Sentence Rearrangement/Ordering of Sentences- Test 5

Directions: Given below are six sentences (A), (B), (D), (E) and (F) which are jumbled up. Rearrange these sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the given questions.

[IBPS (PO), 2012]

1. However, while reading, they would not know when to pause and what to emphasise
2. Since then, their use has been regularised and the punctuation rules have been followed by all.
3. In earlier days, people learnt by reading out loud.
4. But not everybody used the same punctuations for the same thing.
5. To address this problem, various signs depicting various punctuations were introduced.
6. Thus, firmer guidelines regarding punctuations were framed so that everyone used them in a similar way.

Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND after rearrangement?