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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 197

SSC CGL Tier II English - 12/09/2019 • English • Q197

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Select the most appropriate sequence from the given options to make a meaningful paragraph from jumbled sentences.
A. After around 20 minutes of the crash, the tanker caught fire and exploded.
B. On Saturday, an oil tanker in Tanzania lost control and overturned on a busy road.
C. Around 150 people gathered near the tanker and some of them tried to siphon away some fuel.
D. At least 61 people died and 70 more were injured.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2, i.e. BCAD.

  1. Sentence B introduces us to the beginning of the story, that is how a certain road accident took place.
  2. Sentence C goes on to talk about what happened right after the accident took place.
  3. Sentence A adds a plot twist to the narrative, stating what happened after a certain interval.
  4. Sentence D provides a conclusive point to the passage as well as a continuation to the details provided by the previous statement, that is a consequence of the explosion that was mentioned by the previous sentence.

This arrangement provides a sequential order of narration, where all the events have fluently been added/narrated and no sense/meaning gets lost as the story progresses.