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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 1.

Option 1: that

Option 2: a

Option 3: their

Option 4: some


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: a


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

Explanation:

The sentence is describing a general region where the Maasais live, not a specific one. The phrase "live in a very beautiful part of Africa" suggests a beautiful part among several possibilities rather than a particular, defined location.

Therefore, the indefinite article a is appropriate in this context.

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