TOPIC: Column Based
Sentences
Directions (1-15):
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) The European Commission has given more details on
how it plans to end Europe’s dependence on
(B) Australia’s new leader has vowed to take the
country in a new direction, with a big shift in
(C) Following the central government’s announcement on
Saturday that excise duty on petrol and diesel was slashed
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(D) by Rs 8 and Rs 6 per litre respectively, fuel
prices in the states will see a significant decrease.
(E) stepped up its attack in the eastern and southern
parts of the country, pounding the Donbas and Mykolaiv regions with air strikes
and artillery fire.
(F) more cases of monkeypox as it expands surveillance
in countries where the disease is not typically found.
(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) Following a meeting on Saturday, US President Joe
Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said that they will
(B) Russia has released an updated list of notable US
names who are banned from entering
(C) Following the re-outbreak of Covid-19 and the
rapid surge in the number of daily Covid infections over the past
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(D) consider expanded joint military exercises to
deter the nuclear threat from North Korea.
(E) after a fresh consignment, containing food items
and milk, reached the crisis-hit country after being flagged off from Chennai,
on May 18.
(F) confrontation in the region, Chinese foreign
minister Wang Yi said on Sunday, adding that the plan is bound to fail.
(a) Only B-F
(b) Only A-E and B-D
(c) Only C-E and A-D
(d) Only A-D
(e) None of these
Q3. COLUMN I
(A) India, the world’s second-largest wheat producer,
said on Saturday, May 14, that it was banning exports after its hottest March
on
(B) mistranslated by error or by design for propaganda
purposes, the semi-official news agency Tasnim reported.
(C) Ukraine on Saturday ruled out agreeing to a ceasefire
with Russia and said Kyiv would not
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(D) imposed in the island nation earlier this month
for a second time amid the ongoing financial crisis, the country’s wort-ever.
(E) mistranslated by error or by design for propaganda
purposes, the semi-official news agency Tasnim reported.
(F) record, with traders needing express government
approval to enter into new deals.
(a) Only A-F
(b) Only B-D
(c) Only C-E
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(e) None of these
Q4. COLUMN I
(A) The US-led Indo-Pacific strategy is a ploy to
create divisions and incite confrontation in the region, Chinese foreign
minister Wang Yi said
(B) Lines formed in many parts of Colombo, a city of
around 900,000 people, as residents tried to stock up on fuel, which
(C) Announcing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
be meeting US President Joe Biden on May 24 on the sidelines of the Quad
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(D) was severe damage to some buildings, mainly in
Durban, capital of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province.
(E) leaders’ summit in Tokyo, India Saturday said that
the Quad cooperation is anchored in shared values and commitment to the
principles of democracy, international law and rules-based order.
(F) despite the recent ruling of the Supreme Court,
three officials associated with the indirect tax regime said.
(a) Only A-E and B-F
(b) Only C-E
(c) Only A-F
(d) Only B-D
(e) None of these
Q5. COLUMN I
(A) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan heaped
praise on India for buying discounted oil from Russia despite
(B) After severe heatwaves, northwestern parts of
India will get some respite
(C) US President Joe Biden and South Korea’s new
President Yoon Suk-yeol signalled Saturday an expanded military
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(D) senior administration officials, think tankers and
diplomats, queued up to get a taste of the Indian summer.
(E) and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of
a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis.
(F) as rainfall is predicted over the next three with
peak intensity rains forecast for Monday.
(a) C-E
(b) A-D & B-E
(c) C-F & B-D
(d) B-F
(e) None of these
Q6. COLUMN I
(A) A New York judge approved a new congressional map that
pits two veteran Democratic incumbents against one another and
(B) Qatar’s foreign minister said on Saturday in
remarks cited by al Jazeera TV that the Iranian leadership expressed readiness
for
(C) The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded every
year for a novel written by a writer from the Commonwealth or the
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(D) and attend a summit of the leaders of the
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) comprising India, Japan and Australia
besides the US.
(E) a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests this
year as fears grow that Kim Jong Un will order a nuclear test while Biden is in
Asia.
(F) Republic of Ireland and it aims to represent the
very best in contemporary fiction.
(a) Only A-E and B-D
(b) Only C-F
(c) Only A-D
(d) Only B-E
(e) None of these
Q7. COLUMN I
(A) According to computer models that were used to
estimate the running
(B) A military plane carrying enough specialty infant
formula for more than half a million baby bottles arrived on Sunday in
Indianapolis, the first of
(C) Heavy rains lashed South Africa, forcing hundreds
of people to flee their homes on the east coast, officials said on
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(D) increase in their frequency and intensity and
numerical models suggesting possible future rise in temperature.
(E) speeds of dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus Rex would
have been able to outrun a footballer.
(F) and services of horses in the armed forces for
being an “integral part of India’s glorious history and culture”.
