In each of the questions given below five words are given in bold. These four words may or may not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of the words that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it is then select option (e) as your choice.

Single-use plastics have emerged (A) as one of the world's most buried (B) environmental threats (C), with vast amounts of waste pressing (D) in landfills or dumped (E) untreated in rivers and oceans.

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In each of the questions given below five words are given in bold. These four words may or may not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should replace each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of the words that replace each other. If the sentence is correct as it is then select option (e) as your choice.

Single-use plastics have emerged (A) as one of the world's most buried (B) environmental threats (C), with vast amounts of waste pressing (D) in landfills or dumped (E) untreated in rivers and oceans.

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**Solution:**

1. The words highlighted in bold are "buried" (B) and "pressing" (D), which seem incorrectly placed in the sentence.

2. The sentence intends to say that single-use plastics have become one of the world's most **pressing** environmental threats, implying urgency.

3. Meanwhile, the waste is **buried** in landfills, not pressing in landfills.

4. Therefore, swapping the words at positions B and D corrects the sentence both grammatically and contextually.

5. The corrected sentence reads:

"Single-use plastics have emerged as one of the world's most **pressing** environmental threats, with vast amounts of waste **buried** in landfills or dumped untreated in rivers and oceans."

**Answer:** (c) B-D

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