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SSC MTS 2024 PYQ — Question 86

SSC MTS - 08/10/2024 - (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) • English • Q86

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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Traditional medicines (TMs) make (1)___________ natural products and are of great importance. Such forms of medicine as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Ayurveda, Kampo, traditional Korean medicine (TKM), and Unani (2)_________ natural products and have been (3)__________ all over the world for hundreds or even thousands of years, and they (4)__________ blossomed into orderly-regulated systems of medicine. In their various forms, they may have certain defects, but they (5)_________ still a valuable repository of human knowledge.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. employ.

Context: The sentence is in present simple tense describing a general fact. 'Such forms of medicine ... natural products' means they make use of them.

Analysis of the given options:

  • employ – Correct; means “to make use of” in present form for plural subject

  • employing – Would require a continuous form; not suitable here

  • employs – Incorrect because the subject is plural ('forms of medicine')

  • employed – Past tense, not suitable for the general fact stated

Correct word: employ

Reason: Plural subject “forms of medicine” takes the base verb without ‘s’ in present simple tense.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.