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Word Swapping  

Directions (Qs.1 - 13): In the questions given below, a sentence is given with four words labelled (A), (B), (C) and (D), arranged not necessarily in the correct order. You have to find the correct order of arrangement from the options given below. In case, the sentence is correct in its original form, please select (E) as your answer. Ignore the errors in punctuation, if any.

1. In general, past regimes have been tolerant (A) of all developmental and cultural causes; somewhat rights (B) and tolerant of rightsbased causes; and largely wary (C) of civil society organisations working for human suspicious (D) and environmental causes. 

A) ACDB        B) BADC        C) DACB         D) DBAC        E) No correction required   

Explanation: The word ‘wary (C)’ which means ‘not completely trusting or certain about something or someone’ in place of ‘rights (B)’ makes the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. So, the correct word sequence is ACBD.

Ans: A 

2. It is essential that pedagogy must be arm (A) on practical aspects of law, rather than just theory. The courses must focused (B) classrooms with the experience of practitioners and invigorate (C) students with a practical understanding of the functioning (D) of laws and the judicial system.

A) ACDB        B) BCAD        C) DACB D) DBAC       E) No correction required

Explanation: For the first word in the sentence, the word ‘focused (B)’ which means ‘giving a lot of attention to one particular thing’ in place of ‘arm (A)’ gives a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. So, the correct word sequence is BCAD.

Ans: B 

3. A key question (A) of democratic governance is citizens’ power to hold (B) the state. NGOs and voluntary groups/ organisations have played a significant role (C) in building capacities of citizens to pillar (D) governments accountable.

A) ADCB         B) BADC         C) DACB D) DBAC        E) No correction required 

Explanation: The word ‘wary (C)’ which means ‘not completely trusting or certain about something or someone’ in place of ‘rights (B)’ makes the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. So, the correct word sequence is DACB.

Ans: C 

4. The argument that crypto signing (A) need be legalised for promoting blockchain technologies and being pro future is weak, if not bogus (B). Legalising crypto assets primarily to support blockchain technology is like promote (C) on to the use of space as a new frontier of war just because it would assets (D) India’s space industry

. A) ACDB         B) BADC         C) DACB D) DBAC         E) No correction required

Explanation: For the first word in the sentence, the word ‘assets (D)’ which means ‘something valuable belonging to a person or organization that can be used for the payment of debts.’ in place of ‘signing (A)’ gives a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. So, the correct word sequence is DBAC.

Ans: D

5. The activism was economic (A) with geopolitics having turned topsy-turvy not only by the pandemic, but also by the events before and after it through periodical (B) elections, which brought new dramatis personae to the centre stage, and the volatility of the inevitable (C) and political changes across the world. The pandemic turned the wind of change into a whirlwind (D), and it became necessary for nations to move fast even to stay in their positions.

A) CBAD         B) BADC         C) DACB D) DBAC         E) No correction required

Explanation: The word ‘inevitable (C)’ which means ‘certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented’ in place of ‘economic (A)’ makes the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. So, the correct word sequence is CBAD.

Ans: A

6. Voluntary revenue (A) by taxpayers, which is the basis of the present tax regime, can only come about if the Government collects compliance (B) at a rate and in a draws (C) that is acceptable to taxpayers. “Tax should be collected from people like a honeybee manner (D) nectar from a flower, without harming it”, wrote Chanakya in Arthasastra.

A) ACDB         B) BADC         C) DACB D) DBAC         E) No correction required

Explanation: For the first word in the sentence, the word ‘compliance (B)’ which means ‘the act of obeying an order, rule, or request’ in place of ‘revenue (A)’ gives a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. So, the correct word sequence is BADC.

Ans: B

7. Elephants have been observed (A) using such ‘learned’ skills to either cleverly cross electric fences using their nonconducting tusks or if no tusks, destroying (B) the entire fence by hurling uprooted trees on the wire or pushing down the suggesting (C) poles to disconnect the wire. These are some testimonies cemented (D) how elephants perhaps may be learning to solve the conundrum based on their previous noxious experiences.

A) ACDB         B) BADC         C) ABDC D) DBAC         E) No correction required

Explanation: The word ‘cemented (C)’ which means ‘to attach firmly, or to cover with cement’ in place of ‘suggesting (D)’ makes the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. So, the correct word sequence is ABDC.

Ans: C

8. Stock markets across the world have mopped (A) a boom in IPO offerings with a record amount of capital being raised (B) by companies. In India alone, capital worth witnessed (C) 1 trillion Indian rupees has been over (D) up through IPOs this year.

A) ACDB         B) BADC         C) DACB       D) CBDA         E) No correction required

Explanation: For the first word in the sentence, the word ‘witnessed (C)’ which means ‘to see something happen, generally an accident or crime etc.’ in place of ‘mopped (A)’ gives a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. So, the correct word sequence is CBDA.

Ans: D

9. Some political commentators share the resilience (A) that Russia is trying to use Nord Stream 2 as a political weapon to put pressure on European security and ‘undermine the democratic view (B) of European institutions. At the same time, during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (C) 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed these concerns, saying that Nordstream 2 is purely a commercial (D) project.

A) BACD         B) ABDC         C) DACB D) DBAC         E) No correction required

 Explanation: The word ‘view (B)’ which means ‘an opinion, belief, or idea, or a way of thinking about something’ in place of ‘resilience (A)’ makes the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. So, the correct word sequence is BACD.

Ans: A

10. Pathbreaking spanning (A) across 106 countries in 2018 tackled the elephant in the room when researchers (B) from the Universities of Bristol in the U.K. and Tennessee in the U.S. used data from the World Values Survey to get a research (C) of the importance of religion measure (D) the entire 20th century.

A) ACDB         B) CBDA         C) DACB D) DBAC         E) No correction required

Explanation: For the first word in the sentence, the word ‘research (C)’ which means ‘a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover new information or reach a new understanding’ in place of ‘spanning (A)’ gives a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. So, the correct word sequence is CBDA.

Ans: B

11. An Aadhaar-Voter ID influence (A) will also help political parties create voter profiles and coalition (B) the voting process. Online trends on the day of voting and linkage (C) voters using their data will make it easier for political parties in power to use data for elections. A ruling microtargeting (D) will always have an advantage with the data it possesses.

A) ACDB         B) BADC         C) CADB D) DBAC         E) No correction required

Explanation: The word ‘linkage (C)’ whichmeans ‘forming of connections between two or more things’ in place of ‘influence (A)’ makes the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. So, the correct word sequence is CADB.

Ans: C 

12. Not all processing is proven (A). Processes like waste to energy, coprocessing and recycling (B) have been incineration (C) to release carbon dioxide, particulate matter, harmful dioxins, and furans which have negative (D) climate and health impacts.

A) ACDB         B) BADC         C) DACB D) BCAD         E) No correction required

Explanation: For the first word in the sentence, the word ‘recycling (B)’ which means ‘the activity of treating materials or products using a special industrial process so that they can be used again’ in place of ‘proven (A)’ gives a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. So, The correct word sequence is BCAD.

Ans: D 

13. India needs to staffed (A) increase its public healthcare spending and invest heavily (B) in the creation of well-equipped and rapidly (C) medical care facilities and home healthcare and rehabilitation (D) services.

A) ADBC         B) BADC         C) DACB       D) CBAD         E) No correction required

Explanation: The word ‘rapidly (C)’ which means ‘very fast or sudden’ in place of staffed (A) makes the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. So, the correct word sequence is CBAD.   

Ans: D

Posted Date : 30-12-2022

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