Direction: Which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the…

Concept: In a logical event-sequencing question, the items must be arranged by cause and effect — the process here mirrors the real-world sequence of a criminal justice procedure, where each step is triggered by the one before it.

1. A crime is committed first — this is the triggering event.

2. The police investigate the crime.

3. Based on the investigation, the police make an arrest.

4. The judge hears the case in court.

5. The judge delivers the judgment (verdict).

Checking this cause-and-effect chain against the other choices:

• The order "1, 2, 4, 3, 5" places police action before any crime has occurred, which reverses cause and effect.

• The order "5, 1, 4, 3, 2" opens with the judgment, before an investigation or arrest has even taken place.

• The order "5, 1, 2, 3, 4" also opens with the judgment and pushes the arrest to the very end, after the judge has already heard the case — not procedurally possible.

So the sequence Crime → Police → Arrest → Judge → Judgment, i.e. "2, 1, 4, 3, 5", is the only order consistent with real-world cause and effect.