Directions : In the following items a pair of sentences (S1, S2) is given. Select the most appropriate and relevant co-relationship of the second sentence to the first from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d), and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
S1. Sarah recently contended that she has never visited Paris.
S2. Someone shared a photograph that shows Sarah standing underneath the Eiffel Tower.
The second sentence :
- Acontradicts the first
- Bcontrasts with the first
- Cconfirms the first
- Dqualifies the first
Explanation
S1 records Sarah’s claim that she has never visited Paris, while S2 produces photographic evidence of her standing under the Eiffel Tower. The two cannot both be true: the photograph directly falsifies her contention. When the second sentence disproves the first, it contradicts it — it does not merely contrast with or qualify it. Hence the answer is (a) contradicts the first.