Multiple choice

Mr. Alistair Cook is _____ (i) ______ popular bookseller in the city. There are school and college books in his shop. Yesterday he got ____ (ii) ____ fresh delivery of ____ (iii) ____ books on literature. Price of ____ (iv) ____ paper has gone up and _(v)_ books are costly. Even _(vi)_ inkpot costs high. Books which were easily available have disappeared from ____ (vii) ____ market.

Fill in blank (ii).

  1. the

  2. a

  3. an

  4. none of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(1) is incorrect because the subject 'fresh delivery of books' has been introduced for the  first time.(3) is incorrect because the word 'fresh' in the given paragraph begins with a consonant sound.

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