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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.

[United Bank (PO), 2010]

  1. For almost 2 months now, the struggle to cap the oil well and protect large section of the country's coastline from being devastated has been the top story in the news and the major concern of the US administration.
  2. At present, though, one finds little expression of this in the discussions around the oil spill.
  3. In these months it has been realised that this is an environmental crisis of gigantic proportions, and is purely man-made.
  4. Oil and water do not mix, as the American are being forced to accept with the tragic oil spill from a British Petroleum oil rig in the gulf of Mexico.
  5. Whether in the long-term this will compel Americans to think again about their dependence on fossil fuels and seriously embark on the path of scaling it down and alternatives encouraging remains to be seen.

 

Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?


    • Explanation

    2. Sentence A is the next statement. it supports the opening line with example and describes about protection of oil in large section of country's coastline.
    3. Sentence C will be the next statement. it describes about an environmental crisis of gigantic proportions, and is purely man-made.
    4. Sentence E is the next statement. it describes about Americans to think again about their dependence on fossil fuels and alternatives encouraging.
    5. Sentence B will be the closoing statement. it concludes one finds little expression of this in the discussions around the oil spill.
      Hence, DACEB is the correct sequence.

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