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Question

Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): A paragraph discusses one idea in detail and aids the development of an overall topic.

Statement (II): A paragraph discusses many ideas and does not aid in the development of the topic.

In light of the above given statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

The correct answer is

Statement (I) is correct but Statement (II) is not correct.

A well-written paragraph focuses on a single idea and develops it in detail to support the overall topic, so Statement I is correct. Statement II describes a poorly structured paragraph covering multiple unrelated ideas, which goes against sound paragraph-writing principles, so it is incorrect.

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    Based on the above information, which girl is learning the most difficult pair of languages?

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