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. For each sentence, select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentence. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.

(i) The cashier of the bank was charge sheeted and certain charges of misappropriation were levelled against him but he (A) refused (B) denied the charges. (ii) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru himself was an (A) honour (B) owner to the chair of the Prime Ministership of India. (iii) His good (A) palate (B) plate for wines landed him into trouble when he found that his heart disease was due to the consumption of wines. (iv) A calm (A) proceeds (B) precedes a storm.

  1. BAAB

  2. ABAB

  3. BBBA

  4. AABB
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Explanation

In sentence (i), the correct option is (B) because the verb denied indicates declaring something as not true. The verb refused indicates declaring unwillingness to do something. In sentence (ii), the correct option is (A) because the noun honour indicates being a source of pride. The noun owner indicates possession. In sentence (iii), the correct option is (A) because palate indicates an aesthetic taste or personal preference. Plate refers to the dish from which food is eaten. In sentence (iv), the correct option is (B) because precedes means something that happens before something else. The idiom calm before the storm is a direct reference to this. The intransitive verb proceeds means to continue with a course of action. 

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