Multiple choice

Directions: In the question below, the 1st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Choose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

  1. The Prime Minister could not have been more correct when he likened the problem of lack of banking services to a significant number of Indians to that of “untouchability”. P: The sorry plight of thousands of small savers allegedly duped by a deposit-collecting firm in West Bengal last year is still fresh in public memory. Q: These, along with the absence of regulatory oversight, play the perfect foil for deals and schemes to thrive outside the financial system. R: At the root of all these duping are two primary attributes that continue to characterise the Indian economy, despite the recent rapid strides - a bustling cash economy and lack of access to basic conventional banking services. S: In many ways, the malaise of “financial untouchability” is as discriminatory as caste biases.
  2. The authorities are further hoodwinked by creating a web of transactions to obscure the sources of slush funds.

  1. PQSR

  2. QPRS

  3. RPSQ

  4. SPRQ

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D Correct answer
Explanation

‘Untouchability’ in 1 connects with ‘financial untouchability’ in S. The ‘discriminatory as caste biases’ in S connects with ‘the sorry plight’ in P. ‘Small savers duped by a deposit-collecting firm’ in P connects with ‘all these duping’ in R. ‘The two primary attributes’ in R connects with the pronoun ‘these’ in Q. ‘Deals outside financial system’ in Q connects with ‘further hoodwinked by a web of transactions’ in 6.