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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 35

SSC CGL Tier II English - 12/09/2019 • English • Q35

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In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Hunter-gatherer culture was the way of life for early humans until around 11,000 to 12,000 years ago. The lifestyle of hunter-gatherers was (1) ______ on hunting animals and foraging for food. Anthropologists (2)______ discovered evidence for the practice of hunter-gatherer culture (3)______ modern humans (Homo sapiens) and their distant ancestors dating as (4)______ back as two million years ago. Before the (5)______ of hunter-gatherer culture, earlier groups relied on (6)______practice of scavenging animal remains that predators left (7)______. Because hunter-gatherers did not rely on agriculture, (8)______ used mobility as a survival strategy. Indeed, (9)______ lifestyle required access to large areas of (10)______ to find the food they needed for survival.

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.

The old man lifted the heavy bundle with hardly no effort at all.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct option is 1, i.e. with hardly any effort.

  • This option is correct because 'any' refers to a certain quantity, in this case of 'effort'. Using 'no effort' in the question means effort wasn't given at all.
  • This makes the sense incorrect as a certain amount of effort is always required to lift heavy loads. This makes 'any' the correct answer.