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SSC MTS 2024 PYQ — Question 84

SSC MTS - 08/10/2024 - (4:00 PM - 5:30 PM) • English • Q84

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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.

Traditional medicines (TMs) make (1)___________ natural products and are of great importance. Such forms of medicine as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Ayurveda, Kampo, traditional Korean medicine (TKM), and Unani (2)_________ natural products and have been (3)__________ all over the world for hundreds or even thousands of years, and they (4)__________ blossomed into orderly-regulated systems of medicine. In their various forms, they may have certain defects, but they (5)_________ still a valuable repository of human knowledge.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. use of.

Context: The sentence talks about the role of traditional medicines and the first blank needs a phrase showing that they make 'use of' natural products. 'Traditional medicines make ___ natural products' means that they utilise them.

Analysis of the given options:

  • used off – Incorrect phrase and wrong preposition

  • use of – Correct phrase meaning “utilise”

  • uses of – Incorrect here because the structure “make uses of” is grammatically wrong; it should be “make use of”

  • used of – Grammatically incorrect combination

Correct word: use of

Reason: The idiomatic expression is “make use of” meaning to utilise.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.