Question

Enter the option sequence that corresponds to the correct word to be used in each sentence.

(A) Apart from looking through [A] / at [B] the system and the curriculum, the authorities must review the teaching methods and [A] / but [B] help the teachers to adapt themselves to the changing environment.
(B) More than the curriculum, it is the rigid systems of examination and ranking that has made school education so [A] / as [B] stressful.
(C) This is of course not the first time that the presumed virtues of complex financial products have been questioned in the developed worlds nor [A] / or [B], for that matter, in India.
(D) Dupont’s lark needs flat scrubland but [A] / though [B] in Spain much of this has been used for construction of buildings.
The correct sequence is: ___

Answer 1

In this context looking at is correct. ‘Apart from’ should be followed by ‘and’ not ‘but.’ ‘As stressful’ must show some kind of comparison. Here there is no comparison, hence, ‘so stressful’ is acceptable ‘Neither . . . nor . . .’ are co-ordinating conjunctions therefore one cannot be used without the other. Hence ‘or’ is suitable. In sentence D a contrast is shown, hence ‘but’ is more suitable.