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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.

We decided to take one shortest route to our destination so that we could save travel-time.

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SSC GD 2018 Question Paper Hindi (11-Mar-2019) (Shift 3)
The correct answer is

to take the shortest route

A superlative adjective (shortest, tallest, best) is preceded by the definite article "the", because it points to one specific thing.

"One shortest", "a shortest" and "an shortest" are all incorrect; "an" is also wrong before a consonant sound.

Correct sentence: "We decided to take the shortest route to our destination so that we could save travel-time."

Hence, to take the shortest route.

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