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. Both parties use capital and labor in the struggle to secure property rights.
B. The thief spends time and money in his attempt to steal (he buys wire cutters) and the legitimate property owner expends resources to prevent the theft (he buys locks)
C. A social cost of theft is that both the thief and the potential victim use resources to gain or maintain control over property.
D. These costs may escalate as a type of technological arms race unfolds.
E. A bank may purchase more and more complicated and sophisticated safes, forcing safe crackers to invest further in safe cracking equipment.
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- A B C D E
- C A B D E
- A C B E D
- C B E D A
Correct Option: B
C A and B D E are the keys. Passage must begin with C which introduces the topic ‘A social cost of theft,’ A, B, D or E only advance the argument with their ‘Both parties,’ ‘The thief spends time,’ ‘These costs’ and ‘A bank may purchase’ respectively. A should obviously follow C, its ‘both parties’ referring to ‘the thief and the potential victim’ talked of or introduced by C. B should follow A with ‘The thief spends’ etc. D should follow B with its ‘These costs may escalate,’ E should follow D and conclude the passage with ‘A bank may purchase more and more complicated and sophisticated safes’ etc. Options (a) and (c): Passage wrongly begins with A whereas A should follow C, precede B with ‘Both parties use capital and labor’ etc. Option (d): Passage correctly begins with C but B wrongly follows it whereas B should follow A, precede D with ‘The thief spends time and money’ etc. Except (b) other options are wrong.
