Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. The elephant tusks were tracked from the Democratic Republic of Congo for two months.
B. Customs officials in Thailand say it's the biggest seizure in the country's history.
C. Four tonnes of ivory, with a market value of $6 million - it was an impressive haul.
D. Officials say they were being transported to Laos, from where they believed the ivory would be sold to customers across Asia.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. CBAD.
Explanation:
The first statement is C i.e. ' Four tonnes of ivory, with a market value of $6 million - it was an impressive haul.' It gives the topic which is being talked about in the following statements i.e. 'ivory'.
Sentence C should be the first sentence as it introduces the theme of the passage i.e. ‘seizing of four tonnes of ivory’.
The next sentence should be B as it further elaborates the seizure that is mentioned in sentence C.
AD is the mandatory pair because sentence A tells about the tracking of elephant tusks and sentence D further throws light on its transportation.
So, the order of arrangement is CBAD.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.