Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A. But it does not appear to have any effect on the children.
B. School teachers try to do their best from the early years by ordering, “Silence!” every few seconds in the class.
C. They look sweet and elegant but the moment they open their mouths, they let out a shattering volume of sound.
D. Someone noted recently that present day babies are peculiarly loud-throated.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. DCBA.
While arranging the parts of the passage, we should find some grammatical or contextual connections between them. Also, the first sentence of a passage is usually independent and introduces a topic. The second one provides more information about it.
Steps to arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph:
- The sentence D is independent of any other sentences as it is giving general information about "present-day babies". Hence, D is the first part .
- The pronoun "they" mentioned in the sentence C refers back to the 'babies' mentioned in the sentence D Hence, C follows D.
- The word 'Silence!' in the sentence B is linked with the phrase 'shattering volume of sound' mentioned in the sentence C Hence, B follows C.
- The sentence A is the concluding sentence. Hence, A is the last sentence.
- Thus, the correct order after rearrangement is option 1 i.e. DCBA.
The paragraph is: Someone noted recently that present-day babies are peculiarly loud-throated. They look sweet and elegant but the moment they open their mouths, they let out a shattering volume of sound. School teachers try to do their best from the early years by ordering, "Silence!" every few seconds in the class. But it does not appear to have any effect on the children.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 1 i.e. DCBA.