In the question given below four words are given in bold. These four words are may not be in their correct position. The sentence is then followed by options with the correct combination of words that should interchange with each other in order to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. Find the correct combination of the words that replace each other.

Some states have been floods (A) the frequent (B) of climate change in the form of brunt (C) and heavy rains and bearing (D).

Correct option is C

In order to make to sentence meaningful, we need to interchange ‘floods’ with ‘bearing’ and ‘frequent’ with ‘brunt’. After interchanges, the meaningful sentence will be, “Some states have been bearing the brunt of climate change in the form of frequent and heavy rains and floods”
brunt means the worst part or chief impact of a specified action.