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SSC GD Const (English) - 21 Feb 2024 - Shift 3

21 February 2024 • 80 questions

Mock testSource label: Test Series

Question 1 / 80

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternative given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Instead, we (1) ________ our policy on hopes that by befriending her we would (2) ________ the evil day of reckoning. The evil day (3) _________ on 20th October 1962, barely 15 years (4) _________ Independence, and 12 years after China’s (5) __________ of Tibet.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 1.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

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

"To base" something on anything means to develop or form from a fact, opinion, or event. Here, the speaker formed their opinion i.e. based their policy on the hopes of befriending her. 

Hence, option 1 i.e. based is the correct answer.

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