2025 · Q43
Directions: In the following items a pair of statements (S1, S2) is given. Select the most appropriate and relevant co-relationship of the second statement to the first from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d), and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
S1. The manhunt for the perpetrator of the crime spread across the entire state.
S2. There was deep public anger triggered by the enormity of the crime.
The second statement:
EnglishCorrelating Sentences
- Ais a precursor to the first
- Bfollows the first
- Ccontradicts the first
- Dalters the premise of the first
Explanation
S2 describes the deep public anger triggered by the enormity of the crime — the cause and trigger of the manhunt described in S1. Public outrage of this kind precedes and provokes a statewide manhunt. S2 is therefore the precursor to S1, not its consequence or contradiction.