Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. A common sight now is that on the roads of Yangon antiquated cars move alongside shiny new vehicles.
B. A newly-built highway connects Mandalay to the city of Rangoon, now called Yangon.
C. Similarly, hurriedly constructed glass-fronted buildings stand next to old colonial structures.
D. Yangon is fairly typical of any developing city in Asia, standing as it does at the crossroads of modernisation.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. BDAC.
- Statement B is independent and introduces the theme of the paragraph "Highway" hence, it will be the opening statement.
- Statement B ends with "Yangon" and statement D starts with "Yangon" hence, D will follow B.
- Only the chosen option starts with "BD" hence, it will be our correct choice.
- Now we have the final arrangement i.e. BDAC.
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.