Question
In each sentence below four words have been printed in
bold which are labeled (a), (b), (c) and (d ) 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.' Bering Air crash was one of Alaska's deadliest (a)/ plane crashes this sanctuary (b)/ and the third major U.S. aviation (c)/ mishap in an eight-day stretch (d)Solution
" Sanctuary " refers to a place of refuge or safety, which does not fit in the context of the sentence. The correct term in this case is " century ", which refers to a period of 100 years, and is appropriate for describing a time frame in which something occurred.
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