Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence. (i) Elephant (ii) Cat…
2022
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.
(i) Elephant
(ii) Cat
(iii) Mosquito
(iv) Tiger
(v) Whale
- A.
(i), (iii), (v), (ii), (iv)
- B.
(iii), (ii), (i), (iv), (v)
- C.
(iii), (ii), (iv), (i), (v)
- D.
(ii), (v), (i), (iv), (iii)
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Correct answer: C
Concept
A “meaningful sequence” of real-world objects asks you to order them by a single natural, monotonic property. For a set of living creatures, the natural ordering criterion is physical size (body mass / length): list them from the smallest organism to the largest, with no reversal in between.
Application
Rank each creature by typical adult size, smallest to largest:
Mosquito — a tiny insect, a few milligrams; clearly the smallest.
Cat — a small domestic mammal, a few kilograms.
Tiger — a large wild cat, up to a few hundred kilograms; bigger than a cat but far smaller than an elephant.
Elephant — the largest land animal, several thousand kilograms.
Whale — the largest animal of all, far heavier than an elephant.
Reading the labels in this smallest-to-largest order gives: Mosquito, Cat, Tiger, Elephant, Whale, i.e. (iii), (ii), (iv), (i), (v).
Cross-check
The chain of inequalities must be strictly increasing with no step out of place: Mosquito < Cat < Tiger < Elephant < Whale. The key trap is the Tiger–Elephant pair: a tiger is much lighter than an elephant, so the tiger must come before the elephant. Any sequence that places the elephant before the tiger breaks the increasing-size rule.