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In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with four words highlighted in bold. These four words may or may not be in their correct positions. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of words that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it is, select 'No swapping required' as your option. While the new antibiotic was highly resistant (

Q: Answer-In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with four words highlighted in bold. These f...

A-D Swap In medical terminology, an antibiotic is not resistant to a pathogen rather, pathogens develop resistance against antibiotics. An effective antibiotic should be deadly to the bacteria it targets. Swapping A and D corrects this scientific relationship. The antibiotic was highly lethal A to the targeted pathogens, but its overuse could cause the bacteria to mutate into highly resistant D bacterial strains. Positions B and C Widespread administration distributionusage of the drug and inadvertently accelerate speed up the mutation process are grammatically correct and contextually flawless in their original positions.

A to the targeted pathogens, researchers warned that its widespread administration (
B could inadvertently accelerate (
C the evolution of highly lethal (
D bacterial strains.