Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. In fact he began his career as a peon in a small firm.
B. Before he joined us as the accounts officer, he was a junior clerk.
C. He learnt typing, accounting and even graduated.
D. But he gradually improved his qualifications.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. BADC.
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 B is independent of any other sentence as it is introducing or giving general information about "an accounts officer". Hence, sentence B is the first part.
- Sentence A will come after B as it is giving information about the early stage career of the accounts officer who began his career as a peon.
- Sentence D will come after A as it is giving information about how the man became an accounts officer from a peon i.e. by gradually improving his qualifications.
- Sentence C concludes by saying that the man learnt typing, accounting, and even done graduation to become an accounts officer.
- Thus, the correct order after rearrangement is option 1 i.e. BADC.
The paragraph is: Before he joined us as the accounts officer, he was a junior clerk. In fact, he began his career as a peon in a small firm. But he gradually improved his qualifications. He learnt typing, accounting and even graduated.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 1 i.e. BADC.