Given below are six sentences taken from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are numbered S1 and S2 and are placed in the first and last positions respectively and are fixed in their positions. The other four sentences between the first and last sentences are jumbled up and are numbered A, B, C, and D. Rearrange the jumbled sentences in a logical sequence keeping the unity and coherence of the paragraph intact. Choose the correct alternative that best describes the sequence.
S1. Flaw Number Two is that deterrence is premised on fear.
A. On the contrary, it is the endless, tireless, confrontational work of people who have had the courage to openly denounce them, the marches, the demonstrations, the films, the outrage-that is what has averted, or perhaps only postponed, nuclear war.
B. It is not some inherent, mystical attribute of nuclear bombs that they automatically inspire thoughts of peace.
C. But fear is premised on knowledge.
D. On an understanding of the true extent and scale of the devastation that nuclear war will wreak.
S2. Deterrence will not and cannot work given the levels of ignorance and illiteracy that hang over our two countries like dense, impenetrable veils.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct sequence of the sentences be:
S1. Flaw Number Two is that deterrence is premised on fear.
C. But fear is premised on knowledge.
D. On an understanding of the true extent and scale of the devastation that nuclear war will wreak.
B. It is not some inherent, mystical attribute of nuclear bombs that they automatically inspire thoughts of peace.
A. On the contrary, it is the endless, tireless, confrontational work of people who have had the courage to openly denounce them, the marches, the demonstrations, the films, the outrage-that is what has averted, or perhaps only postponed, nuclear war.
S2. Deterrence will not and cannot work given the levels of ignorance and illiteracy that hang over our two countries like dense, impenetrable veils.