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In the following questions, four words in the sentence have been highlighted and numbered. These words may be incorrectly placed. You have to identify the pair of words that need to be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If no interchange is required, choose No interchange. The undermined (

Q: Answer-In the following questions, four words in the sentence have been highlighted and numbered. These wor...

The phrase undermined spread of digital misinformation is incorrect because misinformation is not undermined rather, it is unchecked or uncontrolled. Similarly, unchecked institutional credibility is illogical because credibility is something that gets undermined, not left unchecked. Therefore, undermined A and unchecked C must be interchanged to restore meaning. Next, the phrase polarised social divisions is redundant and semantically weak because divisions are already polarised by definition. What misinformation actually polarises is public discourse, while divisions tend to become amplified. Hence, polarised B and amplified D must be interchanged. After both interchanges, the corrected sentence becomes The unchecked spread of digital misinformation has amplified social divisions and undermined institutional credibility, rendering public discourse increasingly polarised and fragmented.

A spread of digital misinformation has polarised (
B social divisions and unchecked (
C institutional credibility, rendering public discourse increasingly amplified (
D and fragmented.