Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D),…
2025
Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them
A.
According to National Geographic’s Imaging Space and Time, the resolving power of the deep space telescope would be ‘equivalent to being able to distinguish the left and right headlights of a car in California seen from New York, or features less than 1/30,000th the size of the full moon.
B.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established.
C.
During the 1960s, the Space Race between the then–Soviet Union and the United States was accelerating.
D.
This was at least a tenfold increase over the atmospheric limit.’
E.
Funds for space endeavours were abundant, and plans for a large space telescope, by then designated the LST, were underway.
F.
The designs called for a 2.4–meter primary telescope mirror which could be transported into space by one of NASA’s rockets.
Which is the second sentence of the passage?
(question no 21 till 24 are linked together )
- A.
A
- B.
C
- C.
B
- D.
D
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Correct answer: C
Solution: 3
The first sentence should introduce the topic of discussion which is Space race between USA and USSR as in C The second sentence states as to how the competition progressed with the formation of NASA which is stated in B. The introduction and the funds for telescope which is mentioned in the later sentences should come in next. Thus E is the third sentence. The description of the telescope will follow as in F. The fifth sentence is the further description of the telescope in a magazine and the last line follows from the same. Thus the fifth and sixth sentences are A and D respectively.
The correct order of sentence is CBEFAD.
The second sentence is B.