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SSC Selection Post 2022 PYQ — Question 6

SSC Selection Post - Matriculation Level 2022 - 7 Feb 2022 - Shift 1 • English • Q6

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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.
I was brought up in a village. Those days there (1) ______ no televisions, music systems or
VCDs at (2) ______. Our only luxury was books. I was fortunate (3) ______ grandparents. My
grandfather was a retired school (4) ______ and an avid reader. He knew a large (5) ______
of Sanskrit texts by heart and every night, under the dark sky with the twinkling stars, he
would tell me many stories.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 5.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. number.

Context: The sentence talks about how the speaker’s grandfather knew many Sanskrit texts. The word to be filled must refer to a countable set of items (texts), not an uncountable quantity or general quality.

Meaning of the words:

Quantity means the amount of something that can be measured but is usually used with uncountable nouns.

Number means a count of individual items or people and is used with countable nouns. It is a noun.

Number (repeated): same as above.

Quality means the degree or standard of something and refers to characteristics, not quantity.

Correct word: Number

Reason: The noun “texts” is countable. So, the correct word to describe how many texts he knew is “number”.
“Quantity” is used for uncountable nouns like water or sugar.
“Quality” refers to characteristics, not count.
“Number” fits grammatically and logically to indicate how many texts he knew.
“Number” is the standard word used with plural countable nouns.

Final Sentence: He knew a large number of Sanskrit texts by heart and every night, under the dark sky with the twinkling stars, he would tell me many stories.

Hence, the chosen option will be correct.