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NDA 2 2025 GAT, question 26

Topic: Discourse markers

Directions · Q26 to Q35

Given below are sentences that use discourse markers/expressions to make them complete. Identify the most appropriate discourse marker and mark your answer accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

Q26

I can’t be bothered to tell him what I think; ________ he would not listen to me.

  1. (a) meanwhile
  2. (b) in any caseCorrect answer
  3. (c) in the meantime
  4. (d) somehow

Solution.

Answer: (b) in any case

  1. “In any case” adds a reason that holds regardless of the speaker’s reluctance: the listener would not listen anyway.
  2. The temporal expressions “meanwhile” and “in the meantime” do not convey that relationship.