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Choose the best option to replace the underlined part to improve the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select 'No substitution.'

She remained calm by the procedure.

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

throughout the procedure

The sentence tells us that she stayed calm for the whole duration of the procedure, so the phrase must express continuity over an entire span of time.

'Throughout' means from beginning to end, for the complete duration, which exactly captures remaining calm during the whole procedure.

This gives 'She remained calm throughout the procedure', which is both idiomatic and logically complete.

The original 'by the procedure' is wrong because 'by' shows agency or means, not duration, so it cannot describe how long she stayed calm.

'Across the procedure' and 'along the procedure' are unidiomatic, since neither preposition naturally expresses lasting through a period of activity.

The guiding rule is to match the preposition to the meaning required, here duration, for which 'throughout' is the precise choice.

Hence, the correct replacement is throughout the procedure.

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