Directions : Select the phrase/connector from the given three options which…

2020

Directions : Select the phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement.

(1) SEBI has amended the Depository and Participants Regulations.
(2) It includes an additional explanation that states that ‘pledge’ would also refer to ‘re-pledge’ of securities for margin or settlement obligations.
(A) SEBI wants to amend the ______________
(B) By including an additional ________________
(C) In spite of amending _______________

  1. A.

    Only (A)

  2. B.

    Only (B)

  3. C.

    Only (C)

  4. D.

    Both (A) and (B)

  5. E.

    Both (B) and (C)

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Correct answer: B

Concept

When two sentences are merged into one, the chosen connector must preserve both the factual content and the logical relationship between them. A connector that changes the tense (for example, turning a completed action into a mere intention) or imposes a contrast where none exists alters the meaning and is therefore invalid, however grammatical it may look.

Application

The two facts are: SEBI has already amended the Depository and Participants Regulations (a completed action), and that amendment works by adding an explanation extending 'pledge' to cover 're-pledge'. The merged sentence must keep the amendment as done and present the explanation as the means by which it was done.

  1. "By including an additional ..." yields: "SEBI has amended the Depository and Participants Regulations by including an additional explanation that states that 'pledge' would also refer to 're-pledge' ...". The frame "amended ... by including ..." uses 'by + gerund' to express the means of the amendment, so both the completed action and the added explanation are preserved exactly.

Contrast

  • "SEBI wants to amend the ...": wants to amend turns a finished action into an unfulfilled intention, so the original 'has amended' is lost.

  • "In spite of amending ...": in spite of signals concession/contrast, falsely suggesting the amendment and the added explanation oppose each other, when the explanation is in fact part of the amendment.

  • Any pairing that includes one of these two flawed connectors must also fail, since a valid merge requires every connector it claims to use to be correct.

Hence only the "By including an additional ..." connector forms a single sentence carrying the same meaning.

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