Directions: You are provided with four sentences followed by four options. All the options suggest ways in which the given four sentences can be combined into a single sentence. Identify the option that suggests the best possible way, contextually and grammatically, to combine the given sentences implying the same meaning. The middle income trap could be real; if the middle income trap is found to be real it will pose a serious issue; many nations are at that intermediate development level and form an increasing share of the world GDP; the global economy will not prosper if such a huge part of population were to become trapped.

• A. If the “middle-income trap” were found to be real, it would pose a more serious problem than ever before as countries at that intermediate level of development account for a growing share of the world’s GDP and the global economy could not prosper if such an enormous part of its population were to become ensnared.
• B. The nations that are at an intermediate level of development form a big share of the world GDP and may make the middle income trap real which will become a serious issue.
• C. The middle income trap will pose a serious issue and is found to be real which would increase the intermediate development of nations to form an increasing part of World GDP.
• D. When many nations are at that level of intermediate development, the middle income trap will become real and pose a more serious problem as nations account for a growing share of world’s GDP.
• E. None of the above