Direction: The sentences given in each question, when arranged in the proper sequence, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter/number. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
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A. For too many people it is like a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that is not there. The magazines and mental health associations say psychiatric treatment is a good thing, but what it is or what it accomplishes has not been made clear.
B. In recent years there have been many reports of a growing impatience with psychiatry, with its seeming forevermore, its high costs, its debatable results, and its vague, esoteric terms.
C. Impatience has been expressed with increasing concern not only by parents and the general public but by psychiatrists as well.
D. Although hundreds of thousand of words about psychiatry are consumed by the public yearly, there has been little convincing data to help a person in need of treatment overcome the cartoon image of psychiatrists and their mystical couches.
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- A B C D
- B C D A
- B A D C
- D A C B
Correct Option: C
B A is the key. The passage must begin with B as it opens up the topic mentioning ‘In recent years, these have been many reports ….., its debatable results, and its vague, esoteric terms’. A should follow B as it is logically the supportive text immediately required as it states that for too many people it is like a blind man in a dark room ….. what it accomplishes has not been made clear. A, C and D cannot begin the passage as they are supportive in nature. D should follow A as it states that ‘although hundreds of thousands of words about psychiatry ….. cartoon image of psychiatrists and their mystical couches.’ C should follow D and as well as close the paragraph stating ‘impatience has been expressed ….. the general public but by psychiatrists as well.’ B A D C is the correct sequence.
