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) The president of the meeting said that they should raise the (A) tenor (B) tenom of the proceedings which had acquired an all time low. (ii) When the train crashed, several coaches (A) telescoped (B) telepathy into the back of the engine. (iii) The father is going up the (A) stares (B) stairs to see as to what the children are doing on the roof. (iv) In the modern era, the ability to (A) reed (B) read and write is a must to converse with the people.

In sentence (i), the correct option is A because tenor refers to the direction in which something is steadily moving, in this case the proceedings of a meeting, whereas Tenom is a place in Malaysia.

In sentence (ii), the correct option is A because telescoped refers to slide neatly one inside another whereas telepathy refers to supposed communication directly from one person's mind to another's without speech, writing, or other signs or symbols.

In sentence (iii), the correct option is B because stairs are a flight of steps leading from one floor or level to another whereas stares refer to look directly at somebody or something for a long time without moving the eyes away.

In sentence (iv), the correct option is B because read refers to identifying and understanding the meaning of the characters and words in written or printed material, whereas reed is a tall slender plant with jointed stalks.