Direction: In the sentences, certain words are in bold and numbered from A to H, which are the possible pairs to be interchanged. Choose the pair(s) of words that need(s) to be interchanged to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.

a. The government’s confusing claims, political grandstanding (A) and​ dissonance (B) of facts have also led to a great deal of unambiguous (C) obfuscation (D) within the Indian strategic community on how to address and deal with the China threat.

b. The government’s inability to take a factual (E) and elite (F) position on the LAC, flows (G) directly from its domestic (H) political calculations.