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    Despite being overcome on several occasions by the

    Government, the Mysuru City Corporation is making another tempted to get the interest on water dues released if consumers come forward to go for a “one-time payment” of the arrears. 1. overact, initiative, leased 2. retracted, endeavour, renounced 3. overruled, attempt, waived 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.
    A Only 1 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Both 1 and 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both 2 and 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Only 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No improvement required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    In the given sentence, all words are incorrect. In 1, ‘overact’ and ‘leased’ are inappropriate. In 2 and 3, all words are correct. Despite being retracted on several occasions by the Government, the Mysuru City Corporation is making another endeavour to get the interest on water dues renounced if consumers come forward to go for a “one-time payment” of the arrears. Despite being overruled on several occasions by the Government, the Mysuru City Corporation is making another attempt to get the interest on water dues waived if consumers come forward to go for a “one-time payment” of the arrears.

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