Directions [Set of 4 Questions]: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 grass land, 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 belongings with them, and burning the old 'Manyatta' to the ground.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
1.little
2.least
3.few
4.significant
Correct Answer : 3
Solution :
'Weeks' and 'months' are countable nouns, and 'little' and 'least' are used for uncountable nouns, so options (a) and (b) are incorrect. The sentence mentions that when Maasais want to settle at a place for some time, they build a kind of camp. Since the sentence talks about staying at a place for some short duration only, 'few' is the most appropriate option to fill the blank.
Hence, option (c) is the answer.
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