In the following questions six sentences are given. Further, these sentences…
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In the following questions six sentences are given. Further, these sentences may or may not form a contextually meaningful sequence. You have to rearrange these sentences to make a contextually meaningful paragraph. The sentence (F), which has already been highlighted, would be the LAST sentence after rearrangement. Later, answer the follow-up questions.
(A) The trains initially operated on horse-drawn traffic were later replaced in 1856 by steam locomotives.
(B) The ability of Serbian Railways to transport goods and people efficiently made economic development possible.
(C) The history of rail transport in Serbia began in the mid-19th century when most of the territory was still held by the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires.
(D) Part of the line was located in Serbia passing through Bela Crkva while the rest is in Romania.
(E) The first rail line on the present-day territory of Serbia was inaugurated on 20 August 1854, between Lisava-Oravica-Bazijaš.
(F) It continued with modified business activity: engineering and technical consulting, consulting activities in the field of information technology and other information technology services, etc.
Which of the following would be the correct order of sentences after rearrangement?
- A.
DEBACF
- B.
CDEBAF
- C.
ABCEDF
- D.
BACEDF
- E.
CEDABF
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Correct answer: E
Concept
A parajumble is solved by following the logical thread that links each sentence to the next: a general opening statement, the chronological order of events (earlier dates before later dates), and reference links (a sentence that mentions "the line" must follow the sentence that first introduces that line). Any sentence pinned to a fixed position is treated as a constraint, not something you reorder.
Application
Tracing the thread through the five movable sentences (A, B, C, D, E), with F pinned as the last sentence by the instruction:
C is the opener: it makes the broad, scene-setting statement that the history of rail transport in Serbia began in the mid-19th century. A general historical premise naturally starts the paragraph.
E follows C: it gives the first concrete event, the inauguration of the first rail line on 20 August 1854. This is the earliest dated fact and develops the "began in the mid-19th century" idea.
D follows E: it says "Part of the line ... passing through Bela Crkva while the rest is in Romania." The phrase "the line" points back to the line just introduced, so D must come right after E.
A follows D: it moves forward in time, noting the horse-drawn trains were later replaced in 1856 by steam locomotives. 1856 comes after the 1854 inauguration, continuing the chronology.
B follows A: it states the broad consequence, that the railways' ability to move goods and people made economic development possible. A summarising effect-statement belongs near the end.
F is pinned as the last sentence by the instruction. Note that F shifts to a company's later modified business activity; since its position is fixed, you do not rearrange it, you only place the other five sentences before it.
Cross-check
Read the five movable sentences end to end: C (history began) then E (first line, 1854) then D (where that line ran) then A (1856 upgrade to steam) then B (economic impact), with F pinned last. The dates run 1854 then 1856, the reference "the line" in D is satisfied by E before it, and the general-to-specific-to-effect flow holds. The correct order is C-E-D-A-B-F.