Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the…

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Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the question given below them.

(A) In all varieties of humour, especially the subtle ones, it is therefore what the reader thinks which gives extra meaning to these verses.

(B) But such a verse may also be enjoyed at the surface level.

(C) Nonsense verse is one of the most sophisticated forms of literature.

(D) This fulfils the author’s main intention in such a verse, which is to give pleasure.

(E) However, the reader who understands the broad implications of the content and allusion finds greater pleasure.

(F) The reason being it requires the reader to supply a meaning beyond the surface meaning.

Which of the following is the FIRST sentence?

Answer: E. C — Concept: In a sentence-rearrangement item the opening sentence is fixed by structure, not by meaning alone. An opening sentence has to stand on its own: it…

  1. A.

    E

  2. B.

    A

  3. C.

    F

  4. D.

    D

  5. E.

    C

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Correct answer: E

Concept: In a sentence-rearrangement item the opening sentence is fixed by structure, not by meaning alone. An opening sentence has to stand on its own: it carries no anaphor — a pronoun or demonstrative such as “this”, “such” or “these” that points back to something already named — and no connective that presupposes an earlier statement, such as “but”, “however”, “therefore” or “the reason being”. It simply introduces the subject that every later sentence then develops.

Application: apply that test to the six sentences and the chain builds itself.

  1. Sentence C is a self-contained general claim that names the subject — nonsense verse is one of the most sophisticated forms of literature. Nothing in it points backwards, so it starts the paragraph.

  2. Sentence F begins “The reason being”, which has to attach to a claim already made; it supplies the reason for the sophistication just asserted.

  3. Sentence B begins “But such a verse”, conceding the other possibility — the same verse may also be enjoyed at the surface level.

  4. Sentence D begins “This fulfils”, where “This” stands for the surface-level enjoyment described immediately before it, and names the author’s main intention: to give pleasure.

  5. Sentence E begins “However” and sets the deeper reader against that surface reader: the one who understands the broad implications and allusion finds greater pleasure.

  6. Sentence A closes the paragraph — “therefore” draws the conclusion, and “these verses” refers back to everything already discussed.

Cross-check: try each candidate as the opening sentence and see which ones collapse.

  • Sentence F: “The reason being” with no earlier claim to explain.

  • Sentence D: “This” with no antecedent to refer to.

  • Sentence E: “However” with nothing to contrast against.

  • Sentence A: “therefore” with no premise before it, and “these verses” when no verse has been introduced yet.

  • Sentence C: a complete statement that needs nothing before it.

The paragraph therefore reads C – F – B – D – E – A, and the FIRST sentence is C.

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