Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A. Hotels will refund guests if it rains.
B. Only one thing can spoil those idyllic holiday plans: rain.
C. Hordes of tourists visit the Italian seaside with dreams of dipping into cobalt-blue waters and sunbathing for hours under the glorious skies.
D. But, beginning this month, the Italian island of Elba, off the coast of Tuscany, started
offering tourists an unexpected guarantee.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. CBDA.
Logical flow:
C: This sentence sets the scene, introducing the subject — tourists visiting the Italian seaside, painting a vivid and positive picture.
B: Follows C logically by introducing a contrast or potential problem — the spoiler to this idyllic scene is rain. This builds narrative tension.
D: Introduces a shift or solution — Elba is doing something new to address this issue, which flows naturally after the problem in B.
A: Concludes the paragraph with the actual measure — hotels will refund guests if it rains. This is the resolution to the problem.
Final Reconstructed Paragraph: Hordes of tourists visit the Italian seaside with dreams of dipping into cobalt-blue waters and sunbathing for hours under the glorious skies.Only one thing can spoil those idyllic holiday plans: rain.But, beginning this month, the Italian island of Elba, off the coast of Tuscany, started offering tourists an unexpected guarantee.Hotels will refund guests if it rains.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.