English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide
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English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide · English · Connotations & Denotations
Direction: In the paragraph below there are five sentences. In each...
Direction: In the paragraph below there are five sentences. In each sentence there are pairs of highlighted words (A, B). Select the most appropriate words to form correct sentences. Then from the options given select the correct option.
The terrorist attack at Pulwama, killing 40 Indian soldiers, provides Narendra Modi a huge but risky chance to A) extract B) portray himself as the toughest politician in India. Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s victory in the 1999 Kargil war A) conserved B) helped him win the next general election. Modi must avoid military action, which could A) backfire B) occur badly. Far wiser would be new forms of political theatre, similar to his “surgical strikes” in 2016, in A) revelation B) retaliation for the attack on our armed forces at Uri. That satisfied the public demand for action without A) profiting B) risking dangerous escalation into all-out war.
Options
- ABABBA
- BABBAB
- CABAAB
- DBBABB
Correct answer
D. BBABB
Step-by-step solution
Portray means to showcase, so the move of counter terrorist attack could showcase Mr. Modi as the toughest Prime minister rather than extracting him. So, choice B is correct.
The Kargil victory has helped Mr. Vajpayee to ensure political win, but not conserved his win, thus use of “helped” is more suitable.
This act of bravery can also have ill effects for BJP, if the number of casualties increase, so the idea of showcasing bravery could “backfire” or act negatively for him as well. So, choice A is correct here.
Retaliation is “tit for tat behavior” in simple words attack for an attack, Surgical strike was done to counter terrorist attack in Uri. SO choice B fits more here.
Again “risking’ is better and suits the context as compared to profiting.
Thus the correct sequence is BBABB.
& Hence option D is correct.