English and Logical Reasoning Prep GuideEnglishParagraph Organization
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 popular imagination, the Railway Budget was seen as a grand spectacle, with the Railway Minister using it as a platform for popul
Options
- AThe fact is that the Railways is indeed unlike any other Central ministry in size and scope, it is actually an
- BThere have been sporadic calls in the past for doing away with a separate Railway Budget for various reasons,
- CPerhaps nowhere in the world is a political functionary called upon to present a financial report card of the
- DNo other Ministry has a separate budget and the practice exists in no other country today; the Bibek Debroy Co
Correct answer
C. Perhaps nowhere in the world is a political functionary called upon to present a financial report card of the
Step-by-step solution
The paragraph talks about how the Railway budget has been used as a platform for populism for long. Now, if we read the sentences given as options carefully, we can observe that only two – option A and option C are linking to the chain of thoughts while others stress upon the need to do away with a separate Railway budget. Clearly, options B, D and E get eliminated. Between the remaining two options, if we fit the option A for the blank, it may look fine at the first glance but usage of too many ‘unlike