Multiple choice

Directions: The question is a logical sequence of sentences with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. From the four choices available, you are required to choose the one which best fits the sequence logically.

There was a time when every hiccup from Moscow made headlines around the world. With the end of the cold war, the media shifted their attention to the other parts of the world. (…………………………….) That is why we have devoted a large section of this issue to a special report on Russia. The former Soviet Union’s fate is still important to America and the rest of the world, we feel.

  1. This is because significant things are happening in many parts of the globe.

  2. And with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the U.S.A. has become the sole superpower.

  3. Yet the tumultuous transformation of the former Soviet Union remains one of the biggest stories of the decades.

  4. Still the former Soviet Union continues to be an economic superpower, if not a political superpower.

  5. The nuisance value may have diminished, but the threat remains.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Option (3) explains ‘That is why’ in the passage after the gap and consequently the following lines. Hence, (3) is the answer.

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