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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

If you thought that yoga was all about bending and twisting your body in odd shapes, it’s time to rethink. Yoga is (1) ______ more. In very simple words, giving care (2) ______ your body, mind and breath is yoga. Derived (3) ______ the Sankrit word ‘yuj’ which means ‘to unite or integrate’, yoga is (4) ______ 5,000-year-old Indian body of knowledge. Yoga is all about harmonising the body (5) ______ the mind and breath through means of various breathing exercises, yoga poses (asanas) and meditation.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

A

an

B

one

C

a

D

the

Solution

a 5000 year old is correct usage 

a is more commonly used and preferred with a historical event is worth recording.

example 

a 5 year old boy is standing across the river