SSC English Sample Paper SSC Sample Test Paper English-13

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    Directions for questions 21 to 25: In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.
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    One of the myths relevant to the contemporary human condition is that of Prometheus. It has positive and optimistic 21. Man can better himself and aspire 22 higher worlds through his own efforts. Though in the process, he may 23 terrible tribulations, wars, revolutions, tortures of the body and the spirit. Time and again he would be tempted to throw in the towel, or retire into 24 and to the dream world of drugs and 25. But he will not, if made of the stuff of Prometheus, be diverted. He stick to his goal, as Prometheus did in stealing fire from the Gods, suffering terrible retribution for his pains.

    A)  wilderness                    

    B)  meditation

    C)  obscurity                      

    D)  passivity

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     The correct alternative is wilderness, which means barren land.


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