In the following questions, six sentences are given. You have to rearrange…
2022
In the following questions, six sentences are given. You have to rearrange these sentences to make a contextually meaningful paragraph. After rearranging the given sentences, answer the questions given below.
(A) Challenging Victorian dogma, Darwin argued that species were not immutable i.e., each one specially created by God.
(B) That is all he wrote about the dawning of the single most consequential species on the planet.
(C) In 1859, Charles Darwin published the most important scientific book that is ever written ‘On the Origin of Species’.
(D) Rather life on Earth had evolved through descent from a common ancestor with modification by means of natural selection.
(E) It revolutionized society’s understanding of the natural world.
(F) But, surprisingly on Homo sapiens, Darwin made only a passing mention, that “light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history”.
Which of the following will be the second statement after rearrangement?
- A.
C
- B.
B
- C.
E
- D.
D
- E.
A
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Correct answer: C
The paragraph begins with C, which introduces Darwin's 1859 book On the Origin of Species.
E follows because it explains the impact of that book on society's understanding of the natural world.
A and D then explain Darwin's challenge to Victorian dogma and his theory of common descent through natural selection.
F and B close the paragraph by noting Darwin's brief mention of Homo sapiens.
Thus the order is C-E-A-D-F-B, so the second statement is E.