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Multiple Choice Questions

Directions In each question a sentence is given followed by a blank You are provided with three frag...........

English (CUET) Paragraph Completion

Directions : In each question a sentence is given followed by a blank. You are provided with three fragments I, II and III. You have to identify which statement/statements can carry forward the given sentence in the most logical way so as to make the sentence coherent and contextually correct.

____________________ the monsoon never recovered from the stuttered start which saw progress stall for over 10 days off the western coast.

I. Although rainfall over the entire country falls under the normal category,

II. Just as the distribution of rain has been in sync with IMD scientists' forecast,

III. There is an increasing trend in monsoon rainfall and decrease in post-monsoon rainfall incidentally due to the fact that

Only II

Only I

Only I and II

Only I and III

All of the above

Explanation:

Statement I: Although rainfall over the entire country falls under the normal category, the monsoon never recovered from the stuttered start which saw progress stall for over 10 days off the western coast.
This is correct contextually and grammatically.
Statements II: Just as the distribution of rain has been in sync with IMD scientists' forecast, the monsoon never recovered from the stuttered start which saw progress stall for over 10 days off the western coast.
This has no meaning.
Statements III: There is an increasing trend in monsoon rainfall and decrease in post-monsoon rainfall incidentally due to the fact that the monsoon never recovered from the stuttered start which saw progress stall for over 10 days off the western coast.
This has no meaning.
Only statement I is correct.
Hence, option B is the answer.

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