Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B),(C), (D), (E) and (F) in the…
2025
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B),(C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions 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 FIFTH sentence?
- A.
D
- B.
E
- C.
B
- D.
C
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Correct answer: B
Concept
Para-jumble (sentence re-arrangement) questions are solved by first locating the OPENING sentence — the one that introduces the topic without depending on any earlier sentence — and then chaining the remaining sentences using connector words (contrast markers like ‘but’/‘however’, reason markers like ‘the reason being’, and reference words like ‘this’/‘therefore’) that tie each sentence to the idea stated just before it.
Application
C opens the paragraph by introducing ‘nonsense verse’ as a sophisticated form of literature — no earlier sentence is needed to understand it, so it comes first.
F follows with ‘The reason being…’, directly explaining why nonsense verse is sophisticated — so it comes second.
B introduces the contrast ‘But such a verse may also be enjoyed at the surface level,’ countering the sophistication idea in F — so it comes third.
D says ‘This fulfils the author’s main intention…’, where ‘This’ refers back to the surface-level enjoyment in B — so it comes fourth.
E opens with ‘However the reader who understands the broad implications…’, contrasting the surface-level pleasure in D with a deeper, greater pleasure — so it comes fifth.
A concludes with ‘it is therefore what the reader thinks which gives extra meaning…’, where ‘therefore’ signals the closing inference drawn from the whole paragraph — so it comes sixth.
Cross-check
Reading the sentences in this order — C, F, B, D, E, A — forms one coherent paragraph: nonsense verse is sophisticated because it requires reader interpretation; it can also be enjoyed superficially; that surface enjoyment fulfils the author’s aim to please; but a reader who grasps deeper allusions finds even greater pleasure; therefore it is ultimately the reader’s own understanding that supplies the extra meaning. This coherence confirms the sequence.
The order of the sentences is C, F, B, D, E, A. The fifth sentence in this order is E.