Directions : In the sentences given below, four words have been highlighted…
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Directions : In the sentences given below, four words have been highlighted and placed in a sentence. Identify the correct sequence of the words in the sentence. Also, one of the given words will need to be replaced. Identify the correct sequence and the correct replacement and mark that option as your answer.
Governments and (A) contagion institutions can set targets and (B) multilateral for other parties to change their (C) sustainably and use their resources both efficiently and (D) behaviour.
Answer: C. BADC; A- mandates — ConceptIn a word-rearrangement question, place each highlighted word in the slot whose part of speech and meaning it matches — an adjective before a noun, a…
- A.
BDAC; C- sufficiently
- B.
DCBA; D- hyphenated
- C.
BADC; A- mandates
- D.
CADB; A- tenets
- E.
No interchange required
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Correct answer: C
Concept
In a word-rearrangement question, place each highlighted word in the slot whose part of speech and meaning it matches — an adjective before a noun, a verb after a modal, a noun used as an object, an adverb after a verb or conjunction. The single word that fits no slot is the one to be replaced.
Application
Test the frame slot by slot:
Slot 1 — “Governments and ___ institutions”: needs an adjective describing institutions, so “multilateral” (B) fits.
Slot 2 — “can set targets and ___ for other parties to change…”: needs a plural noun paired with “targets” (something institutions “set” for others) — “targets and mandates for other parties to change their behaviour” fits, so this is the word to be replaced: “mandates”.
Slot 3 — “to change their ___”: needs a noun, so “behaviour” (D) fits.
Slot 4 — “use their resources both efficiently and ___”: needs an adverb parallel to “efficiently”, so “sustainably” (C) fits.
Sequence = B, A, D, C i.e. BADC , with the word at position A replaced by “mandates”. Final sentence: “Governments and multilateral institutions can set targets and mandates for other parties to change their behaviour and use their resources both efficiently and sustainably.”
Cross-check
Parts of speech line up: adjective (multilateral) + noun (mandates) + noun (behaviour) + adverb (sustainably), each in its matching slot, so the reading is grammatical.