Select the most appropriate fact from the given options.

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

My grandmother, like everybody’s grandmother, was an old woman. She had been old and wrinkled for the twenty years that I had known her. People said that she once had been young and pretty and had even had a husband, but that was hard to believe. My grandfather’s
portrait hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing room. He wore a big turban and loose-fitting clothes. His long, white beard covered the best part of his chest and he looked at least a hundred years old. He did not look the sort of person who would have a wife or children. He looked as if he could only have lots and lots of grandchildren. As my grandmother being young and pretty, the thought was almost revolting. She often told us of the games she used to play as a child. That seemed quite absurd and undignified on her part and we treated it like the fables of the Prophets she used to tell us.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. The author and grandma lived for twenty years.

The passage states that the author had known his grandmother as old and wrinkled for twenty years. This implies that they lived together or had a close relationship for that duration.
None of the other options are supported by the passage:
Option 2: There is no indication that the grandmother was twenty years old.
Option 3: The passage does not mention the grandmother's death or the author’s age at the time of her death.
Option 4: There is no mention of the author’s age when the story was written.

SSC CGL 2023 PYQ — Question 63