English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide
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English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide · English · Connotations & Denotations
Direction: In the paragraph below there are five sentences. In each...
Direction: In the paragraph below there are five sentences. In each sentence there are pairs of highlighted words (A, B). Select the most appropriate words to form correct sentences. Then from the options given select the correct option.
Within months of announcing A) gratuitous B) generous hikes in the minimum support price (MSP) for several crops in the kharif summer season, the NDA government on Wednesday approved an increase in the MSP offered for rabi crops. These increases A) mark B) maximize a sharp change from the cautious approach adopted by the Narendra Modi government in raising MSPs during the first half of its tenure. The latest hikes are generous, even if they are A) moderate B) tremendous compared to those fixed for the kharif crop. By way of A) comparison B) connotation, the highest increase over the previous kharif season’s MSP was 52.5% for the cereal ragi. Now the highest season-on-season A) height B) hike for the rabi crops is 20.6% for safflower.
Options
- AABABB
- BBAAAB
- CABABA
- DBABAA
Correct answer
B. BAAAB
Step-by-step solution
Smart approach:
Most of you must be wondering that it would be very time consuming to attempt these questions. But being smart is what it takes to attempt such questions correctly in order to get some brownie points over your competitors.
Coming to our options, the first blank can be filled with B since we are talking about hikes in the MSPs of rabi and kharif crops. A cannot fit in this context and can be easily ruled out.
So, our answer must start with B. We have options B and D only that start with B.
Left with two options, the best way to find the correct answer is to see where the two options are going different ways. Here, the third word will be able to differentiate the two options.
In blank III, A is our word since it correctly explains the implication of the context that the hike in MSPs of kharif crops and rabi crops is not the same since one is more than the other but both can be termed as moderate.
We have option B that has A in the third blank whereas option D has B in the same place.
This gives us our correct choice option B among the given options.
Detailed explanation:
For Blank I, B should be the correct word since the passage denotes that the hike in MSP of the kharif crops was very good and the hike in the MSP of rabi crops is not that much as compared to the previous hike. A can be ruled out as the correct word.
Blank II can be filled with mark since we are talking about the significance of the approach taken by the Government regarding the increase in MSP of the crops. Maximize does not imply the intended meaning and can be ruled out.
Blank III can be filled with moderate since we are talking about the hike in the prices of rabi crops by the government in comparison to the same in case of kharif crops. The hike this time is not as much as it was the last time for the Kharif crops. Tremendous is not fit for the given context and can be eliminated.
Blank IV can be filled with comparison since we are talking about the comparison between the MSP Hikes of kharif crops and the rabi crops. Connotation does not even fit in the given context and hence can be eliminated.
Blank V can be filled with hike rather than height since the whole passage is regarding the hike in the prices of the Kharif Crops and the Rabi crops as announced by the government in the form of the MSP.
The correct combination is BAAAB
Most of you must be wondering that it would be very time consuming to attempt these questions. But being smart is what it takes to attempt such questions correctly in order to get some brownie points over your competitors.
Coming to our options, the first blank can be filled with B since we are talking about hikes in the MSPs of rabi and kharif crops. A cannot fit in this context and can be easily ruled out.
So, our answer must start with B. We have options B and D only that start with B.
Left with two options, the best way to find the correct answer is to see where the two options are going different ways. Here, the third word will be able to differentiate the two options.
In blank III, A is our word since it correctly explains the implication of the context that the hike in MSPs of kharif crops and rabi crops is not the same since one is more than the other but both can be termed as moderate.
We have option B that has A in the third blank whereas option D has B in the same place.
This gives us our correct choice option B among the given options.
Detailed explanation:
For Blank I, B should be the correct word since the passage denotes that the hike in MSP of the kharif crops was very good and the hike in the MSP of rabi crops is not that much as compared to the previous hike. A can be ruled out as the correct word.
Blank II can be filled with mark since we are talking about the significance of the approach taken by the Government regarding the increase in MSP of the crops. Maximize does not imply the intended meaning and can be ruled out.
Blank III can be filled with moderate since we are talking about the hike in the prices of rabi crops by the government in comparison to the same in case of kharif crops. The hike this time is not as much as it was the last time for the Kharif crops. Tremendous is not fit for the given context and can be eliminated.
Blank IV can be filled with comparison since we are talking about the comparison between the MSP Hikes of kharif crops and the rabi crops. Connotation does not even fit in the given context and hence can be eliminated.
Blank V can be filled with hike rather than height since the whole passage is regarding the hike in the prices of the Kharif Crops and the Rabi crops as announced by the government in the form of the MSP.
The correct combination is BAAAB
This makes option B the correct choice among the given options.