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    Question

    The chinampas were an ingenious (1) solution to a

    difficult (2) dilemma that had vexed (3) the inhabitants of the Valley of Mexico for more than (4) a millennium. Directions : In the following sentence, four words are emboldened. They are marked as 1, 2, 3 and 4. Out of these, one word is redundant. Choose the word that I redundant as the answer. If all the words are correct, mark option 5, “No error” as your answer.
    A 1 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 2 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 4 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The word ‘dilemma’ means ‘a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things you could do’. So the word ‘difficult’ need not be used with it. The chinampas were an ingenious solution to a dilemma that had vexed the inhabitants of the Valley of Mexico for more than a millennium.

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