Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. When a calf is born under water, the mother must get it to the surface before it drowns.
B. The young ones remain with their parents for up to fifteen years or more.
C. Often another whale assists the mother nudging the baby gently and encouraging it to swim.
D. Whales have highly developed maternal instincts.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. DACB.
- Statement D is independent and introduces the theme of the paragraph "Whales" hence, it will be the opening statement.
- Statement A explains the "Maternal instincts" that is mentioned in statement D hence, A will come after D.
- Statement C and B respectively talks about the care of the calf by the mother after the birth hence, they will come respectively after A.
- Now we have the final arrangement i.e. DACB.+
The chosen option is the same as the final arrangement hence, it will be correct.
Some common rules that help while solving the Para Jumbles:-
- Read the paragraph carefully and try to comprehend the idea or theme of the paragraph and eliminate the irrelevant options.
- Try to identify the opening (Independent statement) and closing statement (Concluding statement).
- Try to identify the mandatory pairs. Two sentences can be connected through various connectors.
- If a statement starts with Pronoun, find the noun for which the pronoun is used, both the statements containing noun and pronoun will form a pair respectively.