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Directions: You are required to match statements from columns 1 and 2 and find which of the following pairs of statement make sense meaningfully and grammatically.
1
  Column (1)     Column (2)
(A) The inspection was intended to   (D) obtain a FSSAI registration.
(B) The Act mandates Food Business Operators to   (E) create awareness among the juice vendors.
(C) Many people opted to consume   (F) the less-expensive gruel than fruit juice.

» Explain it
D
A-E: The inspection was intended to create awareness among the juice vendors.

A-E makes grammatically and contextually correct sentence.

B-D: The Act mandates Food Business Operators to obtain a FSSAI registration.

The D part has a grammatical error, as it uses wrong vowel before FSSAI. The vowel to be used is "an" because 'F' is although not a vowel but is producing vowel sound, therefore it must precede by article "an".

Correct sentence - The Act mandates Food Business Operators to obtain an FSSAI registration.

C-F: Many people opted to consume the less-expensive gruel than fruit juice.

C-F makes grammatically and contextually correct sentence.

Hence option D is correct.
2
  Column (1)     Column (2)
(A) The Congress has also demanded   (D) 11 complaints against Mr Modi.
(B) Till date the Congress has filed   (E) checks and balances in Electronic Voting Machines.
(C) A Congress delegation demanded further   (F) for proper accounting of all the EVM machines.

» Explain it
E
A-F: The Congress has also demanded for proper accounting of all the EVM machines.

A-F makes grammatically and contextually correct sentence.

B-D: Till date the Congress has filed 11 complaints against Mr Modi.

B-D makes grammatically and contextually correct sentence.

C-E: Congress delegation demanded further checks and balances in Electronic Voting Machines.

C-E makes grammatically and contextually correct sentence.

Hence option E is correct.
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  Column (1)     Column (2)
(A) The government has acknowledged that   (D) financial year contributed to better tax collection.
(B) The hope would be that the latest GST numbers are   (E) economic growth did slowed down in 2018-19.
(C) The rush to pay tax arrears at the end of the   (F) harbinger of better growth momentum for 2019-20.

» Explain it
A
A-E: The government has acknowledged that economic growth did slowed down in 2018-19.

A-E is grammatically incorrect as with "did" first form of verb is used.

Correct sentence: The government has acknowledged that economic growth did slow down in 2018-19.

B-F: The hope would be that the latest GST numbers are a harbinger of better growth momentum for 2019-20.

B-F makes grammatically and contextually correct sentence.

C-D: The rush to pay tax arrears at the end of the financial year contributed to better tax collection.

C-D makes grammatically and contextually correct sentence.

Hence option A is correct.
4
  Column (1)     Column (2)
(A) China agreed to renegotiate terms   (D) sharp rhetoric against the BRI this time.
(B) India’s other concern over   (E) on projects, reaches out to regional organisations.
(C) India has abandoned its   (F) the BRI’s inroads in South Asia will also growing.

» Explain it
C
A-E: China agreed to renegotiate terms on projects, reaches out to regional organisations.

A-E is grammatically wrong as the whole sentence is in past tense, so the verb “reaches” should be replaced with “reached”.

Correct sentence: China agreed to renegotiate terms on projects, reached out to regional organisations.

B-F: India’s other concern over the BRI’s inroads in South Asia will also grow.

B-F makes grammatically incorrect sentence as "grow" should be used without making it gerund.

Correct sentence: India’s other concern over the BRI’s inroads in South Asia will also grow.

C-D: India has abandoned its sharp rhetoric against the BRI this time.

C-D makes grammatically and contextually correct sentence.

Hence option C is correct.
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  Column (1)     Column (2)
(A) Telecom networks have been    (D) damage is yet to be ascertained.
(B) Winds measuring upto 200 km per hour   (E) uprooted trees and damaged power lines.
(C) The full extent of the   (F) disrupt in Puri and Bhubaneswar districts. 

» Explain it
A
A-F: Telecom networks have been disrupting in Puri and Bhubaneswar districts. 

Disrupting should be replaced with its third form i.e. "Disrupted". Perfect continuous tense is not used here due to absence of time factor.

Correct sentence: Telecom networks have been disrupted in Puri and Bhubaneswar districts. 

B-E: Winds measuring upto 200 km per hour uprooted trees and damaged power lines.

B-E makes grammatically and contextually correct sentence.

C-D: The full extent of the damage is yet to be ascertained.

C-D makes grammatically and contextually correct sentence.

Hence option A is correct.