Multiple choice

Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicised or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase in each case to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.

(i) Children of the people living in slum areas (A) wonder (B) wander here and there and they neither study nor do any productive work. (ii) Do not (A) put off (B) put on what you can do today. (iii) The father fell (A) of (B) off the horse and hurt his right toe. (iv) The patient has been given medicine and his fever will (A) abate (B) abet soon.

  1. AABA

  2. BABA

  3. BBAB

  4. ABBA
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B Correct answer
Explanation

In sentence (i) the correct option is (B) because wander refers to moving from place to place without a purpose, whereas wonder refers to a miracle or other cause of intense admiration.

In sentence (ii) the correct option is (A) because put off refers to delaying or postponing something, whereas put on refers to cover the body or a part of the body with clothing.

In sentence (iii) the correct option is (B) because off refers to separation between two points whereas of refers to indicate the person or thing affected by something.

In sentence (iv) the correct option is (A) because abate refers to lessening or making something lessen gradually, whereas abet refers to assisting somebody to do something.

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