Question

    In each of the questions given below, a sentence is given with three words in bold. Three answer choices are given giving replacements to the words in bold. Select the option that gives the correct combination of the answer choices. In case, the sentence is correct as it is, select ‘No Improvement’ as the answer.

    Jharkhand is one such state to which people have

    remained to return after several big cities composed curbs, night curfews, and lockdowns to tickle the second wave of Covid-19. (A) beginning, constituted, mitigate (B) started, imposed, tackle (C) aimed, scraped, prevention
    A Only A Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Only C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both B and C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No Improvement Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The words ‘remained’ and ‘beginning’ are incorrect, whereas ‘started’ and ‘aimed’ are correct. In the second space, ‘imposed’ is the correct word. ‘scraped’ can also b e used, but it might contradict the sentence as a whole. In the third space, ‘tackle’ and ‘mitigate’ is correct. ‘prevent’ is correct, but not ‘prevention’.

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