From the following figure,find the number of zeros of $y=p(x)$ :

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(A) The number of zeros of a polynomial $y=p(x)$ is equal to the number of points where the graph of the polynomial intersects the $X-$axis.
In the given figure,the graph of $y=p(x)$ intersects the $X-$axis at exactly $1$ point.
Therefore,the number of real zeros of $p(x)$ is $1$.

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