In CAT VARC, a paragraph jumble's TOPIC SENTENCE is best identified by which property?
AIt is the longest sentence in the jumbled set
BIt introduces the topic with no pronoun referent
CIt contains the connector 'however'
DIt is always in the past tense, never the present
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. It introduces the topic with no pronoun referent
The topic sentence introduces a topic without depending on a prior sentence, so it has no pronoun referent (no 'this', 'it', 'these'). The other rules don't reliably identify it.
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