Select the phrase/ connector (it must be at the start) from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.

Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984. Rajiv Gandhi became the Prime Minister.

(i) When Indira Gandhi...

(ii) Only before Rajiv Gandhi...

(iii) Having been assassinated...

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  1. Only (i)
  2. Both (i) and (ii)
  3. Both (ii) and (iii)
  4. Both (i) and (iii)
  5. None of these

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Option 1 : Only (i)
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The correct answer is 'Only (i)'.

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Out of the given three options, the given sentences can be joined correctly as: 'When Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984, Rajiv Gandhi became the Prime Minister'.

Thus, only option (i) is correct.

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