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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 45

SSC CGL Tier II English - 12/09/2019 • English • Q45

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In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Hunter-gatherer culture was the way of life for early humans until around 11,000 to 12,000 years ago. The lifestyle of hunter-gatherers was (1) ______ on hunting animals and foraging for food. Anthropologists (2)______ discovered evidence for the practice of hunter-gatherer culture (3)______ modern humans (Homo sapiens) and their distant ancestors dating as (4)______ back as two million years ago. Before the (5)______ of hunter-gatherer culture, earlier groups relied on (6)______practice of scavenging animal remains that predators left (7)______. Because hunter-gatherers did not rely on agriculture, (8)______ used mobility as a survival strategy. Indeed, (9)______ lifestyle required access to large areas of (10)______ to find the food they needed for survival.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1, i.e based.

  1. 'Based' denotes past tense.
  2. 'Basing' denotes present continuous tense.
  3. 'Base' denotes simple present tense.
  4. 'Bases' becomes the plural form of 'base' and can also be referred in the present tense.

The given sentence denotes past tense, 'lifestyle of hunters was'. So, the past form of the verb, that is 'based' is the correct fill for the blank.