(a) C-F & B-D
(b) B-F
(c) A-F & B-D
(d) A-E, C-F & B-D
(e) A-E
Q8. COLUMN I
(A) The Quad leaders’ summit in Tokyo will review the
progress of initiatives launched by the bloc and discuss developments in
(B) The majority of people in Scotland are in favour
breaking away from the rest of the UK and becoming independent,
(C) Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese, whose party
won Saturday’s federal elections, will be sworn in as the 31st prime minister
of Australia
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(D) follows the closure of the nation’s largest
domestic manufacturing plant in Michigan in February due to safety issues.
(E) and heatwave impact assessment, scientists of the
weather monitoring agency and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D),
have said
(F) according to a poll taken just before the 300th
anniversary of the Act of Union, which united Scotland and England.
(a) B-F
(b) A-D
(c) B-E
(d) C-D
(e) None of these
Q9. COLUMN I
(A) Usually, it takes hundreds of years for plastic to
break down naturally, but scientists from Germany
(B) Shanghai reopened a small part of the world’s
longest subway system on Sunday after some lines had been closed for almost
(C) Reuters |
US President Joe Biden, in Seoul before heading to
Japan as part of his first Asia trip as president, had a simple message
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(D) have now discovered a highly efficient enzyme that
degrades polyester in record time.
(E) will come two days after completing isolation and
is delayed because of US Covid-19 travel regulations.
(F) Secretary John Kirby will move to the White House
to take a senior communications role with a foreign policy focus.
(a) Only A-D and B-E
(b) Only C-F
(c) Only A-C
(d) Only A-D
(e) None of these
Q10. COLUMN I
(A) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has
shaken off the effects of Covid-19 and on Monday announced details of
(B) North Korea reported 167,650 more people had fever
symptoms and one more person had died amid the country’s first
(C) Climate change is leading to significant
environmental
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(D) China’s zero-Covid policy is morphing from a
propaganda victory to a political liability for President Xi Jinping.
(E) and its chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg,
for facilitating the dangerous spread of pro-Russia disinformation in the
country of 5.3 million.
(F) changes, such as hotter temperatures, melting of
glaciers, etc., leading to subsequent changes in our way of living.
(a) Only B-E
(b) A-D & B-E
(c) Only C-F
(d) C-F & B-D
(e) None of these
Q11. COLUMN I
(A) A flood of posts pushing misinformation in
Slovakia is putting the spotlight on Facebook for facilitating the spread of
pro-Russian theories on the war in
(B) As the war with Russia enters its fourth month,
the Biden administration approved a massive $40 billion aid
(C) US President Joe Biden said Saturday that America
had offered North Korea Covid vaccines but “got no response” despite
a spiralling epidemic in
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(D) package to Ukraine which included weapons and
economic support to the Zelensky government.
(E) SpaceX raised billions to finance work on its
next-generation Starship rocket and its Starlink global satellite internet
network.
(F) states and union territories have presented their
state budgets for 2022-23.
(a) C-F
(b) B-D
(c) A-F & B-D
(d) A-E, C-F & B-D
(e) B-E & C-F
Q12. COLUMN I
(A) According to reports, the US economy is set to
outpace
(B) Australia’s Labor Party is set to take power for
the first time since 2013, as voters booted out Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s
conservative
(C) Aerospace firm SpaceX is looking to raise $1.7
billion in fresh funding, a massive initiative as its controversial founder
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(D) China for the first time since 1976 amid the
coronavirus pandemic.
(E) Labor won at least 72 seats, compared with 52 for
Morrison’s Liberal-National Coalition, with independents and third parties
taking the rest.
(F) did not report how many of those people had tested
positive for the coronavirus.
(a) Only A-E and B-D
(b) Only B-F
(c) Only C-E
(d) Only A-D
(e) None of these
Q13. COLUMN I
(A) Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan remarked on
Saturday that education is the strongest tool of change, while adding that the
knowledge gained through
(B) The Quad Leaders Summit in Tokyo next week will
discuss challenges and opportunities across the Indo-Pacific and focus on ways
to deliver on
(C) President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday to
launch a plan for greater U.S. economic engagement with the Indo-Pacific,
facing
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(D) had announced a state of emergency with effect
from May 6 midnight, almost a month after imposing the first phase, on April 1.
(E) regional countries more closely through common
standards in areas including supply-chain resilience, clean energy,
infrastructure and digital trade.
(F) it brings out the capability to maintain the
inherent unity and the feeling of oneness in India amid a ‘superficial
diversity’.
(a) Only C-D
(b) Only B-D
(c) Only A-F
(d) Both (b) and (a)
(e) None of these
Q14. COLUMN I
(A) China’s crackdown on Muslim minorities in the
remote region of Xinjiang will return to the spotlight next week when Beijing
(B) Concern mounted Saturday over Ukrainian fighters
who became prisoners at the end of Russia’s brutal three-month siege of
Mariupol, as
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(D) pursue a nuclear-free world with the Pope and
taken a diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia and Europe to rally world leaders to
protect democracy.
(E) with civil society organisations, business
representatives, academics, and deliver a lecture to students at Guangzhou
University”.
