Question

In each of the questions given below, four words are printed in bold and marked as (

Q: Answer-In each of the questions given below, four words are printed in bold and marked as (A), (B), (C), an...

Let us examine the sentence carefully Confidential communications perfectly correct Deliberately manipulated grammatically and contextually correct Public credibility correct collocation Institutional scrutiny highly appropriate phrase The entire sentence already conveys a coherent idea confidential communications were manipulated to protect institutional credibility during scrutiny. Now check possible swaps AB manipulated communications had been deliberately confidential grammatically illogical BC public manipulated incorrect construction CD institutional credibility weakens contextual precision public scrutiny changes intended meaning AD confidential scrutiny is meaningless in this context Thus, no interchange is required. Hence, option D.

A , (
A confidential communications had been deliberately (
B , (
B manipulated in order to preserve the organization’s public (
C , and (
C credibility during a period of growing institutional (
D . These words may or may not be in their correct positions. Choose the option that indicates the correct combination of words that should be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, choose Option (e) – The statement is correct. The investigative report revealed that several (
D scrutiny.