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    Question

    In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by four phrases. Find out which phrase should replace the phrase given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct then mark ‘No correction is required’, as the answer.

    The minister was so vigilant that he didn’t fall out

    the tricky questions by the journalists. 
    A fall off Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B fall behind Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C fall apart Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D fall for Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No correction required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The phrase ‘ fall for’ means ‘to be tricked into believing something that is not true’. [ Fall out - quarrel; Fall off - decrease or drop from; Fall behind - fail to keep up pace; Fall apart - fall into pieces].

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