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    Question

    In each question below, a sentence is given with a word

    printed in bold type, which may be correct or erroneous. Each sentence is followed by four words. Find out which is the correct word that should replace the error in bold, if there is any, and which makes the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No improvement required’, mark option 5 ‘No improvement required’ as the answer. Researchers at the Horticulture College and Research Institute, Periyakulam, say that within a few years they would introduce a variety that would see mangoes being cumulated even in saline and sodic soil.
    A cumulating Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B culminating Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C convoluted Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D cultivated Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No improvement required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The word "cumulated" is incorrect here. It means "gathered together or accumulated," which does not fit the context of growing mangoes. The correct word should refer to growing or farming — and that word is "cultivated."

    Researchers at the Horticulture College and Research Institute, Periyakulam, say that within a few years they would introduce a variety that would see mangoes being cultivated even in saline and sodic soil.

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