Put the following sentences in the right order to form a meaningful paragraph:
(A) The sugar is not there for taste; it helps the gut absorb the salt, and the water then follows the salt into the body.
(B) Because it relies on this natural pull, the mixture can be given at home by any parent, without a doctor or a drip.
(C) The answer, when it came, was surprisingly cheap: a mixture of clean water, a little salt and some sugar, now known as ORS.
(D) For decades, diarrhoea was one of the biggest killers of young children in India, mostly because their bodies lost water faster than it could be replaced.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (D), (C), (A), (B)
Rearranged Parts:
(D) For decades, diarrhoea was one of the biggest killers of young children in India, mostly because their bodies lost water faster than it could be replaced.
(C) The answer, when it came, was surprisingly cheap: a mixture of clean water, a little salt and some sugar, now known as ORS.
(A) The sugar is not there for taste; it helps the gut absorb the salt, and the water then follows the salt into the body.
(B) Because it relies on this natural pull, the mixture can be given at home by any parent, without a doctor or a drip.
Complete paragraph: For decades, diarrhoea was one of the biggest killers of young children in India, mostly because their bodies lost water faster than it could be replaced. The answer, when it came, was surprisingly cheap: a mixture of clean water, a little salt and some sugar, now known as ORS. The sugar is not there for taste; it helps the gut absorb the salt, and the water then follows the salt into the body. Because it relies on this natural pull, the mixture can be given at home by any parent, without a doctor or a drip.