Direction: The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph.
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A. Early in August, as his jeep wound its way through the piles of burning tyres that angry protestors had used to barricade the road from Srinagar airport into the city, former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, turned to a journalist sitting next to him with a smile on his face.
B. “So,” he said, “are you here to write another article about how I don’t know how to run a government?”
C. Having emerged as the single largest party in the J&K Assembly, with 28 seats in a house of 87, the National Conference has the undeniable right to form and lead the government.
D. To do so, however, it will need the support of the Congress, which has picked up 17 seats.
E. More likely than not, Dr. Abdullah’s leadership - or that of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President, his son Omar Abdullah- will soon be put to the test.
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- A B E C D
- A B D E C
- A D E B C
- A B C E D
Correct Option: A
On the basis of given paragraph , we follow sentence formation as :-
A is the opening sentence as is clear from the given options. A is followed by B as B talks about what Farooq Abdullah said to the journalist. C is followed by D as D adds up to the situation in C. Also E has to come before C and D as the ‘test’ mentioned in E is reffering to the situation in J&K assembly as mentioned in C.Therefore , correct answer is A B E C D .
