Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5 ........

English Language (MTS) Fill in the blanks

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
In a significant find, the Epigraphy Branch of the Archaeological Survey of India (1) ______ discovered the earliest epigraphic evidence so
far for the Saptamatrika cult. It is also (2) ______ earliest Sanskrit inscription to have been discovered (3) ______ South India as of date.
Saptamatrikas are a group of seven female deities worshipped in Hinduism as personifying the energy of their respective consorts. The
inscription is in Sanskrit and in Brahmi characters and was (4) ______ by Satavahana King Vijaya in 207 A.D. The inscription came to
light when some local villagers informed the authorities of the presence of a pillar with some engravings when they were restoring and
(5) ______ the local Bheemeshwara temple.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

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SSC MTS 26th July 2022 Shift-2

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repairing

healing

removing

praying

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Explanation:

- The passage discusses a discovery related to the Saptamatrika cult by the Archaeological Survey of India.

- The context of blank 5 involves actions related to a temple.

- Option 1: repairing - Makes sense because it involves fixing or restoring something, which aligns with usual activities performed at a temple for preservation.

- Option 2: healing - This typically refers to recovery, usually in a medical or spiritual sense, not directly related to the physical restoration of a building.

- Option 3: removing - Implies taking something away; does not fit the context of restoring a temple.

- Option 4: praying - Involves religious activity, but it does not fit with the idea of physical restoration.