Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D),…

2024

Rearrange the following six sentences/ group of 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. On 12th June 1975, Allahabad high court justice Jaganmohanlal Sinha found the prime minister guilty on the charge of misuse of state vehicles for her election campaign.

B. The court also banned her from contesting any election for an additional six years.

C. Indian national congress (INC), won the Indian general election of 1971 by a huge margin.

D. The court declared her election null and unseated her from her seat in Loksabha.

E. From the day one of their win, the opposition parties blamed the Indira’s party for the mal-practices committed in the elections.

F. The person who was defeated by Indira Gandhi, Raj Narayan, lodged a case of fraud and use of state machinery for the election purposes against Mrs. Indira Gandhi in the Allahabad high court.

Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

  1. A.

    B

  2. B.

    C

  3. C.

    F

  4. D.

    D

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Correct answer: B

In a sentence-rearrangement (para-jumble) question, the correct opening sentence is the one that can stand alone: it introduces a background fact or the topic itself, without relying on any pronoun, connective, or prior reference. Every remaining sentence is then placed by tracing pronouns ('her', 'she'), transition markers ('also'), and the cause-to-effect chain — event, reaction, legal action, verdict, punishment — that links each sentence to the one before it.

Applying this to the paragraph:

  1. Sentence C stands alone: it states a general historical fact (the INC won the 1971 Lok Sabha election by a huge margin) with no reference to anything preceding it, so it is the natural opening.

  2. Sentence E follows directly: “from the day one of their win” explicitly refers back to the win just stated in C, introducing the opposition’s reaction (allegations of malpractice).

  3. Sentence F follows E: it names the specific consequence of those allegations — Raj Narayan (the defeated candidate) filing a fraud case against the Prime Minister in the Allahabad High Court.

  4. Sentence A follows F: it reports the court’s verdict on that very case — Justice Sinha finding the Prime Minister guilty of election malpractice, as sentence A states.

  5. Sentence D follows A: it states the direct legal consequence of that guilty verdict — her election being declared null and her Lok Sabha seat being vacated.

  6. Sentence B follows D, signalled by the connective “also”: the additional six-year ban on contesting elections, layered onto the punishment just described in D.

Ruling out the other options:

  • Sentence B’s connective “also” ties it to an earlier-mentioned punishment, so its meaning depends on that punishment already having been stated.

  • Sentence F identifies “the person who was defeated by Indira Gandhi,” a description whose sense depends on the election result already being known.

  • Sentence D’s declaration that the election was nullified is a legal outcome that depends on a case already having been filed and argued.

The complete order is C - E - F - A - D - B, so sentence C is the first sentence after rearrangement.

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