Multiple choice

Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicised 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 kite flier let the string of the kite (A) loose (B) lose in order to let it cut the string of the other kite. (ii) The (A) miner (B) minor mistakes of the young children should be suitably and affectionately dealt with by the parents. (iii) It is a (A) naughty (B) knotty problem and cannot be solved by these students. (iv) The waiter was asked to (A) pore (B) pour cold water into the glasses but instead he spilt it on the table.

  1. AABA

  2. BBBA

  3. ABAB

  4. ABBB
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D Correct answer
Explanation

In sentence (i), the correct option is (A) loose because it is used to indicate something that is not tight. The inflection of the transitive verb lose is something which has been taken away.  In sentence (ii), the correct option is (B) minor. The noun miner means a mine worker and the adjective minor means something that is small in quantity.

In sentence (iii), the correct option is (B) knotty. The adjective naughty implies badly behaved or mischievous. The adjective knotty means puzzling or complex. In the given sentence, it refers to a problem. 

In sentence (iv), the correct option is (B) pour. It implies studying something with concentration or carefully. The transitive verb pour refers to make a liquid or substance flow out of a container that you are holding. 

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