Directions (1-5): Select the phrase/connector (STARTERS) from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.
Q1. (1) The final word is yet to be said on the alleged channeling of black money into Jan Dhan accounts.
(2) The scheme has indeed led to a transformation.
(I)While the final word…
(II)Although the final word…
(III)Not only did the scheme…
(a)Only (I) is correct
(b)Only (II) is correct
(c)Both (I) and (II) are correct
(d)Both (II) and (III) are correct
(e)All are correct
Q2. (1) The minister was summoned back to Delhi for an urgent meeting with the PM and CM.
(2) The aborted march is being seen in Kerala as an admission of defeat by the party chief.(I)Notwithstanding that the minister…
(II)For all that the aborted march…
(III)Although the minister was…
(a)Only (I) is correct
(b)Only (II) is correct
(c)Only (III) is correct
(d)Both (I) and (III) are correct
(e)All are correct
Q3. (1)A person can be charged with sedition only if he incites violence or intends to create disorder through speech or writing.
(2) The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court in the Kedarnath case came up with the judgment.
(I)If a person is charged with…
(II)According to the judgment of the…
(III)In the case of Kedarnath…
(a)Only (I) is correct
(b)Only (II) is correct
(c)Both (I) and (III) are correct
(d)Both (II) and (III) are correct
(e)All are correct
Q4. (1) Mr. Debroy said that the only good way to obtain satisfactory jobs data is through household surveys and that the previous National Sample Survey was released in 2011, and the next one will release data only in 2018.
(2) He stressed that there is no good data regarding jobs, employment and unemployment.(I)Stressing that there is no…
(II)In defiance of good way to…
(III)To obtain satisfactory jobs…
(a)Only (I) is correct
(b)Only (III) is correct
(c)Both (I) and (II) are correct
(d)Both (II) and (III) are correct
(e)All are correct
Q5. (1) Germany saw its position enhanced, albeit obliquely via the tradition of having a European head of the IMF.
(2) Japan’s frustrations led it to create the Asian Development Bank as its major channel of development funding.
(I)Though Germany saw its….
(II)While Germany did see its…
(III)Regardless of Japan’s frustrations…
(a)Only (I) is correct
(b)Only (II) is correct
(c)Both (I) and (II) are correct
(d)Both (I) and (III) are correct
(e)All are correct
Solutions
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. Both the starters (I) and (II) are correct and can be used to frame the logical sentence. The third starter would give a meaningless sentence and thus it is incorrect.
(I)While the final word is yet to be said on the alleged channeling of black money into Jan Dhan accounts, the scheme has indeed led to a transformation.
(II)Although the final word is yet to be said on the alleged channeling of black money into Jan Dhan accounts, the scheme has indeed led to a transformation.
S2. Ans. (d)
Sol. Both the starters (I) and (III) can be used to frame a logical and meaningful sentence for the given set of sentences. However, the second starter is incorrect owing to its irrelevant meaning to the sentence.
S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. Both the starters (II) and (III) are correct to frame the meaningful sentence. The first one is incorrect as it would alter the meaning of the sentence.
(II)According to the judgment of the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court in the Kedarnath case, a person can be charged with sedition only if he incites violence or intends to create disorder through speech or writing.
(III)In the case of Kedarnath, the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court came up with the judgment that a person can be charged with sedition only if he incites violence or intends to create disorder through speech or writing.
S4. Ans. (a)
Sol. Among the given three starters, only (I) is correct enough to fulfill the required purpose. The other two would alter the meaning of the sentence.
(I)Stressing that there is no good data regarding jobs, employment and unemployment, Mr. Debroy said the only good way to obtain satisfactory jobs data is through household surveys and that the previous National Sample Survey was released in 2011, and the next one will release data only in 2018.
S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. Both the starters (I) and (II) would provide a meaningful and common sentence. The third one is incorrect as it doesn’t have the correct structure to start a sentence.
(I)Though Germany saw its position enhanced obliquely via the tradition of having a European head of the IMF, Japan’s frustrations led it to create the Asian Development Bank as its major channel of development funding.
(II)While Germany did see its position enhanced, albeit obliquely via the tradition of having a European head of the IMF, Japan’s frustrations led it to create the Asian Development Bank as its major channel of development funding.