Given below is a paragraph whose last line is missing. Choose the line which completes the paragraph most logically from the options given below.
So the unpleasant shocks that used to affect other people now affect us. Few of us have not been touched on the shoulder lightly or, in some cases, heavily, by the hand of failure. A dozen or more years ago, failure was for the untalented, or the unlucky. Today, no one is safe.
So the unpleasant shocks that used to affect other people now affect us. Few of us have not been touched on the shoulder lightly or, in some cases, heavily, by the hand of failure. A dozen or more years ago, failure was for the untalented, or the unlucky. Today, no one is safe.
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- It is a strange irony that while changes in fortune are now more personal, other changes have become less so.
- This, of course, applies to \_\_\_’s products.
- Constantly improving products and services is an intrinsic part of staying in business.
- Another is the fact that there are more scientists alive today than ever lived in the history of the world.
The Correct Option is A
Solution and Explanation
The paragraph reflects on how failure has become a more universal experience over time — something that now affects everyone, not just the untalented or unlucky. Step 2: Evaluate each option for logical flow
Option (A) offers a reflective statement that matches tone and topic.
Option (B), (C), and (D) are unrelated to the discussion on personal failure and change in fortune. Step 3: Conclusion
Only (A) provides a thematic continuation by drawing a general conclusion about the nature of change and fortune.
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Identify the option that has the most appropriate sequence such that a coherent paragraph is formed:
Statement:
P. At once, without thinking much, people rushed towards the city in hordes with the sole aim of grabbing as much gold as they could.
Q. However, little did they realize about the impending hardships they would have to face on their way to the city: miles of mud, unfriendly forests, hungry beasts, and inimical local lords—all of which would reduce their chances of getting gold to almost zero.
R. All of them thought that easily they could lay their hands on gold and become wealthy overnight.
S. About a hundred years ago, the news that gold had been discovered in Kolar spread like wildfire and the whole State was in raptures.
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Q: In natural world, organisms constantly adapt to their environments in response to challenges and opportunities.
R: This process of adaptation is driven by the principle of natural selection, where favorable traits increase an organism’s chances of survival and reproduction.
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2. Both effects are only short-lived and, after a brief period of readjustment on arriving back home, the heart and spine return to normal.
3. The heart interprets this as an increase in the amount of blood in the body and that it needs to pump less, so it shrinks.
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1. Meanwhile, people are posting less. The share of Americans who say they enjoy documenting their life online has fallen from 40 per cent to 28 per cent since 2020.
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4. Debate is moving to closed platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram.
5. Inspired by TikTok, apps like Facebook increasingly serve a diet of clips selected by artificial intelligence according to a user's viewing behaviour, not their social connections.
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