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ibps-rrb-os1 2021 · Question 171 of 173

Column I (A) The government lacks power to declare packaged drinking water as an essential article (B) Data shows that the demand in the economy is still sluggish (C) The Serum Institute of India (SII) has said that it will be ready with vaccines for children in the next six months Column II (D) the variant contains several mutations that allow the virus to escape antibodies (E) its order fixing the price of bottled water at Rs 13 per litre was legally unsustainable. (F) so far, no approval has been forthcoming from the Drugs Controller General of India (i) despite (ii) therefore (iii) but

Sentence Connectors

  1. A(B)-(ii) -(D)
  2. B(A)-(ii) - (E) and (C)-(iii) -(F)Correct
  3. C(A)-(iii) -(D) and (C)-(i) -(F)
  4. D(C)-(i) -(D) and (B)-(ii) -(F)
  5. ENone of these

Answer: B. (A)-(ii) - (E) and (C)-(iii) -(F)

Explanation

Option (b) is the correct choice. Statements (A) and (E) can be joined together using the conjunction “(ii)” which is ‘therefore’. Statements (C) and (F) can be combined using (iii) which is ‘but’. Therefore, the sentences will be “The government lacks power to declare packaged drinking water as an essential article therefore its order fixing the price of bottled water at Rs 13 per litre was legally unsustainable.” And “The Serum Institute of India (SII) has said that it will be ready with vaccines for children in the next six months but so far, no approval has been forthcoming from the Drugs Controller General of India”

Source: IBPS RRB PO Mains 2021 Memory Based Paper (Adda247/BankersAdda) · memory-based

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