Multiple choice

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 people who live within their (A) means (B) mean are able to save some money for a rainy day. (ii) Whenever there is any disturbance in the city due to any agitation, the police has to (A) petrol (B) patrol the city to keep a watch on the miscreants. (iii) I recognised the man who rang the doorbell but I could not (A) remember (B) recollect his name. (iv) The (A) seams (B) seems of my trousers need redoing as it was torn out when I fell from my bicycle.

  1. AABB

  2. AAAB

  3. ABBA

  4. BBBA
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C Correct answer
Explanation

In sentence (i), the correct option is A because here means refer to the money that somebody has to live in whereas mean to indicate a particular sense.

In sentence (ii), the correct option is B because to guard or protect a place by moving regularly around it and watching it, whereas petrol refers to a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons.

In sentence (iii), the correct option is B because recollect refers to bring back to the level of conscious awareness, whereas remember implies to retain an idea in the memory without forgetting it.

In sentence (iv), the correct option is A because seams implies the stitches used to form a seam, whereas seems refers to to give a particular impression or sensation, either of a quality or of something happening. 

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