Question

5. Fill in the blanks given below with help of options that follow: (3)

Human civilizations (i) …….around for a paltry 12000 years, barely (ii)…… seconds of the geological clock. In the short

amount of time (iii)…….managed to create quite a ruckus. We have etched our dominance over nature with our villages,

towns, cities and megacities.

(i) (a) had been (b) is been (c) have been (d) having been

(ii) (a) few (b) a few (c) fewer (d) less

(iii)(a) they’ve (b) we’ve (c) them (d) there
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Answer 1

Answer:

(I)

had been .

(ii)

few

(iii)

they've