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Question 231

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension

In the given passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage intently and choose the most appropriate option to fill in each blank:

Equity in education is not a matter of distributing identical tools to unequal lives. It is, instead, the ______ (1) of design-one that begins by listening, not prescribing. To mistake uniformity for fairness is to ignore the histories etched into the margins of classrooms: the quiet absence of confidence, the inherited silences of caste, class, or gender, the invisible weight of underfed attention. In this context, merit is often brandished as a ________ (2) obscuring the scaffolded advantages that shape who arrives prepared and who arrives late. A just system does not pretend everyone starts at the same line; it re-draws the line so that the race itself does not entrench inequality. That redrawing requires more than infrastructure-it demands a ______ (3) of imagination. What if assessments accounted for lived complexity? What if pedagogy paused for breath where society gasps for access? Education is not a ladder out of poverty if the rungs are greased for some and splintered for others. Nor is inclusion real if it is merely spatial-a desk, a roll call, a token smile. True equity emerges not from programs alone, but from the ________ (4) to confront whose stories are centred, whose questions are validated, and whose silences are allowed to remain unbroken. The future of learning lies not in acceleration, but in the willingness to _______ (5) where we have failed to ask why the an always sound the same.

What should come in the place of blank number (4)? 

  1. AOption (a)

    refusal

  2. BOption (b)

    curriculum

  3. COption (c)

    hesitation

  4. DOption (d)

    mandate

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

refusal

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Question 232

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension

In the given passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage intently and choose the most appropriate option to fill in each blank:

Equity in education is not a matter of distributing identical tools to unequal lives. It is, instead, the ______ (1) of design-one that begins by listening, not prescribing. To mistake uniformity for fairness is to ignore the histories etched into the margins of classrooms: the quiet absence of confidence, the inherited silences of caste, class, or gender, the invisible weight of underfed attention. In this context, merit is often brandished as a ________ (2) obscuring the scaffolded advantages that shape who arrives prepared and who arrives late. A just system does not pretend everyone starts at the same line; it re-draws the line so that the race itself does not entrench inequality. That redrawing requires more than infrastructure-it demands a ______ (3) of imagination. What if assessments accounted for lived complexity? What if pedagogy paused for breath where society gasps for access? Education is not a ladder out of poverty if the rungs are greased for some and splintered for others. Nor is inclusion real if it is merely spatial-a desk, a roll call, a token smile. True equity emerges not from programs alone, but from the ________ (4) to confront whose stories are centred, whose questions are validated, and whose silences are allowed to remain unbroken. The future of learning lies not in acceleration, but in the willingness to _______ (5) where we have failed to ask why the an always sound the same.

What should come in the place of blank number (5)? 

  1. AOption (a)

    innovate 

  2. BOption (b)

    conform 

  3. COption (c)

    return 

  4. DOption (d)

    unravel

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

innovate 

Explanation not yet available.

Question 233

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension

Choose the correct preposition:

He was entrusted ______ confidential state documents.

  1. AOption (a)

    for

  2. BOption (b)

    with

  3. COption (c)

    to

  4. DOption (d)

    by

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

for

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Question 234

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension

Select the correct option:

The committee regarded the proposal as ___ to the organization's long-term vision.

  1. AOption (a)

    integral 

  2. BOption (b)

    integrally 

  3. COption (c)

    integration 

  4. DOption (d)

    integrate  

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

integral 

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Question 235

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension

Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:

The manager asked the interns (1)/ to compile the data accurately and quick (2)/ for tomorrow's presentation (3)/ before the end of the day. (4)/

  1. AOption (a)

    1

  2. BOption (b)

    2

  3. COption (c)

    3

  4. DOption (d)

    4

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

1

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Question 236

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension

Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:

What the council could not anticipate (1)/ was that the regulatory changes, sudden as they seemed, (2)/ were in fact a culmination of several years (3)/ of there being dissatisfaction within the sector. (4)

  1. AOption (a)

    1

  2. BOption (b)

    2

  3. COption (c)

    3

  4. DOption (d)

    4

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

1

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Question 237

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension

Change the following from active to passive:

They will not tolerate procedural anomalies.

  1. AOption (a)

    Procedural anomalies will not be tolerated by them. 

  2. BOption (b)

    Procedural anomalies are not being tolerated by them. 

  3. COption (c)

    Procedural anomalies would not be tolerated by them. 

  4. DOption (d)

    Procedural anomalies have not been tolerated by them. 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Procedural anomalies will not be tolerated by them. 

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Question 238

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension

Change the following from active to passive:

People found her explanation lacking in coherence.

  1. AOption (a)

    Her explanation lacked coherence when people found it. 

  2. BOption (b)

    It was found by people that her explanation lacked coherence.  

  3. COption (c)

    Her explanation was found to be lacking in coherence. 

  4. DOption (d)

    Her coherence was lacking when it was explained.  

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Her explanation lacked coherence when people found it. 

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Question 239

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension

Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word:

He had a strong will to overcome adversity.

  1. AOption (a)

    They signed a will before retirement. 

  2. BOption (b)

    The king ruled with willful pride.  

  3. COption (c)

    She was willing to help without reward.  

  4. DOption (d)

    The team showed great willpower. 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

They signed a will before retirement. 

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Question 240

SSC CPO 2025• English Comprehension

Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word:

The conservator repaired the fillet on the old manuscript binding.

  1. AOption (a)

    The chef pan-seared a salmon fillet with herbs. 

  2. BOption (b)

    The bookbinder stitched the leather fillet tightly. 

  3. COption (c)

    The fillet was traced in gold on the spine. 

  4. DOption (d)

    The medieval fillet indicated title divisions. 

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

The chef pan-seared a salmon fillet with herbs. 

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