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From the given alternatives, select the word that CANNOT be formed by using the letters of the given word.

INDEPENDENCE

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SSC CHSL 2025 Tier 1 Question Paper (21-Nov-2025) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

PENDING

This is a word-formation problem: a candidate word can be built only if all its letters, with the needed repetitions, are present among the letters of the given word INDEPENDENCE.

List the letters of INDEPENDENCE: I, N, D, E, P, E, N, D, E, N, C, E — that gives one I, three N's, two D's, four E's, one P and one C, and crucially no letter G.

DINE needs D, I, N, E, all available, so it can be formed, and NICE needs N, I, C, E, also all available.

PINE needs P, I, N, E, and each of these is present, so PINE can be formed too.

PENDING needs P, E, N, D, I, N, G — but the letter G does not occur anywhere in INDEPENDENCE, so PENDING cannot be formed.

The concept is the same availability test: even though PENDING's other letters are present, the single missing letter G makes the whole word impossible.

Hence the word that cannot be formed is PENDING.

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