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) Some members of the managing Committee expressed their (A) dissent (B) descent on the proposals of the president.
(ii) An umbrella (A) protects (B) defends us from rain during rainy season.
(iii) The criminals (A) device (B) devised a plan to escape from the hands of the policemen who were taking them to the law court.
(iv) At school small children are taught (A) addition (B) edition subtraction, division and multiplication.
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Correct answer
Explanation
In sentence (i) the correct option is (A) because the intransitive verb dissent indicates disagreement or witholding assent. The noun descent indicates the way of going down.
In sentence (ii) the correct option is (A) because the verb protect indicates keeping someone or something safe. The verb defend indicates representing someone in court or protecting someone from harm or attack.
In sentence (iii) the correct option is (B) because the verb devised indicates thinking up a plan or concieving an idea whereas device means a tool or a machine.
In sentence (iv) the correct option is (A) because addition is a way of calculating the sum of two amounts whereas edition is the printed version or batch of a publication.