Question

There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide in which blank (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.
Sentence: This was years in the making but fast-tracked during the pandemic, when “people started being more mindful about their food”, he explained.
Paragraph: For millennia, ghee has been a venerated staple of the subcontinental diet, but it fell out of favour a few decades ago when saturated fats were largely considered to be unhealthy. ____(1)____ But more recently, as the thinking around saturated fats is shifting globally, Indians are finding their own way back to this ingredient that is so integral to their cuisine. ____(2)____ For Karmakar, a renewed interest in ghee is emblematic of a return-tobasics movement in India. ____(3)____ This movement is also part of an overall trend towards “slow food”. In keeping with the movement’s philosophy, ghee can be produced locally (even at home) and has inextricable cultural ties. ____(4)____ At a basic level, ghee is a type of clarified butter believed to have originated in India as a way to preserve butter from going rancid in the hot climate.

• A. Option 1
• B. Option 2
• C. Option 3
• D. Option 4

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

The sentence that we need to accommodate is: This was years in the making but fast-tracked during the pandemic, when “people started being more mindful about their food”, he explained. Here, we have to use the contextual reference. The pronoun ‘he’ in the phrase ‘he explained’ refers to some person, and this person must be introduced. After position 2, we have Karamakar as the person who seems to be talking about something. So, after position 2, we can fit the sentence either at position 3 or position 4. 3 is the right position because in the sentence before position 3, we have ‘a renewed interest in ghee’. The pronoun ‘this’ in the phrase ‘this was years in the making’ refers to ‘a renewed interest.’ Thus 3 is the best position in which we can fit the sentence.