Arrange the following sentences in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph:
(A) When the new metro line opened, planners expected thousands of office workers to leave their cars at home.
(B) Only after the city added shared e-rickshaws and shaded walkways to these stations did the trains begin to fill.
(C) Ridership in the first year, however, reached barely half the forecast, and the long trains often ran almost empty at noon.
(D) A survey soon found the reason: most stations stood a kilometre or more from the nearest housing colony, along roads with no footpaths.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (C), (D), (B)
Rearranged Parts:
(A) When the new metro line opened, planners expected thousands of office workers to leave their cars at home.
(C) Ridership in the first year, however, reached barely half the forecast, and the long trains often ran almost empty at noon.
(D) A survey soon found the reason: most stations stood a kilometre or more from the nearest housing colony, along roads with no footpaths.
(B) Only after the city added shared e-rickshaws and shaded walkways to these stations did the trains begin to fill.
Complete paragraph: When the new metro line opened, planners expected thousands of office workers to leave their cars at home. Ridership in the first year, however, reached barely half the forecast, and the long trains often ran almost empty at noon. A survey soon found the reason: most stations stood a kilometre or more from the nearest housing colony, along roads with no footpaths. Only after the city added shared e-rickshaws and shaded walkways to these stations did the trains begin to fill.