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SSC CGL – Combined Graduate Level Examination · Question 85

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: The court declared the accused as guilty.

  1. guilty for the crime
  2. guilty
  3. as being guilty in the crime
  4. guilty for the criminal
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Answer: (B) guilty

Explanation

'Declare' takes a direct complement without 'as': declared the accused guilty.