The United Nations had ________ 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health.
- (a)ruled
- (b)ordered
- (c)foretold
- (d)declared
Correct — D, declared. Official bodies like the United Nations 'declare' a year to be an International Year of something — the fixed collocation is 'declare [year] as the Year of …'. The UN General Assembly did declare 2020 the International Year of Plant Health, matching the sentence.
- (a)ruled — 'Ruled' suggests a court or referee decision, not the ceremonial designation of a themed year.
- (b)ordered — 'Ordered' is a command to do something and does not collocate with naming a themed year.
- (c)foretold — 'Foretold' means predicted the future, which makes no sense for officially naming a year.
Collocation cloze on how an official body 'declares' a year to be the International Year of something — the UN did designate 2020 the International Year of Plant Health, so the fact checks out.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The UN ______ 2023 the International Year of Millets.
- (a)foretold
- (b)declared
- (c)ruled
- (d)predicted
Answer(b) declared — the standard verb for designating an international year (the UN did so for 2023).
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which is the correct collocation?
- (a)declare a year as the Year of …
- (b)foretell a year as the Year of …
- (c)order a year as the Year of …
- (d)rule a year as the Year of …
Answer(a) declare a year as the Year of … — the fixed pattern for such designations.