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NDA 2 2025 GAT, question 27

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.

Q27

________, if the referee points his fingers, this indicates that someone has done something wrong.

  1. (a) On the contrary
  2. (b) Whatever more
  3. (c) BrieflyCorrect answer
  4. (d) As regards

Solution.

Answer: (c) Briefly

  1. “Briefly” can introduce a concise explanation of the referee’s gesture.
  2. “As regards” needs a following topic noun phrase, “Whatever more” is not the intended idiom, and “On the contrary” requires a contrasting claim absent here.