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In the below code, what will happen if first IF is satisfied. IF A=B NEXT SENTENCE ELSE IF C=D Move 20 to C End-If Move 40 to D End-If. Move A to B. Move C to D.

  1. (A) Control Starts after the line where, FULLSTOP is present

  2. (B) Control Starts after the line where, First END-IF is present

  3. (C) Control starts after the line where, its respective END-IF is present

  4. (D) None of the above.
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Explanation

In COBOL, NEXT SENTENCE transfers control to the first statement after the period (FULLSTOP) that terminates the current sentence. In this nested IF structure, the period after 'End-If' (the one closing the outer IF) is the sentence terminator. When A=B is true, NEXT SENTENCE jumps to 'Move A to B', skipping everything between, including the entire ELSE block and the inner END-IF.

AI explanation

Each END-IF only closes its own matching IF; it does not transfer control anywhere by itself, it merely marks the scope boundary of that conditional. After all the nested IF/END-IF blocks finish evaluating (whichever branch executed), execution simply continues on to the next full sentence, i.e., after the period following the outer statement.

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