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English Language (IBPS CL) Sentence Improvement

Directions : In each of the following questions a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence is given with four words given . Which of the following words should replace each other to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. The meaning can be different from the one in question.

The government has (A) tampered with institutions by appointing its own people to positions of (B)authority, and by using the (C) Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax authorities, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the (D)police as bulldozers to flatten out any site of opposition.

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Explanation:

- Original Sentence:

- The government has (A) tampered with institutions by appointing its own people to positions of (B) authority, and by using the (C) Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax authorities, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the (D) police as bulldozers to flatten out any site of opposition.

- Option 1: A-C

- New Sentence: The government has Enforcement with institutions by appointing its own people to positions of (B) authority, and by using the (A) tampered Directorate, Income Tax authorities, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the (D) police as bulldozers to flatten out any site of opposition.

- Explanation: This does not create a meaningful sentence.

- Option 2: B-D

- New Sentence: The government has (A) tampered with institutions by appointing its own people to positions of (D) police, and by using the (C) Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax authorities, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the (B) authority as bulldozers to flatten out any site of opposition.

- Explanation: This exchange does not make sense.

- Option 3: C-D and A-B

- New Sentence: The government has authority with institutions by appointing its own people to positions of (A) tampered, and by using the (D) police Directorate, Income Tax authorities, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the (C) Enforcement as bulldozers to flatten out any site of opposition.

- Explanation: This restructuring creates an ungrammatical sentence.

- Option 4: C-D

- New Sentence: The government has (A) tampered with institutions by appointing its own people to positions of (B) authority, and by using the (D) police, Income Tax authorities, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the (C) Enforcement Directorate as bulldozers to flatten out any site of opposition.

- Explanation: This makes a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.

- Correct Answer: Option 4: C-D

- Option 5: A-D

- New Sentence: The government has police with institutions by appointing its own people to positions of (B) authority, and by using the (C) Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax authorities, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the (A) tampered as bulldozers to flatten out any site of opposition.

- Explanation: This doesn't work grammatically or contextually.