In the sentence given below, four words are in bold. These words may or may not be in their correct positions. Identify the correct pair of words that should be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If the sentence is already correct, choose 'No correction required'.

People thronged the **burial families** (1) to offer a range of dishes and **departed** (2) to the deceased members of their **ground** (3) in a symbolic gesture of love towards the **desserts** (4) ones.

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In the sentence given below, four words are in bold. These words may or may not be in their correct positions. Identify the correct pair of words that should be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If the sentence is already correct, choose 'No correction required'.

People thronged the **burial families** (1) to offer a range of dishes and **departed** (2) to the deceased members of their **ground** (3) in a symbolic gesture of love towards the **desserts** (4) ones.

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**Solution:**

1. The phrase **burial families** (1) is incorrect. It should be **families burial** or more appropriately **families of the burial ground**. The word **ground** (3) fits better with **burial** to form **burial ground**.

2. The word **departed** (2) is wrongly used here. It should be **offered** or something similar because people come to offer dishes, not depart to the deceased.

3. The word **desserts** (4) is incorrect in context. The correct word is **deceased** which refers to the dead members.

By interchanging 1 and 3, we get **burial ground** instead of **burial families**.

By interchanging 2 and 4, we get **departed deceased** which still doesn't make sense, but since the sentence structure is about offering dishes to deceased members, the correct interchange is between 2 and 4 to fix the meaning.

Hence, the correct pairs to interchange are (1-3) and (2-4).

**Answer:** (a) 1-3 and 2-4

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