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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 38

SSC CGL Tier II English - 12/09/2019 • English • Q38

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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.8.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3, i.e. they.

  1. Them is used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to two or more people or things previously mentioned or easily identified.
  2. He is used to refer to a man, boy, or male animal previously mentioned or easily identified.
  3. They is used to refer to two or more people (group) or things previously mentioned or easily identified.
  4. We is used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people considered together.

The given statement refers to a group of humans (hunter-gatherers), which is why the correct fill for the blank is 'they'.