Directions (1-5): In the following questions two columns are given containing three sentences/phrases each. In first column, sentences/phrases are A, B and C and in the second column the sentences/phrases are D, E and F. A sentence/phrase from the first column may or may not connect with another sentence/phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. Each question has five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the sentences/phrases can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. Choose appropriate option. If none of the options given forms a correct sentence after combination, i.e. “None of these” as your answer.
Q1. COLUMN I
(A) Named for the Russian capital, Moskva’s loss is a devastating symbolic defeat for
(B) Many Russians hanker for the old USSR, but it has more to do with
(C) Ukrainian defenders in a hold-out pocket of Mariupol fought back against the capture of the vital port, ignoring a surrender-or-die
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(D) a mandatory payroll tax on workers in January, has been delayed while lawmakers made adjustments during the current legislative session.
(E) others showing off their new turquoise backpacks — UNICEF printed on them in bright white.
(F) cultural and economic nostalgia than wanting the old Soviet empire back.
(a) Only B-D
(b) Only C-D
(c) Only A-F and B-D
(d) Only B-F
(e) None of these
Q2. COLUMN I
(A) Russia has appointed new mayors in the captured cities and the process of ‘de-Ukrainisation’
(B) According to sources, China is set to launch three more astronauts to its newest space station in
(C) Barefoot doctors made dramatic improvements in the health of
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(D) and ‘Russianisation’ of the areas under Russian control has already begun.
(E) as the Russia-Ukraine war reaches Day 53, continuous shelling and bombing occurred in Ukraine’s Orehov town.
(F) but they received training in primary and preventive care and maternal and child health.
(a) Only A-D
(b) Only A-E and B-D
(c) Only C-E and A-D
(d) Only C-F
(e) None of these
Q3. COLUMN I
(A) Tunisia will work with other countries that have offered to help it to prevent environmental damage after a merchant ship carrying up
(B) Shanghai authorities on Monday reported the first COVID-19 deaths of the
(C) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has observed the test firing of a new type
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(D) latest outbreak in China’s most populous and wealthiest city.
(E) phase out Russian coal imports in response to harrowing scenes in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv.
(F) of tactical guided weapon aimed at boosting the country’s nuclear capabilities.
(a) Only A-E
(b) Only B-D
(c) Only C-F
(d) Both (b) and (c)
(e) None of these
Q4. COLUMN I
(A) Italy is barring all Russian ships from its ports starting Sunday, as
(B) As warm air rises, clouds begin to grow taller and
(C) The government has time till May 12 to launch the LIC’s IPO without filing fresh papers
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(D) part of expanded EU sanctions announced earlier this month.
(E) according to the National Interagency Fire Centre, the largest number of fires year-to-date the agency has recorded in the past decade.
(F) offshoots of Omicron’s BA.2 virus — that are spreading more quickly through the central part of that state.
(a) Only A-E and B-F
(b) Only C-F
(c) Only A-D
(d) Only B-E
(e) None of these
Q5. COLUMN I
(A) Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana said that no permission was sought
(B) Residents in New Mexico are being urged to be mindful of air quality safety because of the spread
(C) China’s economic growth remained below the official estimates as fresh outbreaks of Coronavirus prompted
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(D) will produce tornadoes, there’s commonality in the anatomy of the systems that result in tornadoes.
(E) the shutdown of major industrial cities, including the financial hub of Shanghai.
(F) for the Hanuman Jayanti procession in Jahangirpuri.
(a) C-E
(b) A-D & B-E
(c) C-F & B-D
(d) A-F & C-E
(e) None of these
Solutions
S1. Ans. (d)
Sol. Combination B-F successfully forms a grammatically viable and contextually meaningful sentence as the relevant phrases are of similar context and in appropriate grammatical syntax.
The coherent sentence thus formed is: Many Russians hanker for the old USSR, but it has more to do with cultural and economic nostalgia than wanting the old Soviet empire back.
All the other combinations fail to form coherent sentences; hence, option (d) is the most viable answer choice.
S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. Combination A-D successfully forms a grammatically viable and contextually meaningful sentence as the relevant phrases are of similar context and in appropriate grammatical syntax.
The coherent sentence thus formed is: Russia has appointed new mayors in the captured cities and the process of ‘de-Ukrainisation’ and ‘Russianisation’ of the areas under Russian control has already begun.
All the other combinations fail to form coherent sentences; hence, option (a) is the most viable answer choice.
S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. Combinations B-D and C-F successfully form grammatically viable and contextually meaningful sentences as the relevant phrases are of similar context and in appropriate grammatical syntax.
The coherent sentences thus formed are:
(B-D) Shanghai authorities on Monday reported the first COVID-19 deaths of the latest outbreak in China’s most populous and wealthiest city.
(C-F) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has observed the test firing of a new type of tactical guided weapon aimed at boosting the country’s nuclear capabilities.
All the other combinations fail to form coherent sentences; hence, option (d) is the most viable answer choice.
S4. Ans. (c)
Sol. Combination A-D successfully forms a grammatically viable and contextually meaningful sentence as the relevant phrases are of similar context and in appropriate grammatical syntax.
The coherent sentence thus formed is: Italy is barring all Russian ships from its ports starting Sunday, as part of expanded EU sanctions announced earlier this month.
All the other combinations fail to form coherent sentences; hence, option (c) is the most viable answer choice.
S5. Ans. (d)
Sol. Combinations A-F and C-E successfully form grammatically viable and contextually meaningful sentences as the relevant phrases are of similar context and in appropriate grammatical syntax.
The coherent sentences thus formed are:
(A-F) Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana said that no permission was sought for the Hanuman Jayanti procession in Jahangirpuri.
(C-E) China’s economic growth remained below the official estimates as fresh outbreaks of Coronavirus prompted the shutdown of major industrial cities, including the financial hub of Shanghai.
All the other combinations fail to form coherent sentences; hence, option (d) is the most viable answer choice.
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