Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. The minimum temperature in the national capital dropped yesterday as cold north westerly winds continued to blow in from the hills.
B. North India has been witnessing a harsh winter this year.
C. However, experts said the minimum temperatures would increase over the next few days due to a cloud cover.
D. A favourable outcome of the wind factor was that there was a slight decrease in air pollution levels due to the wind speeds.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. BADC.
- Statement B is independent and introduces the theme of the paragraph "North India" hence, it will be the opening statement.
- Statement A is talking about the minimum temperature of the winter that has been mentioned in statement B hence, A will come after B.
- Statement C starts with "However" which shows the conclusion of the paragraph hence, it will be kept at the end of the arrangement.
- Finally, D will come before C.
- Now we have the final arrangement i.e. BADC.
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.