Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
The intersection of nature conservation and social justice is evident in efforts to ensure that marginalised communities and other backward classes should have equal access to natural reserves.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. apparent in endeavours to guarantee.
Error concept: Correct word choice and formal substitution.
What is wrong: The given segment “is evident in efforts to ensure” can be improved for better formal and precise expression.
Grammatical concept: Words like apparent and endeavours are more formal synonyms of evident and efforts. Similarly, guarantee fits better in place of ensure in this formal context.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: The other options do not suit the meaning:
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“Obvious in attempts to recollect” changes the meaning wrongly.
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“Manifest in actions to redesign” is contextually irrelevant.
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“Unclear in initiatives to safeguard” gives the opposite meaning.
How to correct: Replace “is evident in efforts to ensure” with apparent in endeavours to guarantee.
Correct phrase/ correction: apparent in endeavours to guarantee
Final sentence: The intersection of nature conservation and social justice is apparent in endeavours to guarantee that marginalised communities and other backward classes should have equal access to natural reserves.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.