English: Sentence Connectors Set 23 (IBPS PO Mains 2017 Pattern)

Directions: In the questions given below few sentences are given which are grammatically correct and meaningful. Connect them by the word given above the statements in the best possible way without changing the intended meaning. Choose the answers accordingly from the options to form a correct and coherent sentence(s).

1. Even if:
   a. that means going to the highest court in the land
   b. even can be used as an adjective or an adverb
   c. in this lesson we look at the adverb side of it
   d. I’m determined to prove my innocence
   Only b & a
   Both c & b; a & d
   Only b & d
   Only d & a
   All are Correct
   Option D
   meaning :- used to say that if something is the case or not, the result is the same

    

2. Hence:
   a. the wood of the durmast oak is commonly heavier and of a darker colour,
   b. we needed to bottle feed them every two hours
   c. the abandoned kittens were too young to eat solid food
   d. the other is sometimes called by woodmen the white oak, and in France is known as the “chene blanc”
   Both b & c; d & a
   Only d & c
   Only a & b
   Both c & b; a & d
   All are Correct
   Option D
   meaning :- that is the reason or explanation for

    

3. Likewise:
   a. being made to improve the breed of horses, which are bought mainly for the army
   b. have a short pair in the lower jaw, which is prolonged into a snout-like symphysis for their support
   c. good cattle for breeding purposes are being imported from Switzerland and Sicily, and efforts
   d. Mastodons, like elephants, always have a pair of upper tusks, while the earlier ones
   Only c & d
   Both a & b; c & d
   Both d & b; c & a
   Both b & d; a & c
   All are Correct
   Option C
   in the same way

    

4. Indeed:
   a. Pierre pushed his way into the middle of the group, listened, and convinced himself that the man was
   b. have we any inscriptions from Ostia that can be certainly attributed to the Republican period
   c. a liberal, but of views quite different from his own
   d. when it began to have magistrates of its own is not known: nor
   Only a & c
   Only b & d
   Only a & b
   Only c & d
   All are Correct
   Option A
   it is used to emphasize the truth of something or to agree that something is true

    

5. Instead of:
   a. exercising, I’m going to take a nap.
   b. she sometimes chooses to talk
   c. I don’t like exercising.
   d. strictly using sign language
   Only a & b
   Only a & c; d & b
   Only b & d
   Both c & a; b & d
   All are Correct
   Option D
   it means :- in place of someone or something

    

6. However:
   a. this figure rises tremendously in November
   b. in February the sales of Christmas decorations are low
   c. I think she left the truth out of her story
   d. Janice gave me an interesting excuse for coming home late
   Only a & b
   Only b & a
   Both a & b; c & d
   Only c & d
   All are Correct
   Option B
   ‘However’ can be used to join two simple sentences to make a compound sentence. ‘However’ indicates that the relationship between the two independent clauses is one of contrast or opposition.

    

7. Along with:
   a. the bizarre conversations begun by father
   b. in the 18th century art was seen,
   c. my mother has learnt to play
   d. music and poetry, as something edifying
   Only a & c
   Only a & b; c & d
   Only c & a
   Only d & d
   All are Correct
   Option C
   

    

8. Unless:
   a. there can be no war nowadays between civilized nations, nor any peace that is not hollow and delusive
   b. it has the interlocking supprt of others. Go it alone and you’ll inevitably tumble
   c. sustained and backed up by the sentiment of the people who are parties to it
   d. to make your life a sound structrure that will serve others and fulfil your own potential, you have to remember that strength, however massive , can’t endure
   Only c & a
   Only c & b; d & a
   Only b & d
   Only d & b
   All are Correct
   Option D
   We use the conjunction unless to mean ‘except if’. The clause which follows unless is a subordinate clause. it needs a main clause to make a complete sentence. When unless comes before the main clause, we use a comma

    

9. While:
   a. it gives power and prestige, it takes the you out of you; you must be what the public thinks you are.not what you really are or could be
   b. bad love makes you abandon the whole world for one person
   c. fame turns all the lights on and
   d. good love makes you see the whole world from one person
   Only a & b
   Both a & c; b & d
   Both c & a; d & b
   Only d & b
   All are Correct
   Option C
   While is used ‘during the time that something else happens’, or ‘in contrast with something else’.

    

10. Because:
    a. love can come into being only when there is total self aban -donment
    b. to forgive is not to forget, nor remit, but let it go; to be lonely is not
    c. jiddu Krishnamurti, lndia-born religious philosop Aman who does not know what passion is will never know love
    d. you have no friends, but no one is living in your heart
    Only b & a
    Only a & b
    Only c & a
    Only d & b
    All are Correct
    Option C
    Because introduces clauses of cause and reason. It is a subordinating conjunction. This means that the clause it introduces is a subordinate clause, which needs a main clause to make it complete.