IPMAT Indore 2026 · Verbal Ability · Question 31
IPMAT Indore 2026 previous year question on Sentence Completion and Insertion, with the answer and a step-by-step solution.
The paragraph below has a sentence missing, indicated by a blank. Choose the sentence that is most logically appropriate to complete the paragraph.
With access to content and streaming video platforms among Indian viewers increasing, producers and creators seem to be taking fewer risks. Streaming service subscribers in India have traditionally appreciated the craft, acting, and storytelling of some exceptional videos on platforms like Netflix and HBO. ___________________. Driven by algorithms and a tendency to replicate templates that have worked in the past, Indian streamers increasingly favour star-led shows and films that promise safety over experimentation. Hence 2025 had fewer standout originals.
- A
Since a large proportion of OTT viewers in India use smart phones to view videos, the content has to be discerning.
- B
Now that smart phones are commonplace, viewing videos is no longer part of the shared and family time.
- C
Without a discerning viewership, Indian producers have had to use social media to promote and sell their stories.
- D
Yet, this past year, Indian producers have gravitated towards content that entertains a wider section of viewers.
Answer & solution
Answer: Option D
Work out what the blank must do. The sentence before it says Indian subscribers have traditionally appreciated craft and storytelling. The sentences after describe producers chasing safe, star-led, formulaic content, ending “Hence 2025 had fewer standout originals.”
So the blank must mark the turn from that tradition to the present retreat.
Why option (d) works. “Yet, this past year, Indian producers have gravitated towards content that entertains a wider section of viewers.”
Yet supplies the contrast with “traditionally appreciated” ✓
this past year sets up “Hence 2025 had fewer standout originals” ✓
a wider section of viewers is then explained by the next sentence’s algorithms and star-led safety ✓
Why the others fail:
(a) and (b) both introduce smartphones, a topic that appears nowhere else in the paragraph.
(c) says the viewership is not discerning, contradicting the preceding sentence, and shifts to social-media marketing, which is never mentioned again.
Answer: Option 4
Shortcut. Two anchors fix this: the contrast with “traditionally” demands a word like Yet, and the closing “Hence 2025” demands a time marker in the inserted sentence. Only one option supplies both.
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