Direction: In the following question two columns are given containing three sentences each. In the first column A, B and C sentences are given with one blank in any of the sentences and in the second column D, E and F sentences are given. A sentence from the first column may or may not connect with a sentence from another column to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. You have to select the option that indicate the word which will be filled in the blank and pair/pairs of the sentences that can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence.

column - I column - II

(A) Advertising today costs companies a lot of money. There are some companies - cold drinks, for example, who want everyone to see their advertising. (D) But most companies want to get their advertising to one group of people or another. Toy companies want children or the parents of young children to see their advertising.

(B) The first challenge addressed by the new executive committee was to ________ the administrative organization of GM. (E) Congratulating the country on this achievement, the health minister praised the remarkable progress in effectively lowering the MMR.

(C) In a new milestone, there has been a significant decline in the maternity mortality ratio (MMR) in the country.
(F) The company had historically been a decentralized collection of standalone businesses units, brought under the GM umbrella by William Durant.

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IBPS PO Mains Memory Based Paper (Held on:26th November 2022)

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Answer 1

The correct answer is option (2) i.e. restructure, A-D, C-E

Key Points

The correct syntax is:
- "Advertising today costs companies a lot of money. There are some companies - cold drinks, for example, who want everyone to see their advertising but most companies want to get their advertising to one group of people or another. Toy companies want children or the parents of young children to see their advertising."
- "In a new milestone, there has been a significant decline in the maternity mortality ratio (MMR) in the country, congratulating the country on this achievement, the health minister praised the remarkable progress in effectively lowering the MMR."
- "The first challenge addressed by the new executive committee was to restructure the administrative organization of GM. The company had historically been a decentralized collection of standalone businesses units, brought under the GM umbrella by William Durant.

Hence, the correct answer is restructure, A-D, C-E.

column - I	column - II
(A) Advertising today costs companies a lot of money. There are some companies - cold drinks, for example, who want everyone to see their advertising.	(D) But most companies want to get their advertising to one group of people or another. Toy companies want children or the parents of young children to see their advertising.
(B) The first challenge addressed by the new executive committee was to ________ the administrative organization of GM.	(E) Congratulating the country on this achievement, the health minister praised the remarkable progress in effectively lowering the MMR.
(C) In a new milestone, there has been a significant decline in the maternity mortality ratio (MMR) in the country.	(F) The company had historically been a decentralized collection of standalone businesses units, brought under the GM umbrella by William Durant.