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. Hence, the educated and patriotic Indians must rise to the occasion and blast the medieval thinking that promotes religious fanaticism.
B. The country has already enough religions to meddle in politics.
C. Religion must be a guiding force to make the nation strong.
D. However, it must not be allowed to be exploited for garnering votes.
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- B C A D
- C D B A
- B D A C
- A D B C
Correct Option: B
C D is the key. Passage must begin with C as it introduces ‘religion’ as ‘a guiding force,’ A, B and D cannot begin the passage with their ‘Hence,’ ‘The country has already’ and ‘However’ respectively. D should obviously follow C which says ‘it must not be allowed to be exploited,’ D’s ‘it’ refers to ‘religion’ introduced by C, B should follow D with its ‘The country has already enough religions,’ it is an appropriate argument with reference to D’s ‘it must not be allowed to be exploited,’ A should follow B and conclude the passage telling ‘the educated and patriotic Indians must rise’ etc. Options (a) and (c): passage wrongly begins with B instead of C in both the options whereas B should follow D which in turn should follow C, B’s ‘country has already enough religions’ is an appropriate argument following D’s telling ‘it must not be allowed to be exploited’ and so on. Option (d): passage wrongly begins with A instead of C whereas A should follow B and conclude the passage, after B has talked of ‘already enough religions to meddle in politics,’ A’s exhorting ‘the educated and patriotic Indians must rise to the occasion’ is quite appropriate. Except (b), other options are wrong.
