DIRECTIONS for questions 1 -5: Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which one sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.
Most firms consider expert individuals to be too elitist, temperamental, egocentric, and difficult to work with. Force such people to collaborate on a high-stakes project and they just might come to fisticuffs. Even the very notion of managing such a group seems unimaginable. So most organizations fall into default mode, setting up project teams of people who get along nicely._______________________________

The result, however, is disastrous.

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The result is mediocrity.

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The result is creation of experts who then become elitists.

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Naturally, they drive innovations

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Solution

The correct option is B The result is mediocrity.
Option (a) is eliminated for ‘disastrous’ – the passage does not justify it – because they get along well.Option 3 is eliminated because the passage states that experts may not be hired. Option 4 is eliminated because how they drive innovation is a big question mark. Option 2 talks about the result of this ‘default mode’ where expert individuals are excluded and the selection is on the basis of conformity which is mediocrity. This then is the best sentence to conclude and the purpose for which the passage is written is brought to a close.
Hence, the correct answer is option (b)

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