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Fill in the blank with the correctly spelt word.

The geologist measured the _________ structure of the mountain.

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

stratigraphic

The blank needs the correctly spelt adjective describing the layered rock structure of a mountain.

The word comes from geology: 'strata' means the layers of rock, and the combining element '-graphic' relates to description or recording, giving the field name 'stratigraphy' and its adjective 'stratigraphic'.

The crucial point is the connecting vowel: 'strata' loses its final 'a' and takes an 'i' before 'graphic', producing strat-i-graphic.

Option 1, 'stratographic', wrongly uses an 'o' as the connecting vowel.

Option 3, 'strategraphic', wrongly uses an 'e' and even suggests 'strategy' rather than strata.

Option 4, 'stratigrafik', spells the ending phonetically with 'fik' instead of 'phic', so it is incorrect; only option 2 keeps the proper 'i' link and the '-graphic' ending.

Hence the correctly spelt word is stratigraphic.

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