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 third sentence of the passage?
(question no 21 till 24 are linked together )
- A.
F
- B.
D
- C.
B
- D.
E
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Correct answer: D
Concept: Solving a para-jumble means finding the one sentence that stands on its own — with no dangling pronoun or reference — to serve as the opening, then chaining the rest using pronoun references (this, that), definite references, and a logical/chronological progression, so each sentence follows naturally from the one before it.
Application:
Sentence C sets the historical scene (the 1960s Space Race between the USSR and the USA) with no reference to anything earlier, so it is the opening sentence.
Sentence B follows, introducing NASA's establishment as the direct outcome of that ongoing Space Race.
Sentence E follows next: once NASA existed, funds became abundant and plans for a large space telescope (the LST) got underway — the natural continuation after NASA's founding.
Sentence F follows, giving the specific design detail (a 2.4-metre primary mirror transportable by a NASA rocket) of the telescope plan just introduced.
Sentence A follows, quoting a magazine's description of that telescope's resolving power.
Cross-check: Sentence D closes the sequence — its opening pronoun 'This' refers back to the resolving-power figure stated in sentence A, and the closing quotation mark in D completes the quotation opened in A, confirming A must precede D.
Result: The correct order of the six sentences is C, B, E, F, A, D. The third sentence is E.