A connector showing contrast — Aptitude Question
A connector showing contrast: Fill in the blank: The team trained hard all season; ______, they failed to reach the… Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Fill in the Blanks & Para Jumbles
- Section: Verbal Ability
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time target: 40 seconds
Question
Fill in the blank:
The team trained hard all season; ______, they failed to reach the final.
Options
- therefore
- nevertheless
- moreover
- similarly
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. nevertheless
Worked solution
- Hard training would suggest success, but the result was failure — a contrast.
- Nevertheless marks that reversal.
Answer: nevertheless.
The idea
Decide the relation between the halves before reading the options: contrast, cause, addition or example. Each has its own family of connectors.
Shortcut. Mark the halves + and −: training hard (+), failing to reach the final (−). A change of sign needs a contrast word, and 'nevertheless' is the only contrast connector among the four.
Common trap. "therefore" — 'trained hard' primes a result word, but the outcome goes against the effort, so the link is contrast, not consequence.
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