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. India’s security apparatus responds well when beset by crisis. However, successful security depends not on crisis.
B. Potential targets must be secured as if terror strikes were imminent.
C. Here the Indian system’s record is appalling.
D. Despite years of painful experience, sensitive government installations in New Delhi, including the headquarters of some of India’s key military organizations and covert services, are defended in a manner that would be considered unconscionable negligent in many parts of the world.
E. However, successful security depends not on crisis– time creativity but on the disciplined and effective implementation of mundane, everyday protocols.
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- A B D E C
- A E B C D
- A D E C B
- A B E D C
Correct Option: B
On arranging the correct paragraph formation as :-
Clearly A must be followed by E as E is continuing what was being said in A. E is followed by B which gives an example of everyday protocol mentioned in E. B is followed by C as ‘Here the Indian system’s record’ which is mentioned in C refers to the kind of system which is being talked about in E and B. Finally D conclude the paragraph which shows the appealing record of the Indian system. So , correct sequence is A E B C D .
