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SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 2

SSC MTS - 19 July 2022 - Shift 2 • English • Q2

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Directions:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Latin may be the language that we (1) ______ with the Roman Empire, but the question of (2) ______ the Romans spoke Latin or not (3) ______ not have a simple answer. Rome grew from a tiny community in the middle of a culturally diverse peninsula into an empire that reached (4) ______ Britain to Syria. As Rome’s power spread, Romans also interacted with (5) ______ of dozens of other languages.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. from.

The passage talks about the Latin language. As the sentence talks about the stretch of Rome, so, the most appropriate word for filler 4 is 'from' as it is used to refer to the place where something starts or originates.