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English Language (IBPS PO) Sentence Improvement

Direction: In the given question, four words are printed in bold and are numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. Of these, the positions of two of these words may be incorrect and need to be exchanged to make the sentence correct. Find the two words which need to be exchanged. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E), i.e. 'No exchange required

To carry (1) the illicit sale of liquor in areas under limit, (2) the authorities have laid down a prohibition (3) on the amount of alcohol one can restrict (4).

1-4 & 2-3

2-3

1-3

2-4 & 1-3

No exchange required

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Explanation:

Words placed at 1 & 4 need to be mutually exchanged. Also, words placed at 2 & 3 need to be mutually exchanged to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

'Carry' at 1 is contextually incorrect as the word alone implies the sense of moving something from a place to another. 'Restrict' means 'to put a limit on something' which is appropriate in the context of ' the illicit sale of liquor'. 'Carry' fits contextually at 4. 'Areas under limit' is absurd. 'Prohibition' means the action of forbidding something, especially by law. Thus at 2 we need to use 'prohibition' and at 3 'limit' is appropriate.

So, the correct answer is option A.