SSC CHSL – SSC CHSL Test 29

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of these. <br><br> During his early days as editor of the popular magazine, Sportstar, Ayon Sengupta did much of the reading of unsolicited stories. This meant endless hours of sitting at the desk, pouring over big <strong>stacks</strong> of manuscripts, trying to decide which were worthy of publication and which were not. Sengupta became an expert at making these decisions. One day he received a huffy letter from a would­be writer who had a complaint. 'Last week you rejected my story', she wrote. 'I am positive you did not read it, because as a test, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20. The manuscript came back with the pages still pasted. There is no question in my mind but that you are a crafty and a disgrace to your profession'.Sengupta's reply was succinct: 'Madam, at breakfast when I crack open an egg. I don't have to eat the whole egg to know it is bad'.

Sengupta did much reading of the stories

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of these. <br><br> During his early days as editor of the popular magazine, Sportstar, Ayon Sengupta did much of the reading of unsolicited stories. This meant endless hours of sitting at the desk, pouring over big <strong>stacks</strong> of manuscripts, trying to decide which were worthy of publication and which were not. Sengupta became an expert at making these decisions. One day he received a huffy letter from a would­be writer who had a complaint. 'Last week you rejected my story', she wrote. 'I am positive you did not read it, because as a test, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20. The manuscript came back with the pages still pasted. There is no question in my mind but that you are a crafty and a disgrace to your profession'.Sengupta's reply was succinct: 'Madam, at breakfast when I crack open an egg. I don't have to eat the whole egg to know it is bad'.

The lady wrote a huffy letter because

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Certain words are printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of these. <br><br> During his early days as editor of the popular magazine, Sportstar, Ayon Sengupta did much of the reading of unsolicited stories. This meant endless hours of sitting at the desk, pouring over big <strong>stacks</strong> of manuscripts, trying to decide which were worthy of publication and which were not. Sengupta became an expert at making these decisions. One day he received a huffy letter from a would­be writer who had a complaint. 'Last week you rejected my story', she wrote. 'I am positive you did not read it, because as a test, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20. The manuscript came back with the pages still pasted. There is no question in my mind but that you are a crafty and a disgrace to your profession'.Sengupta's reply was succinct: 'Madam, at breakfast when I crack open an egg. I don't have to eat the whole egg to know it is bad'.

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