In the question below five words are given in bold. These five words are 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.

Ten ceremony (A) before the opening days (B) of the Tokyo Olympics, Kara Lawson, the conference (C) of the United States women’s 3x3 basketball team (D), gave a press coach (E).

Correct option is B

Correct answer: Option B — Both (A)-(B) and (C)-(E)

So, two interchanges are required:

·       ceremony (A) ↔ days (B)

·       conference (C) ↔ coach (E)

Correct sentence after the required interchanges

“Ten days (A) before the opening ceremony (B) of the Tokyo Olympics, Kara Lawson, the coach (C) of the United States women’s 3x3 basketball team (D), gave a press conference (E).”

Meanings of the highlighted words (English & Hindi)

A. ceremony

·       English: A formal event or ritual held on a special occasion.

·       Hindi: समारोह

·       Example: The opening ceremony of the Olympics was grand.

B. days

·       English: Units of time; here, referring to a period before an event.

·       Hindi: दिन

·       Example: The meeting was held two days ago.

C. conference

·       English: A formal meeting or media interaction, especially for discussion or announcements.

·       Hindi: सम्मेलन / प्रेस वार्ता

·       Example: The minister addressed the media in a press conference.

D. team

·       English: A group of players working together in a sport.

·       Hindi: टीम

·       Example: The team trained hard for the finals.

E. coach

·       English: A person who trains and instructs players in sports.

·       Hindi: कोच

·       Example: The coach motivated the players before the match.

Why the corrections are necessary

Error with ceremony (A) and days (B)

·       Original phrase: “Ten ceremony before the opening days”
This is grammatically incorrect and meaningless.

·       Correct structure:

o   “Ten days before …” → correct time expression

o   “opening ceremony” → fixed and standard collocation

So ceremony must pair with opening, and days must pair with Ten.

Error with conference (C) and coach (E)

·       Original phrase: “Kara Lawson, the conference of the United States women’s 3x3 basketball team”
This is contextually incorrect because a person cannot be a “conference.”

·       Correct usage:

o   “Kara Lawson, the coach of the … team” → correct designation

o   “gave a press conference” → correct and idiomatic expression

Thus, conference belongs with press, and coach belongs with Kara Lawson.

Why the other highlighted word is already correct

team (D)

·       Correctly placed after basketball

·       Forms a proper noun phrase: “basketball team”

Why other options fail

Option A — Only (A)-(B)

Fixes the time phrase but leaves “the conference of the United States…”, which is incorrect.

Option C — Only (B)-(C)

Creates “Ten conference before the opening ceremony”, which is meaningless.

Option D — No rearrangement required

The original sentence has clear grammatical and contextual errors.

Option E — Only (A)-(E)

Does not correct the time expression or the role of Kara Lawson properly.

Final takeaway

The sentence had two independent but obvious mismatches:

1.       Time expression error → Ten days / opening ceremony

2.       Role vs action error → coach / press conference

Correcting both pairs together (Option B) is the only way to make the sentence grammatically sound and contextually accurate.