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). By obfuscating issues and putting out evasive responses that the team had not been selected owing to ‘operational reasons&rsqu
Options
- AIt is poor sportsmanship that of the eight teams, ranging from Australia to Bangladesh, competing in the tourn
- BImmediately thereafter, BCCI officials floated the story that India would not participate in the eighth editio
- CSeen in that context, it is a travesty that the Board of Control for Cricket in India is now using the Champio
- DThey have let down the cricketers, who are busy with the Indian Premier League but also have an eye on the Cha
Correct answer
D. They have let down the cricketers, who are busy with the Indian Premier League but also have an eye on the Cha
Step-by-step solution
The sentence preceding the blank discusses apathetic interest of BCCI officials towards the issue and the sentence following the blank quotes the importance of participating in the event for the players. Out of the given choices, the sentence D starts with the pronoun ‘They’ that is used here in place of the noun ‘BCCI officials’ and the sentence also mentions cricketers in the context of the league. All the other statements, however, state events which are helpful to initiate the topic and