SSC CPO 2019 PYQ — Question 22

SSC CPO Tier I - 13th December 2019 - Shift 1 • English • Q22

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Plenty of information about the flora and fauna of India ______ available in this book.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

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

  1. In a sentence, verb should be in accordance with the main subject. In this the main subject is ‘information’ is an uncountable noun so a singular verb is to be used.
  2. As the sentence needs to be in simple present tense so ‘is’ will be used as helping verb.

The correct formation will be-

‘Plenty of information about the flora and fauna of India is available in this book’.

Hence the correct answer is option A.