Jumbled Sentences: Test-18

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    Rearrange the following sentences (numbered alphabetically) in the proper sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions that follow.

(A) For almost two months now, the struggle to cap the oil well and protect large sections of the country’s coastline from being devastated has been the top story in the news and the major concern of the US administration.
(B) At present, though, one finds little expression of this in the discussions around the oil spill.
(C) In these months it has been realized that this is an environmental crisis of gigantic proportions, and is purely man-made.
(D) Oil and water do not mix, as the Americans are being forced to accept with the tragic oil spill from a British Petroleum oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
(E) Whether in the long-term this will compel Americans to think again about their dependence on fossil fuels and seriously embark on the path of scaling it down and encouraging alternatives remains to be seen.

Jumbled Sentences: Test-18

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Question 1
Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
Question 1 Explanation: 
The correct arrangement is DACBE. The paragraph starts with the problem introduction in statement D. Statement A further throws lights into it. Statement C talks more about the ‘2 months’ of struggle. Statement B talks about the present situation. Statement E forms the logical conclusion. Hence, all the statements can be coherently related to form a logical paragraph.
Question 2
Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
A
E
B
D
C
C
D
B
E
A
Question 2 Explanation: 
The correct arrangement is DACBE. The paragraph starts with the problem introduction in statement D. Statement A further throws lights into it. Statement C talks more about the ‘2 months’ of struggle. Statement B talks about the present situation. Statement E forms the logical conclusion. Hence, all the statements can be coherently related to form a logical paragraph.
Question 3
Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
A
E
B
B
C
C
D
B
E
A
Question 3 Explanation: 
The correct arrangement is DACBE. The paragraph starts with the problem introduction in statement D. Statement A further throws lights into it. Statement C talks more about the ‘2 months’ of struggle. Statement B talks about the present situation. Statement E forms the logical conclusion. Hence, all the statements can be coherently related to form a logical paragraph.
Question 4
Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
Question 4 Explanation: 
The correct arrangement is DACBE. The paragraph starts with the problem introduction in statement D. Statement A further throws lights into it. Statement C talks more about the ‘2 months’ of struggle. Statement B talks about the present situation. Statement E forms the logical conclusion. Hence, all the statements can be coherently related to form a logical paragraph.
Question 5
Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
E
E
Question 5 Explanation: 
The correct arrangement is DACBE. The paragraph starts with the problem introduction in statement D. Statement A further throws lights into it. Statement C talks more about the ‘2 months’ of struggle. Statement B talks about the present situation. Statement E forms the logical conclusion. Hence, all the statements can be coherently related to form a logical paragraph.
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