Given below are six sentences of a paragraph. Sentence A is the beginning whereas sentence F is the last sentence of the para. The middle four sentences are jumbled up. Select the option that gives their correct order forming a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. In the course of my education at MIT, three teachers shaped my thinking.
B. Their combined contributions formed the foundation on which I later built my professional career.
C. Prof. Sponder taught me technical aerodynamics.
D. These three teachers were Prof. Sponder, Prof. KAV Pandalai and Prof. Narasingha Rao.
E. Each one of them had very distinct personalities, but they shared a common impulse— the capacity to feed their students’ intellectual hunger by sheer brilliance and untiring zeal.
F. He was an Austrian with rich practical experience in aeronautical engineering.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. BDEC.
A introduces the topic by mentioning that three teachers shaped the author’s thinking.
B explains the overall impact of these teachers on the author’s career.
D lists the three teachers: Prof. Sponder, Prof. KAV Pandalai, and Prof. Narasingha Rao.
E describes the shared qualities of these teachers despite their distinct personalities.
C focuses on Prof. Sponder, one of the teachers, and his specific contribution.
F provides additional details about Prof. Sponder’s background, enhancing the context provided in C.