In the following question, two columns are given containing three phrases each. In the first column, phrases are A, B, and C, and in the second column, the phrases are D, E, and F. A phrase from the first column may or may not connect with a phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. There are five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the phrases can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. If none of the options forms a correct sentence after combination, select ‘None of these’ as your answer.
| Column 1) | Column 2) |
| (A) expects women to be younger than men at the time of marriage. | (D) some of the traditional sore points such as the large infrastructure deficit, the weak financial sector, archaic land and labor laws, and the administrative and judicial hurdles. |
| (B) is likely to be optimal for those who study longer years, have better nutrition, and delayed marriage and parenthood. | (E) One purported reason is to do away with the gender gap in the legal age at marriage, and the underlying social norm which |
| (C) To achieve economic growth of 7-8 percent that is sustainable over the next decade, the government needs to start addressing | (F) the highest risk from the economic shock will be the casual or self-employed labor and in some cases even regular wages/salaried workers who are not part of the formal sector. |
1
C-F and E-B
2
C-F
3
C-D and E-A
4
E-B
5
None of these