SSC CGL Tier-2 21-February-2018 English

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.
Passage:

We all experience and understand that the current times are not very safe in general. One has to be on a ______ guard against unfriendly elements. As we move towards the Golden Age on the planet, a ______ of negative forces have surfaced. It is by bringing them to the surface that the divine forces can put them to an end. It is like the ______ that surfaces when we boil sugar in water, which is ready to be removed from the top so that what we get is sugar solution ______ of all the impurities. This process of cleansing our planet by the universal forces, however, will take some time. Till then, we have to ______ these negativities around us.

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.
Passage:

If fantasies could be real, everyone might have wanted an ______ cut-off point at which they could instantly block out all stress. But, a ______ restless mind and an ego that cannot take defeat make sure that we keep worrying about all kinds of difficulties, including the significant, ______ and even imaginary ones. No wonder, most of us are suffering from chronic stress. For a majority, there is no escape from stressful circumstances. We can’t always shift cities, terminate relationships, resign from jobs, restrict social ______ and wait for ideal, stress-free conditions to come our way. But, we can change the way we ______ and deal with stress.

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.
Passege:

Silence is much more than the absence of sound; it is the ______ pre-existing entity in which God creates. It is the source to which all words return to ______ true meaning. Silence is the womb of the tangible world. In the Christian Biblical version of Creation, God ‘spoke’ and the world came into being. With the pronouncing of the Word, speech became primary, but silence remained ______. The heart of Christian meditation is to return to this primordial state of being. It is a journey from words into the creative word of God; this word is ______ by silence. By its very nature, silence is ______, often purposeless and for that reason very frightening.