2024 · Q109
In the following items, two sentences are given. You are required to identify the option that most appropriately combines both the sentences into one sentence, and mark your response accordingly.
He pledged to donate his body parts. He was himself the beneficiary of organ transplantation.
EnglishReading Comprehension
- AHe pledged to donate his body parts though he was himself the beneficiary of organ transplantation.
- BHe pledged to donate his body parts because he was himself the beneficiary of organ transplantation.
- CHe pledged to donate his body parts if he was himself the beneficiary of organ transplantation.
- DHe pledged to donate his body parts but he was himself the beneficiary of organ transplantation.
Explanation
The natural link between the sentences is causal: having himself benefited from an organ transplant, he pledged to donate his body parts out of gratitude. Because expresses this cause correctly, while though would wrongly suggest a contrast. If and but distort the relationship. Hence B is correct.