Directions : Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and…
2018
Directions : Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
(A) With the change from traditional to industrial food processing there has also been a change in the types of product processed.
(B) In the early days of traditional food processing the main aim was preservation to maintain a supply of wholesome, nutritious food during the year and in particular to preserve it for hungry periods, for example when hunting was poor.
(C) Nowadays non-traditional crops are grown all over the world. This together with consumer demand influenced by radio, advertising and television has led to a demand for non-traditional foods that are not appropriate to the local environment.
(D) While food processing still has the main objective of providing a safe nutritious diet in order to maintain health other aspects, particularly the generation of wealth for the producer and seller, have become increasingly important.
(E) Traditional processors worked with foods that grew locally and the methods they developed were in harmony with the climate in which they lived.
(F) Only simple packaging using leaves, animal skins and pottery was possible and necessary to protect the food for its planned storage life.
Considering statement (D) “While food processing still has the main objective of providing a safe nutritious diet in order to maintain health other aspects, particularly the generation of wealth for the producer and seller, have become increasingly important.” as the second sentence of the rearranged paragraph, then which among the following should follow the last sentence after the rearrangement?
- A.
They need special processing and packaging to protect them for their required storage life.
- B.
The increasing number of women who now work away from home adds additional pressure for such changes.
- C.
Food has been processed and packaged since the earliest days of man's history on earth.
- D.
The small-scale food processing sector is a major source of employment.
- E.
None of these
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Correct answer: A
Concept
A meaningful paragraph is built on cohesion: each sentence must connect to the one before it through a shared idea, a pronoun reference, or a logical link (cause-effect, general-to-specific, time order). To rearrange jumbled sentences, fix the opening idea, follow the chain of references and connectives, and let the closing sentence point forward to its natural continuation.
Applying it here
This passage runs on a single timeline: the early purpose of food processing, the traditional methods and packaging, and then the modern, industrial shift. The clue given is that (D) is the second sentence, so the first sentence must set up (D)'s phrase “still has the main objective” — that antecedent is (B), which states the original aim of preservation. The chain then develops as:
(B) introduces the early days of traditional food processing whose main aim was preservation.
(D) follows as the second sentence: the main objective of a nutritious diet remains, but wealth generation has become important.
(E) returns to the traditional processors who worked with locally grown foods in harmony with the climate.
(F) completes the traditional picture: only simple packaging (leaves, animal skins, pottery) was possible for storage.
(A) marks the turn from traditional to industrial processing, with a change in the types of product.
(C) is the last sentence: nowadays non-traditional crops are grown worldwide and consumer demand has created a demand for non-traditional foods.
The rearranged order is therefore B – D – E – F – A – C, and the last sentence is (C), which ends on “non-traditional foods that are not appropriate to the local environment.”
Cross-check
The sentence that should follow the last one must continue the idea of (C). The line “They need special processing and packaging to protect them for their required storage life” does exactly this: the pronoun “They” refers back to the non-traditional foods of (C), and it extends the packaging-and-storage thread that ran through (F). The other choices break cohesion — a remark about women working away from home, a general historical opener about food being processed since the earliest days, or a standalone fact about small-scale processing as a source of employment all introduce ideas with no pronoun link to (C). Hence the continuation about special processing and packaging for non-traditional foods is correct.