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    Question

    Directions:  In the following sentence, four

    words given in bold are marked as A, B, C, and D, which are possible pairs to be interchanged. Choose the pair(s) of words that need to be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If no interchange is required, mark option 5  as your answer. The mural — in a town which contentious (A) voted to leave and is one of Britain’s main crossing points to the continent — gained much elusive (B) after it emerged that it was the work of Banksy, the attention (C) artist, who till this time had not made known his political views on the overwhelmingly (D) Brexit referendum.
    A Both A-D and B-C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only A-C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only B-D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both A-B and C-D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No interchange required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The word “contentious” should be interchanged with “overwhelmingly.” The words “elusive” and “attention” also needed to be swapped. Therefore “both A-D and BC” is the answer.

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