Directions : In the question given below few sentences are given which…
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Directions : In the question given below few sentences are given which grammatically correct and meaningful. Connect them by the word given above the statements in the best possible way without changing the intended meaning. Choose your answer accordingly from the options to form a correct, coherent sentence.
But
(A) With platform companies sponging off advertising revenue and ISP providers getting the power to convert cyberspace into a controlled premium space, it looks like the Internet is set to lose its status as rebel angel.
(B) In case of Net Neutrality debate, the associated statistics and analysis despite available in humongous amounts clearly show no signs of favoritism making the numbers irrelevant.
(C) Internet facilitated easy communication, broke the monopoly of the one-to-many format to create a many-to-many structure, and democratised the communication universe.
(D) When a tragedy of immense proportion is unfolding, it is literature that provides clues and means to deal with it.
- A.
Only C-A
- B.
Only D-B
- C.
Both A-C & D-B
- D.
Both D-B & C-A
- E.
No connection possible
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Correct answer: D
Concept
In a sentence-connection question, a linker such as “But” signals a CONTRAST: it joins two grammatically complete, meaningful statements where the second idea opposes, qualifies, or pushes against the first. A pair is valid only when (i) the two sentences read in the stated order make one coherent contrast, and (ii) the intended meaning of each is preserved. Direction matters — “X–Y” means “X But Y”, not “Y But X”.
Application
Test each candidate pairing by reading it aloud with “But” between the two sentences:
C–A: “The Internet democratised the communication universe, But with platform companies sponging off revenue and ISPs gaining control, it looks set to lose its status as a rebel angel.” The empowering past is set against the threatened future — a clean, coherent contrast.
D–B: “When a tragedy is unfolding, it is literature that provides the means to deal with it, But in the Net Neutrality debate, the huge volume of statistics shows no favouritism, making the numbers irrelevant.” Human/qualitative insight that matters in crisis is set against quantitative data that turns out irrelevant — a valid contrast that reads correctly and keeps both meanings intact.
Both C–A and D–B form correct, meaningful sentences in the given direction, so the response naming both pairings — D–B and C–A — is the one that holds.
Cross-check
Reversing a pair (e.g. A–C: “losing status But democratised”) breaks the time order and reads awkwardly, so a reversed pairing is not acceptable.
Naming only one pair ignores the other valid contrast, so any “only one pair” response is incomplete.
Because two valid contrasts exist, “no connection possible” is ruled out.