Direction: Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
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1. One of the earliest and perhaps the most disturbing thing a human child has to learn is that the course of human life follows the clock–it can be predicted in advance
A. We take the course of human life for granted because we are familiar with it, just as we take for granted that we have a characteristic size.
B. Man is born helpless, like a kitten. This prolonged dependence on parents has important psychological consequences.
C. We plan our lives in terms of this fixed pattern, just as we plan our houses; so that the few people; who are more than 20% taller or shorter than usual, find them difficult to live in.
D. When he is twenty, he will grow up, when he is eighty he will be old, and before he is hundred he will die. Human beings do not normally become able to breed until at least thirteen
6. I suppose the main reason this fixed programmer affects us emotionally is that it means that we have a fixed life span. What psychologists call ‘complexes’ are formed during this period.
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- A B C D
- B C D A
- C A D B
- D A B C
Correct Option: D
1D, BC and C6 form the key. D must follow 1 after it has initiated the passage stating ‘one of the earliest ….. in advance’ followed by D which states that ‘when he is twenty ….. until at least thirteen.. A would follow D as it mention about ‘we take the course ….. have a characteristic size’. B would follow A as it mentions about ‘man is born helpless, ….. has important psychological consequences’. C should follow B telling, ‘We plan our lives ….. difficult to live in’ and precede 6 which concludes the passage revealing ‘I suppose the main reason ….. are formed during this period’. Sequence DABC is the appropriate one.
