Question: In each question, there are five sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words that is italicized and highlighted. From the italicized and highlighted words, select the most appropriate words (A or B) to form correct sentences. The sentences are followed by options that indicate the words, which may be selected to correctly complete the set of sentences. From the options given, choose the most appropriate one.
We were not successful in defusing(A)/diffusing(B) the Guru’s ideas.
The students baited(A)/bated(B) the instructor with irrelevant questions.
The hoard(A)/horde(B) rushed into the campus.
The prisoner’s interment(A)/internment(B) came to an end with his early release.
The hockey team could not deal with his unsociable(A)/unsocial(B) tendencies.
“Defusing” or de-fusing is ‘to resolve or cool (a situation)’.
“Diffusing” is ‘spreading’ (Guru’s ideas) and the appropriate word for the first sentence.
To “bait” is ‘to trap or to tease’. The students were asking irrelevant questions to tease or torment the instructor.
“Bate” is to ‘lessen’ or ‘restrain’.
“Horde”, the third word, refers to ‘a mass or group’.
“Hoard” is ‘to stockpile’.
“Internment” is ‘imprisonment’ and is the fourth word.
“Interment” is ‘burial’.
“Unsocial” is ‘having or showing a lack of desire for the company of others.’
“Unsociable” goes a step further. It means, ‘not sociable; having, showing, or marked by a disinclination to friendly social relations; withdrawn.’ A team “could not deal” with someone - is a bit extreme. So, here, “unsociable” is more appropriate. Another way to arrive at the appropriate word here is by elimination. If you were able to figure out most of the other words, “unsocial” would have been in one of the eliminated options.
Therefore, the correct sequence is BABBA.
Hence, the correct answer is option 1.