, forgetful still but sufficiently cautious, with (4) _________ ahead of him, another on the row of shops, and an occasional glance behind, to see that there was not another steel horse, or bicycle, as the juggler (5)_________it, following.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. had called.

  • The passage is in the past.
  • The sentence suggests that the juggler had referred to the bicycle as a steel horse in the past.
  • Thus, to express an event of further past we must use past perfect tense i.e Had + V3.
  • Thus, "had called" is appropriate for the blank.

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