Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence ...........

English (CPO) One Word Substitution

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to

substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

This is the worse famine this country has seen in a decade.

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SSC CPO 9th Nov 2022 Shift 2

most worse

very worst

No substitution required

the worst

- Option 1: most worse

- Incorrect. "Most worse" is grammatically incorrect. "Worse" is a comparative form, and it doesn't require "most."

- Option 2: very worst

- Incorrect. "Very worst" is not a proper grammatical structure. "Worst" already expresses the superlative degree, and doesn't require "very."

- Option 3: No substitution required

- Incorrect. The original sentence uses "worse" which is a comparative form. The sentence needs the superlative form.

- Option 4: the worst

- Correct. "The worst" is the correct superlative form for describing the most extreme condition in a group.

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