SSC MTS 2023 PYQ — Question 61

In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

A young man walks toward me with a stick slung across his back and a (1)______ of sheep at his feet, which carry him down the path (2)_______ a crowd of rowdy children. An older man follows, weatherworn but still (3)_____, a rifle over his left shoulder. He clicks his tongue to (4) ______the flock. Behind him are two women on horses; I guess (5) _______ are his wife and daughter.