Sentence Arrangement Quiz from The Hindu: Part 10

Directions (Ques 1-5): Read the following sentences, A, B, C, D and E carefully and rearrange them into a coherent paragraph.

(A) The Cassini mission is currently executing a series of daring ring-grazing dives as the mission comes closer to the culmination of its epic 20-year-long journey in space.
(B) The image was taken in green light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on March 31 and the view was obtained at a distance of about one million kilometers from Saturn.
(C) The new image captures the unilluminated side of the rings from about seven degrees below the ring plane.
(D) After executing 22 dives between the planet’s icy rings, the spacecraft will plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere.
(E) NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has beamed back a stunning image that shows a sliver of Saturn’s sunlit atmosphere with its icy rings stretched across the foreground as a dark band.

(1) Which of the following should be the LAST after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) E
(c) A
(d) C
(e) D

(2) Which of the following should be the FIRST after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) A
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Solution

Correct Sequence: E->A->C->B->D
Opening sentence is (E) which tells about NASA's Cassini Spacecraft and the images captured by it. Then comes the sentence (A) which explains the objective of the spacecraft. Sentences (C) and (B) follows (A) and gives more information regarding the image taken. Sentence (D) concludes the passage by giving information about the next objective of the spacecraft. The position of sentence (A) and (C) may create confusion for some readers. But if we place sentence (A) after (C), then the structure of the sentence will get distorted.

Directions (Ques 6-10): Read the following sentences, A, B, C, D and E carefully and rearrange them into a coherent paragraph.

(A) With this, Kannada films will have to compete with other language films.
(B) With the Centre rolling out the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1, Kannada film viewers will have to shell more to watch their favourite actors on the big screen.
(C) Both single screens and multiplexes in the State have to collect 18% GST from audience of all-language films for tickets priced below Rs. 100 and 28% for tickets above Rs. 100, as no decision has been taken by the government on addressing the issue.
(D) The ball is now in the court of Karnataka government to insulate Kannada film industry from the GST effect.
(E) This is because the entertainment tax exemption that Kannada films enjoyed will cease to exist under the new tax regime.

(6) Which of the following should be the LAST after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E