SSC CGL - 18 July 2023 - Shift 2

Tier 1 • 18 July 2023 • 100 questions

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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.

The Maasais live in (1) ______________ very beautiful part of Africa. They live on the wide plains in southern and northern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The area (2) ______________ of miles of rolling grassland, on which you can find thorny bushes and rocky hills. The people move from one place to another according to the seasons, looking for grasses and other plants (3) ______________ which their cattle can graze. They have no permanent home. When they want to settle in a place for some time, they build a kind of camp called a 'Manyatta', where a few families live for a (4) ______________ weeks or months. Then they move on again, taking their few (5) _____________ with them, and burning the old 'Manyatta' to the ground. 

 

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

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

The term 'belongings' refers to the possessions or items that belong to them, which they carry when they relocate.

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