Direction (Qs.1-5): In each of the questions given below four words are given in bold. These four words may or may not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of the words that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it is then select option (5) as your choice.
Question No : 1
The Delhi High Court has observed (A) that use of pesticides and consumers (B) to ripen fruits amounts (C) to poisoning the chemicals (D).
(1) (B)-(C)
(2) (A)-(D)
(3) (B)-(D)
(4) (A)-(C)
(5) No replacement required
Question No : 2
The tenure (A) has showcased the development (B) work done during (C) late Sheila Dikshit’s 15-year party (D) as Delhi Chief Minister.
(1) (B)-(C)
(2) (A)-(D)
(3) (B)-(D)
(4) (A)-(C)
(5) No replacement required
Question No : 3
Several people made (A) their way to these spots to sang (B) a minute of silence at 5.17 p.m., the time Gandhi was shot (C), after which they observe (D) the national anthem.
(1) (B)-(C)
(2) (A)-(D)
(3) (B)-(D)
(4) (A)-(C)
(5) No replacement required
Question No : 4
That conversation (A) of disapproval (B) also means that appreciation (C) is very different: voices overlap because there’s no social vivacity (D) of interruption.
(1) (A)-(D)
(2) (C)-(D)
(3) (A)-(C), (B)-(D)
(4) (A)-(B), (C)-(D)
(5) (B)-(D)
Question No : 5
It feels like my duty to empire (A) out of my sour, fogey, Remainer-funk and wonder (B) what young people must be making of their bequeathed (C) world – as the song says, this “clamber (D) of dirt”?
(1) (A)-(D)
(2) (C)-(D)
(3) (A)-(C), (B)-(D)
(4) (A)-(B), (C)-(D)
(5) (B)-(D)