A particular bacterium that has never encountered a particular virus will usually succumb to it, a _______ that may, surprisingly, be beneficial to the colony in which the bacterium lives.
A) susceptibility
B) theory
C) characteristic
D) juxtaposition
E) collision
F) hypothesis
I found only one pair here [B) theory and F) hypothesis], but the answer is A) susceptibility and C) characteristic. As per the explanation in the book, they are not synonyms, but can be used in the context.
Are such questions common, where pairing strategy would not work? What other strategies can I use to tackle such questions?
I would say in 90% of the cases the pairing strategy will work. The main strength of using pairing strategy is that it saves a lot of time :-> 10-15 sec to make pair and then another 10-15 sec to choose a pair from those chosen pairs(In total 30sec), which gives you a-lot of time to work on other question and which in-gives you enough time to re-check every question {Each verbal section is of 30mins and have 20 questions-> for each question 1min30sec}. But to do this you’ve to instantly start making pairs as soon as you see it’s a SE question (Many people will start reading the question for 10 sec look at answer for 10 sec then again read question for 10 sec and finally then they will start making pair)
Yes, that’s definitely proven true. In my entire prep, this is the first time that the pairing strategy hasn’t worked. I guess this question is one of those outliers, and hopefully doesn’t become a common phenomenon on the real test. 
When I was attending classes someone asked the same question and Greg replied : if you’re finding that the pairs are not making sense {Choose the most plausible pair and then mark&skip it for the end} then treat it like a TC question.
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Thanks!