Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The (A) decent (B) descent behaviour of the receptionist allured us to wait for the officer till he was free to attend to us.
(ii) He has been (A) ale (B) ailing for two months and that is why he is now too weak to walk.
(iii) We have divided the sweets (A) between (B) among the two children.
(iv) Raja Ram Mohan Rai fought against the Sati (A) custom (B) habit wherein the wife used to burn herself along with her dead husband.
B
Correct answer
Explanation
In sentence (i) the correct option is (A) because the adjective decent indicates kind or cosiderate whereas the noun descent means the act of going down or the way down.
In sentence (ii) the correct option is (B) because the adjective ailing indicates affected or weakened by an illness. The noun ale is a name of a kind ofa alcholic drink, a type of beer.
In sentence (iii) the correct option is (A) because the preposition between indicates amid two people or the intermediate situation between two people. The preposition among indicates something that surrounds.
In sentence (iv) the correct option is (A) because the noun custom indicates an established tradition whereas, the noun habit indicates the way somebody usually or routinely behaves in a particular situation.