In each of the following questions, arrange the given words in a meaningful…
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In each of the following questions, arrange the given words in a meaningful sequence and thus find the correct answer from alternatives.'
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.
1. Police
2. Punishment
3. Crime
4. Judge
5. Judgement
- A.
3, 1, 2, 4, 5
- B.
1, 2, 4, 3, 5
- C.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1
- D.
3, 1, 4, 5, 2
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Concept: In a logical-sequence-of-events question, items are ordered by cause and effect — an event can occupy its slot only once every event that necessarily triggers or precedes it has already occurred. An order that places an effect before its cause is invalid.
Application: Tracing the causal chain for these five words step by step:
Crime is the originating event — the wrongful act that has to happen before anything else in this chain can follow.
Police get involved only once a crime has been committed, to investigate it.
Judge takes up the case only after the police have completed their part.
Judgement is delivered only after the judge has presided over the case.
Punishment is enforced only after a judgement has fixed guilt.
This traces the sequence Crime, Police, Judge, Judgement, Punishment — numerically 3, 1, 4, 5, 2.
Cross-check: Reading the chain backwards confirms no precedence is broken — punishment (2) never comes before judgement (5); judgement (5) never comes before the judge's proceedings (4); the judge's proceedings never begin before police involvement (1); and police never act before a crime (3) occurs. The order 3, 1, 4, 5, 2 is the only sequence consistent with every precedence constraint.