Question

    Directions :  In the following items each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S₁) and the sixth sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

    S₁: From an importer of milk powder to the world's

    largest milk producer. S6: And to think that it began as a simple experiment in a village in Gujarat only in the 1960s. P: Operation Flood is arguably India's biggest and most successful revolution since the Quit India Movement. Q: India's Operation Flood has come a long way from the days when even baby food was imported to producing. 84 million tonnes a year. R: From abject desperation to becoming a global player in the dairy sector. S: From a mere few villagers and a 275-litre processing plant to an operation spread across 23 States, 170 Districts and 90,000 Village Cooperatives. The correct sequence should be:
    A P-S-Q-R Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B R-Q-S-P Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C P-Q-S-R Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D R-S-Q-P Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The correct sequence is P-S-Q-R, which is given in option (a). Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer. Here, statement P should follow statement S1, it is the most suitable of the following statements as it introduces operation flood. S should come after P because it talks about the expansion of the operation flood. Statement Q should follow statement S here as it states about the ‘long way’ that is covered by ‘operation flood’. R should be the last statement after rearrangement according to the passage.

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