Question

Arrange the given sentences in a logical order.
1) At least 267 marine species are known to have suffered due to ingestion of plastic bags resulting in death by starvation.
2) Nevertheless, people should be made aware of the dangers of using them.
3) It seems that banning plastic bags is useless because people always find a way around any ban.
4) However, there are always some people who choose to turn a blind eye to the harmful effects of rampant plastic pollution.
a) 3214
b) 1234
c) 3421
d) 1324

Answer 1

Hint:A paragraph should be in chronological order and should bring out some meaning and be logical. Therefore, arrange the given statements in such a way that it brings out some meaning.

Complete answer:
We need an arrangement that is coherent and logical to make it a meaningful paragraph. Here, we need to arrange the statements such that it describes the topic first and then the other statement that follows should further describe the topic.
Now, by the above explanation, we can see that the third (3rd) statement introduces the topic that banning plastic is useless. Therefore, the option or sequence that would be correct is which starts with the third (3rd) statement. By this, we can say that either option (a) or (c) would be correct. This explanation further eliminates the remaining two options, which are option number (b) and (d).
Now, in the third statement, we are introducing that the ban is useless as people found a way around the ban. The statement to follow would be that people should understand. That is why the correct sequence would be the third (3rd) statement followed by the (2nd) statement.
Now, as we can see by the explanation that the correct option would be option (a), i.e. 3214.
As per the above explanation, we can easily eliminate the incorrect options and find the correct solution in option (a).

Note:
In the above question, you can eliminate the options (b) and (d) because while solving a question like above you must remember that the first sentence has to be the one which introduces the topic, and in this case, that sentence is sentence number 3. Therefore, you can eliminate options (b) & (d) and then try to solve the question. This way it would be far easier for you to get the right solution.