1) For years, journalist Sheik Sadiq Ali has distributed (I) in various businesses—a matrimonial bureau, real estate, but his greatest happiness (II) came from the children who rushed (III) over to receive the books he dabbled (IV) from his pushcart in Telugu.

A.I-IV

B.I-II and III-IV

C.I-III and II-IV

D.I-IV and II-III

E.III-IV

2) I worried, on that pleasant (I) February morning, that I was about to ask Sudipta Sengupta the same questions (II) dozens had asked her before but thankfully, she strolled (III) no wariness, and not even the slightest of airs, as we betrayed (IV) through her home university in Jadavpur, Kolkata.

A.I-IV

B.I-II and III-IV

C.I-III and II-IV

D.I-IV and II-III

E.III-IV

3) Back in Hyderabad after seven months, I was to meet (I) Shalini Mahadev, a friend who I met during my sciences (II) in sociology from University of Hyderabad who is still at the university (III) pursuing her PhD in biological masters (IV).

A.I-IV

B.I-II and III-IV

C.I-III and II-IV

D.II- IV

E.III-IV

4) The explorations (I) on Science-art was to understand how different practitioners think of science-art, a term that representational (II) works that range from accurate detailed drawings to encompasses (III) art, as well as emotive-abstract miniseries (IV), conceptual and sequential narratives.

A.I-II

B.II- III

C.I-II and III-IV

D.I-IV and II-III

E.I-III

5) It’s discrimination (I) to realise that the sciences (II) of gender-based vital (III) in the narrative (IV) has been limited to cis-women in science.

A.I-II

B.II- III

C.I-II and III-IV

D.I-IV and II-III

E.I-III and II-IV

Answers :

1) Answer: A

In the first bold position ‘dabbled’ makes more sense rather than ‘distributed’. So, I-IV will be the pair to render the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

After rearrangement, the correct sentence will be “For years, journalist Sheik Sadiq Ali has dabbled in various businesses—a matrimonial bureau, real estate, but his greatest happiness came from the children who rushed over to receive the books he distributed from his pushcart in Telugu.”

Therefore, option A is the correct answer to this question.

2) Answer: E

In the third bold position ‘strolled’ makes more sense rather than ‘betrayed’. So, III-IV will be the pair to render the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

After rearrangement, the correct sentence will be “I worried, on that pleasant February morning, that I was about to ask Sudipta Sengupta the same questions dozens had asked her before but thankfully, she betrayed no wariness, and not even the slightest of airs, as we strolled through her home university in Jadavpur, Kolkata.”

Therefore, option E is the correct answer to this question.

3) Answer: D

In the second bold position ‘masters’ makes more sense rather than ‘sciences’. So, II-IV will be the pair to render the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.

After rearrangement, the correct sentence will be “Back in Hyderabad after seven months, I was to meet Shalini Mahadev, a friend who I met during my masters in sociology from University of Hyderabad who is still at the university pursuing her PhD in biological sciences.”

Therefore, option D is the correct answer to this question.

4) Answer: D

In the second bold position ‘encompasses’ makes more sense rather than ‘representational’. So, II-III will be a pair. In the fourth bold position ‘explorations’ makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct which renders the pair I-IV appropriate.

After rearrangement, the correct sentence will be “The miniseries on science-art was to understand how different practitioners think of science-art, a term that encompasses works that range from accurate detailed drawings to representational art, as well as emotive-abstract explorations, conceptual and sequential narratives.”

Therefore, option D is the correct answer to this question.

5) Answer: E

In the first bold position ‘vital’ makes more sense rather than ‘discrimination’. So, I-III will be a pair. In the second bold position ‘narrative’ makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct which renders the pair II-IV appropriate.

After rearrangement, the correct sentence will be “It’s vital to realise that the narrative of gender-based discrimination in the sciences has been limited to cis-women in science.”

Therefore, option E is the correct answer to this question.