In the following question, two columns are given containing three phrases each. In the first column, the phrases are A, B and C, and in the second column, the phrases are D, E and F. A phrase from the first column may or may not connect with a phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. There are five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the phrases can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. If none of the options given forms a correct sentence after combination, select ‘None of these’ as your answer.
Column (1) |
Column (2) |
(A) According to the report, a small percentage by students |
(D) in all states have done at least one internship in the past 12 months. |
(B) The outfit alleged that the film dishonoured the state’s |
(E) has been declared as the Norwegian official entry into the Oscar 2019. |
(C) Actors Adil Hussain and Ekavali Khanna star What Will People Say |
(F) culture and its people by portraying the Kalinga war in a wrong manner. |
A-D and C-E
B-F
A-F and B-D
C-D
Only phrases (B) and (F) combine to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence.
B-F :- The phrase (B) forms perfect link with phrase (F) and both the phrases are grammatically correct.
Phrase (A) is incorrect as wrong preposition is used here. ‘by’ must be replaced with ‘of’ to make it grammatically correct. ‘of’ expresses ‘relationship’, while ‘by’ indicates the ‘means of doing something or the agent performing an action’. After rectifying the error, it forms grammatically and contextually correct sentence with phrase (D).
Phrase (C) is incorrect as ‘star’ is used in place of ‘starrer’. After rectifying the error, it forms grammatically and contextually correct sentence with phrase (E).