Question : Comprehension:
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 belongings with them, and burning the old 'Manyatta' to the ground.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: with
Option 2: at
Option 3: on
Option 4: by
Correct Answer: on
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation:
The sentence mentions "looking for grasses and other plants on which their cattle can graze". Here, the preposition on is appropriate, indicating the surface where the cattle graze. The phrase "on which their cattle can graze" specifies the location of the plants, and on is the preposition that accurately conveys this relationship.
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