Question
The government notes that business establishments are
increasingly reliant on private investigators for gathering information and intelligence. Therefore, a large number of private detective agencies have come up all over the country. While in most cases, these agencies have helped in meeting the private investigation and vigilance needs of business establishments, there has been growing concern over how these agencies function, as some of them conduct operations without due verification of those employed as agents. __________________________. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.Solution
Solution The sentence before the blank talks about the concerns over the functioning of private detective agencies. Option 1 is incorrect because the previous sentences does not give an idea about who/what ‘it’ is. Option 2 does not follow the other statements in the paragraph. Option 3 is incorrect because other statement does not mention a law that is proposed. Option 4 is incorrect because the statement tries to provide a summary of the paragraph by mentioning ‘in short’. But in fact, the statement is not the summary of the other sentences in the passage. Option 5 follows the other sentences; hence it is correct.
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