Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Arrange in Meaningful Sequence

Question:

Examine the four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.

A. It has been prone to systemic failures.
B. If it has retained substantial strength in the tactical field, it is in spite of the slow moving system.
C. This could be tolerated in the past but can be catastrophic in a nuclear weapons environment.
D. The Indian security system with its colonial structures is quite unsuited to manage the demands of defense in strategic and operational terms.

Options:

DCBA

DBAC

DBCA

CDBA

Correct Answer:

DBAC

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) - DBAC

The correct order of the jumbled sentences is DBAC.

  • Sentence D is the topic sentence, so it should come first. It introduces the main idea of the paragraph, which is that the Indian security system is not well-suited to manage the demands of defense in strategic and operational terms.
  • Sentence B provides evidence to support this claim. It states that the Indian security system is slow-moving, which can lead to systemic failures.
  • Sentence A concludes the paragraph by stating that the Indian security system needs to be reformed in order to be effective in the modern world
  • Sentence C further supports the claim by stating that this could be tolerated in the past, but it could be catastrophic in a nuclear weapons environment.