Direction: Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
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1. Fire ripped through another pipeline in southern Nigeria, killing at lease 40 people.
A. The explosion was the third in two weeks. B. Police were deployed to stop villagers from stealing fuel from other pipelines.
C. Local politicians have blamed this vandalism on cartels.
D. Once the cartels have siphoned off fuel, impoverished locals move in to collect what they can for sale to passing motorists.
6. But pipelines often explode, and the practice has left about 2000 people dead in the past two years.
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- A B C D
- A C B D
- C A B D
- C B D A
Correct Option: A
There is link between 1 and A – ‘the fire’, ‘the explosion’. So we have to choose between (a) and (b). Thus we have to choose whether B or C will follow A, but logically C will follow B, as ‘this’ of C is the predicate of B. So A B C D is the correct sequence.
