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2025 · Q44

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. Awareness about one's own personality type is very important.

S2. Self-awareness is a difficult goal for most people.

The second statement:

EnglishCorrelating Sentences
  1. Acontradicts the first
  2. Bis contrapuntal vis-a-vis the first
  3. Cconfirms the first
  4. Dcontrasts the first

Explanation

S1 asserts that awareness of one's personality type is very important, while S2 points out that self-awareness is a difficult goal for most people — the difficulty qualifies and contrasts with the importance. S2 does not contradict, confirm or run counterpoint to S1; it sets up a contrast between desirability and difficulty.