Question

    The local fishermen have obligated to the

    Jetpur-Porbandar pipeline on the ground that the effluents would degrade the sea and kill fishes and marine ecology that would affect their livelihood. 1. described, damage, effect 2. retracted, decay, destroy 3. objected, pollute, harm 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 3 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

    The word ‘obligated’ is wrong in the given sentence. In 1, ‘described’ is incorrect. In 2, ‘retracted’ and ‘decay’ are incorrect. In 3, all words are correct. The local fishermen have objected to the Jetpur-Porbandar pipeline on the ground that the effluents would pollute the sea and kill fishes and marine ecology that would harm their livelihood.

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