Answer the next 5 Questions. Comprehension:
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 blank.
One day while the magistrate was walking (1)_______a market he saw a crowd outside a poultry shop. (2)_________enquiring what the matter was (3)_________learnt that a peasant had accidentally (4)_______a heavy sack on a chicken, (5)________it to death.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
Abhay's uncle sent him some mangoes from Konkan. If he was to eat some specific number of mangoes every day, they would have lasted for 60 days. But, Abhay's cousin Rajiv came to spend the holidays with him and both of them finished the mangoes in 36 days. If Rajiv alone was to eat the mangoes, then how many days would they have lasted?