China claims Taiwan as its own expanding (A) to be brought under its rapidly (B) by force if necessary, and has been control (C) territory (D) its military to meet that challenge.

In the question below, four words are given in bold, which may not be arranged in the correct order. Choose the replacement needed between the words to make the sentence correct and meaningful.

The correct option is Only (A)-(D) and (B)-(C).

Step-by-Step Explanation:

Let's analyze the given sentence with the words highlighted in bold at positions (A), (B), (C), and (D):

"China claims Taiwan as its own expanding (A) to be brought under its rapidly (B) by force if necessary, and has been control (C) territory (D) its military to meet that challenge."

1. Analyzing Word Pair (A) and (D):

In the phrase "claims Taiwan as its own expanding (A)", the word "expanding" is an adjective describing a noun. Taiwan is claimed as China's "territory", not "expanding". Also, looking at (D), "territory (D) its military", replacing (D) with "expanding" yields "expanding its military", which makes grammatical and logical sense.

Therefore, swapping (A) expanding with (D) territory fixes both parts of the sentence:

- "...claims Taiwan as its own territory (A)..."

- "...and has been expanding (D) its military..."

2. Analyzing Word Pair (B) and (C):

In the phrase "to be brought under its rapidly (B)", the word "rapidly" is an adverb. It requires a noun to follow "under its [adverb] [noun]" or an adjective + noun, but "rapidly" connects to "control" (e.g., "under its control"). Furthermore, after "has been", we need a present participle verb like "expanding" or a noun phrase, but "has been control" is grammatically incorrect.

Swapping (B) rapidly with (C) control rearranges the sentence to:

- "...to be brought under its control (B) by force if necessary..."

- "...and has been rapidly (C) expanding..."

3. Reconstructed Correct Sentence:

"China claims Taiwan as its own territory (A) to be brought under its control (B) by force if necessary, and has been rapidly (C) expanding (D) its military to meet that challenge."

Thus, the required replacements are between words (A)-(D) and (B)-(C).