SSC Selection Post 2022 PYQ — Question 9

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and
select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
My worries were increasing. The boy at the shop was becoming more clamorous. My sales
were poor, as the railways (1)_________ more peddlers on the platforms. My cash receipts
were going down and my credit sales alone (2) _________. The wholesale merchants who
supplied me with goods stopped credit to me. The boy’s method of account-keeping was so
chaotic that I did not know whether I was moving forward or backward. He produced cash
from the counter in a haphazard manner, and there (3) __________ on the shelves all over
the shop. The boy was probably pocketing money and eating off the stuff. With my credit at
the wholesalers’ gone, the public complained that nothing one wanted was ever available.
Suddenly, the railways gave me notice to quit. I (4) __________ the old stationmaster and
porter, but they could do nothing; the order had come from (5) __________. The shop was
given to a new contractor.