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SSC MTS 2023 PYQ — Question 65

SSC MTS - 02 May 2023 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q65

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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.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

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

The writer is speculating that, the 2 women are , the man's wife and daughter, here the word 'they' can be used as a pronoun referring to the wife and the daughter. 

In this case, using the pronouns, them, these and this will not give a logical meaning to the sentence, thus eliminating the options 1, 2 and 4.