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SSC CHSL 2016 · Question 22 of 188

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. The preacher challenged hundreds of thousands of young people who gathered in a ...............Polish meadow to reject being a "..............." who retreats into video games and computer screens and instead engage in social activism and politics to create a more just world. ...............his speech with ..............., the 79- year-old pope, despite a long day of public appearances, addressed his eager audience with enthusiasm yesterday on a warm summer night. Pope Francis spoke of a ...............that comes from merely seeking convenience, from confusing happiness with a complacent way of life that could end up depriving people of the ability to determine their own fates. ...............his speech with

Cloze Test

  1. AShowering
  2. BEndowing
  3. CGlorifying
  4. DPepperingCorrect

Answer: D. Peppering

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Source: SSC CHSL (Tier-1) 2016 Online Exam Paper held on 11 January 2017, Evening Shift (English Language) — SSC-published paper with official answer key, via sscportal.in (note: image files on the Quantitative Aptitude page are named 08-Jan-2017, likely an sscportal upload-label error; page titles and QID sequence 201-300 consistently indicate 11 Jan 2017 Evening Shift) · official-answer-key

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