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    Question

    In each sentence below four words have been printed in bold

    which are numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4) One of these words may be misspelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the wrongly spelt or inappropriate word. The number of that word is the answer. If all the words are correctly spelt and are appropriate the answer is (5) i.e. ‘All correct.' Nuclear commerce(1)/ involving India and western companies (2)/ had not taken of (3)/ despite the signing (4)/ of the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal in 2007.
    A 1 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 4 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E All correct Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The correct phrasal verb is "taken off," which means to become successful or start to progress rapidly. "Taken of" is incorrect in this context.

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