IPMAT Indore 2026 · Verbal Ability · Question 34
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.
Tech companies are spending billions to build data centres that power AI systems for growth and security. But data centres consume huge amounts of electricity, which has raised the cost of electricity for those living near the data centres. Some tech giants are now saying they will seek to pay not just for the energy its data centres use, but also to cover the costs of updating and adding necessary electricity to the grid. ___________________.
- A
This way the additional electricity costs will not be passed on to other local consumers.
- B
Not all tech companies will be able to afford the additional electricity costs.
- C
Governments should bear the additional electricity costs, as AI will provide greater security.
- D
This way the anger of the public will not be directed at the tech companies.
Answer & solution
Answer: Option A
Identify the gap. This blank closes the paragraph, so it should state the consequence of the sentence before it: tech giants offering to pay both for their own energy and for upgrading the grid.
Why option (a) works. “This way the additional electricity costs will not be passed on to other local consumers.”
The paragraph set up a specific problem — “raised the cost of electricity for those living near the data centres” — and option (a) resolves exactly that problem, closing the loop between problem and remedy.
Why the others fail:
(d) is the closest distractor and also begins “This way”, but it shifts the point to public relations. The paragraph’s stated harm was financial, borne by local residents, not reputational.
(b) introduces affordability for smaller companies, a new topic at the very end.
(c) proposes government funding, contradicting the sentence before it, in which the companies themselves offer to pay.
Answer: Option 1
Shortcut. Match the ending to the problem the paragraph actually posed. The harm named was higher bills for nearby residents, so the resolution must address those residents’ costs. (d) mimics the structure but answers a problem the paragraph never raised.
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