SSC Selection Post Phase 14 (Matric Level)2026-09-22Shift 3Cloze Test
AI and Digital Autonomy

The rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence into daily life has sparked a contentious debate regarding digital autonomy. Proponents argue that if developers (1) ______ more robust ethical frameworks during the initial coding phase, the current issues with algorithmic bias would be less pervasive. Currently, a significant portion of the tech industry, including the most prominent software engineers, (2) ______ that innovation must outpace regulation. This mindset, however, often leaves the public (3) ______ to the whims of opaque data-harvesting practices. Furthermore, the (4) ______ of digital surveillance in modern urban environments has led to a slow erosion of personal privacy. Only when transparency becomes the industry standard (5) ______ to trust the systems that increasingly govern our lives.

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

Answer और ExplanationAnswer and explanation

Answer: (B) will users begin

Window: *…Only when transparency becomes the industry standard (5) ______ to trust the systems…*. 'Only when' से शुरू होने वाले वाक्य में subject से पहले helping verb (सहायक क्रिया) आना आवश्यक है।
Concept: Only when… वाक्य की शुरुआत में हो तो inversion (व्युत्क्रम) होता है, अर्थात auxiliary + subject का क्रम बनता है।
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…Only when transparency becomes the industry standard will users begin to trust the systems…
'Users will begin' और 'users would begin' में inversion नहीं है, जबकि 'did users begin' में tense गलत है।
Window: *…Only when transparency becomes the industry standard (5) ______ to trust the systems…*. A sentence beginning with 'Only when' needs the helping verb before the subject.
Concept: Only when… at the start causes inversion: auxiliary + subject.
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…Only when transparency becomes the industry standard will users begin to trust the systems…
'Users will begin' and 'users would begin' do not invert, and 'did users begin' uses the wrong tense.

बाकी Options उत्तर क्यों नहीं हैंWhy the other options are not the answer

A'users will begin' सामान्य क्रम में सही लगा। परंतु 'Only when' से आरंभ होने पर सहायक क्रिया को subject से पहले आना चाहिए।'users will begin' seems the normal word order, and the sentence flows. But a sentence starting with 'Only when' needs inversion, so the auxiliary comes before the subject.
C'users would begin' शिष्ट व काल्पनिक कथन जैसा लगा। परंतु इसमें subject पहले है, अतः 'Only when' की inversion (व्युत्क्रम) की माँग पूरी नहीं होती।'users would begin' sounds polite and hypothetical. But it also keeps the subject first, so it misses the inversion that 'Only when…' requires.
D'did users begin' में उलटा क्रम सही है, इसलिए चुना गया। परंतु 'did' भूतकाल है, जबकि पहला clause (उपवाक्य) 'becomes' वर्तमान में है; अतः 'will' चाहिए।'did users begin' shows the right inversion, so it looked correct. But 'did' makes the sentence past, while 'becomes' in the first clause is present and calls for 'will'.

Source: SSC Selection Post Phase 14 (Matric Level) · 2026-09-22 · Shift 3। Solution: Prashant Sir, Ramban।Source: SSC Selection Post Phase 14 (Matric Level) · 2026-09-22 · Shift 3. Solution by Prashant Sir, from Ramban.