Directions (1-10): 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
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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
Q6. COLUMN I
(A) The World Health Organization has identified
74 cases of severe, acute hepatitis — inflammation of the liver — among
children across
(B) If one looks at the law of the country, it is
clear that carrying weapons in
(C) Facing a financial crisis, the private
hospitals in Jharkhand have expressed their inability to admit patients under
the Centre’s
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(D) Ayushman Bharat free treatment scheme over
the non-payment of dues by the state government.
(E) before there are answers and that
corresponding control and prevention measures have been taken.
(F) a procession is prohibited except under
specific circumstances.
(a) C-F
(b) B-E
(c) A-F & B-D
(d) A-E, C-F & B-D
(e) B-F & C-D
Q7. COLUMN I
(A) Amid the loudspeaker controversy in
Maharashtra, the state government has passed an order that it is
(B) People seeking asylum in the UK could now be
relocated to Rwanda under a controversial new scheme
(C) The Russian guided-missile cruiser Moskva
rests deep beneath the Black Sea
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(D) missiles for rebel groups in Myanmar during
conversations with an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agent.
(E) western Ukraine from the Russian-separatist
portions of the east and create a divide much like the one between North and
South Korea.
(F) mandatory to seek
permission from local authorities to have loudspeakers at religious places.
(a) Only A-F
(b) A-D & B-E
(c) Only C-D
(d) C-F & B-D
(e) None of these
Q8. COLUMN I
(A) In the largest simulation of data spanning
over two million years, scientists have
(B) On April 3 some bureaucrats expressed
concerns that populist schemes in states such as Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and
West Bengal
(C) France’s presidential election will be a
rematch of the 2017 contest,
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(D) may end up wrecking their economies as they
did in Sri Lanka, The Times of India reported.
(E) receive migrants and will invest in new
infrastructure to educate and house migrants with the UK’s support.
(F) found unique patterns showing how climate
contributed to the emergence of modern-day humans.
(a) Only B-E and A-F
(b) Only B-F
(c) Only A-F and B-D
(d) Only C-E
(e) None of these
Q9. COLUMN I
(B) Only 19% of Europeans include their
government among their most trusted sources of reliable information on Covid-19
vaccines
(C) Astronauts Zhai
Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu will return home after
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(D) the couple visited Queen Elizabeth II on
their way to The Hague to attend The Invictus Games, which begin on Saturday.
(E) completing the longest space mission in
China’s history.
(F) his Liberal government has pledged to cut
emissions 40-45% below 2005 levels by 2030.
(a) Only B-D
(b) Only A-F and C-E
(c) Only B-F and A-D
(d) A-D, B-F and C-E
(e) None of these
Q10. COLUMN I
(A) Chinese ships patrol the sea around the
Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands, an uninhabited island chain also claimed
(B) Scientists working on coronaviruses for over
two decades have identified the secret battle
(C) Russia has asked Brazil for support in the
International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the G20 group of top economies
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(D) plan of Covid-19 and
decoded how it wins the war against the human immune system.
(E) said Italy was expected to send a naval
vessel specialized in dealing with marine disasters.
(F) protesters following Quran burnings that
caused riots in several Swedish towns over the Easter weekend.
(a) Only A-E and C-F
(b) Only B-F
(c) Only A-E
(d) Only B-D
(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.
S6. Ans. (e)
Sol. Combinations B-F & C-D 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-F) If one looks at the law of the country,
it is clear that carrying weapons in a procession is prohibited except under
specific circumstances.
(C-D) Facing a financial crisis, the private
hospitals in Jharkhand have expressed their inability to admit patients under
the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat free treatment scheme over the non-payment of dues
by the state government.
All the other combinations fail to form coherent
sentences; hence, option (e) is the most viable answer choice.
S7. 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 sentence thus formed is: Amid
the loudspeaker controversy in Maharashtra, the state government has passed an
order that it is mandatory to seek permission from local authorities to have
loudspeakers at religious places.
All the other combinations fail to form coherent
sentences; hence, option (a) is the most viable answer choice.
S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. Combinations A-F and B-D 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) In the largest simulation of data
spanning over two million years, scientists have found unique patterns showing
how climate contributed to the emergence of modern-day humans.
(B-D) On April 3 some bureaucrats expressed
concerns that populist schemes in states such as Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and
West Bengal may end up wrecking their economies as they did in Sri Lanka, The
Times of India reported.
All the other combinations fail to form coherent
sentences; hence, option (c) is the most viable answer choice.
S9. Ans. (b)
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) Fighting climate change has been one of
Canada’s top priorities under the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
and his Liberal government has pledged to cut emissions 40-45% below 2005
levels by 2030.
(C-E) Astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping
and Ye Guangfu will return home after completing the longest space mission in
China’s history.
All the other combinations fail to form coherent
sentences; hence, option (b) is the most viable answer choice.
S10. Ans. (d)
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 sentence thus formed is: Scientists
working on coronaviruses for over two decades have identified the secret battle
plan of Covid-19 and decoded how it wins the war against the human immune
system.
All the other combinations fail to form coherent
sentences; hence, option (d) is the most viable answer choice.
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