English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide
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English and Logical Reasoning Prep Guide · English · Paragraph Organization
Directions: In each of the following questions a short passage is...
Directions: In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).
In September last year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted & global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which were laid out in the document, ‘Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’. There are 17 SDGs with their associated 169 targets, developed as the next step in the evolution of what were previously known as the Millennium Development Goals. ____________________________. The SDGs broadly relate to human dignity, prosperity, protecting the biosphere, and promoting peace and security.
Options
- ACountries are now formulating indicators to track their progress towards the targets.
- BInternational development aid, public and private funds, a redesign of tax structures, and other international mechanisms have been discussed and may be considered by individual countries as sources of finance for these targets.
- CIndia has an enormous but also an opportune challenge ahead of it with regard to the SDGs.
- DThe interconnected nature of the SDGs makes them complex, but also demonstrates complementary benefits from specific goals and targets.
Correct answer
A.
Countries are now formulating indicators to track their progress towards the targets.
Step-by-step solution
Four out of five given options − A, B, D and E have the keyword “targets” but if we read the paragraph carefully we can infer that the whole paragraph introduces the topic and thus the sentence for the blank has to be introductory in nature.
We can see that both the options B and E are quite elaborative and the points discussed in them are not yet mentioned anywhere in the paragraph. We can hence eliminate options B and E.
Option D also talks about the interconnected nature of the SDGs, a link of which can’t be inferred from the paragraph given. We can thus eliminate option D as well.
Clearly, option A would fit the blank most appropriately.
Option A is hence the correct answer.
We can see that both the options B and E are quite elaborative and the points discussed in them are not yet mentioned anywhere in the paragraph. We can hence eliminate options B and E.
Option D also talks about the interconnected nature of the SDGs, a link of which can’t be inferred from the paragraph given. We can thus eliminate option D as well.
Clearly, option A would fit the blank most appropriately.
Option A is hence the correct answer.