Multiple choice

(i) The tsunami caused (A) incredulous (B) incredible damage to the life and the property of the citizens of many countries. (ii) The Japanese air force dealt a catastrophic blow to the American (A) naval (B) navel forces at the Pearl harbour. (iii) It could be a murder for professional (A) jealousy (B) envy or power or both. Afterall, he was doing very well. (iv) Yesterday, people were (A) literally (B) figuratively sitting on the main highway to protest against the murder of the boy and police's inaction.

Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.

  1. AAAA

  2. BBAA

  3. BABA

  4. BAAA

  5. BAAB
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D Correct answer
Explanation

In the sentence (i), the correct option is (B) because incredible refers to something that is described is hard to believe. In sentence (ii), the correct option is (A) because naval refers to a navy, that branch of the military that operates at sea. In sentence (iii), the correct option is (A)  because jealousy refers to is when you are worried that someone else is trying to take what you have. In sentence (iv), the correct option is (A)  because literally refers to something that actually happened.

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