Multiple choice

(i) The resort has plenty of activities - both indoor and outdoor- to (A) amuse (B) bemuse the guests. (ii) With his average play, he has not as yet been guaranteed a (A) berth (B) birth in the playing eleven. (iii) He took his friends to show them the (A) site (B) sight for his new factory which was coming up near the state's border. (iv) The (A) extent (B) extant of damage would be known once the storm passes over!

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. ABAA

  2. AAAA

  3. BAAA

  4. AABA

  5. AAAB

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In the sentence (i), the correct option is (A) because amuse here refers to keep pleasantly occupied; entertain; divert.  In sentence (ii), the correct option is (A) because berth refers to a seat or a place, here in a team. In sentence (iii), the correct option is (A) because site here refers to a specified place, such as a building site. In sentence (iv), the correct option is (A) because extent refers to the range over which something extends, storm in this case.