(F) India ramped up its purchase of discounted oil
from Russia to fight inflation, taking the country’s crude oil imports in April
to the highest in three and a half years.
(a) Only C-D
(b) Only B-E
(c) Only A-C
(d) Only A-E and B-D
(e) None of these
Q15. COLUMN I
(A) India banned wheat exports on Saturday — days
after saying it was targeting record shipments
(B) COVID-19 restrictions may be playing a role in
North Korea’s lack of response to offers of diplomatic talks, a senior
(C) Amid tough global sanctions over the Ukraine war,
Russia has published an updated “stop list”, permanently banning 963
Americans – including US
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(D) remark had prompted an explanation from the White
House.
(E) this year — as a scorching heat wave curtailed
output and domestic prices hit a record high.
(F) testing its largest intercontinental ballistic
missiles (ICBMs), while intelligence reports suggest it is preparing for a new
nuclear test.
(a) Only A-E and B-D
(b) Only B-F
(c) Only A-E
(d) Only C-F
(e) None of these
SOLUTIONS
S1.
Ans. (b)
Sol.
Combination C-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 sentences thus formed are: Following the central government’s
announcement on Saturday that excise duty on petrol and diesel was slashed by
Rs 8 and Rs 6 per litre respectively, fuel prices in the states will see a
significant decrease.
S2.
Ans. (d)
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 sentences thus formed are: Following a meeting on Saturday, US
President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said that they
will consider expanded joint military exercises to deter the nuclear threat
from North Korea.
S3.
Ans. (a)
Sol.
Combination A-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 sentences thus formed are: India, the world’s second-largest wheat
producer, said on Saturday, May 14, that it was banning exports after its
hottest March on record, with traders needing express government approval to
enter into new deals.
S4.
Ans. (b)
Sol.
Combination C-E successfully forms a grammatically viable and contextually
meaningful sentence as the relevant phrases are of similar context and in
appropriate grammatical syntax.
The
coherent sentences thus formed are: Announcing that Prime Minister Narendra
Modi will be meeting US President Joe Biden on May 24 on the sidelines of the
Quad leaders’ summit in Tokyo, India Saturday said that the Quad cooperation is
anchored in shared values and commitment to the principles of democracy,
international law and rules-based order.
S5.
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 sentences thus formed are: After severe heatwaves, northwestern
parts of India will get some respite as rainfall is predicted over the next
three with peak intensity rains forecast for Monday.
S6.
Ans. (b)
Sol.
Combination C-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 sentences thus formed are: The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is
awarded every year for a novel written by a writer from the Commonwealth or the
Republic of Ireland and it aims to represent the very best in contemporary
fiction.
S7.
Ans. (e)
Sol.
Combination A-E successfully forms a grammatically viable and contextually
meaningful sentence as the relevant phrases are of similar context and in
appropriate grammatical syntax.
The
coherent sentences thus formed are: According to computer models that were
used to estimate the running speeds of dinosaurs, the Tyrannosaurus Rex would
have been able to outrun a footballer.
S8.
Ans. (a)
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 sentences thus formed are: The majority of people in Scotland are
in favour breaking away from the rest of the UK and becoming independent,
according to a poll taken just before the 300th anniversary of the Act of
Union, which united Scotland and England.
S9.
Ans. (d)
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 sentences thus formed are: Usually, it takes hundreds of years for
plastic to break down naturally, but scientists from Germany have now
discovered a highly efficient enzyme that degrades polyester in record time.
S10.
Ans. (c)
Sol.
Combination C-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 sentences thus formed are: Climate change is leading to significant
environmental changes, such as hotter temperatures, melting of glaciers, etc.,
leading to subsequent changes in our way of living.
S11.
Ans. (b)
Sol.
Combination B-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 sentences thus formed are: As the war with Russia enters its fourth
month, the Biden administration approved a massive $40 billion aid package to
Ukraine which included weapons and economic support to the Zelensky government.
S12.
Ans. (d)
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 sentences thus formed are: According to reports, the US economy is
set to outpace China for the first time since 1976 amid the coronavirus
pandemic.
S13.
Ans. (c)
Sol.
Combination A-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 sentences thus formed are: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan
remarked on Saturday that education is the strongest tool of change, while
adding that the knowledge gained through it brings out the capability to
maintain the inherent unity and the feeling of oneness in India amid a
‘superficial diversity’.
S14.
Ans. (a)
Sol.
Combination C-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 sentences thus formed are: Since Russia invaded Ukraine in
February, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has imposed sanctions on
Moscow, agreed to pursue a nuclear-free world with the Pope and taken a
diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia and Europe to rally world leaders to protect
democracy.
S15.
Ans. (c)
Sol.
Combination A-E successfully forms a grammatically viable and contextually
meaningful sentence as the relevant phrases are of similar context and in
appropriate grammatical syntax.
The
coherent sentences thus formed are: India banned wheat exports on Saturday —
days after saying it was targeting record shipments this year — as a scorching
heat wave curtailed output and domestic prices hit a record high.
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