Question

For the following question, arrange the sentences A, B, C, and D to form a logical sequence.
(A)’I read the story and felt that it was a wonderful vision of how the world can suddenly descend into anarchy,’ says Proyas.
(B) Alex Proyas never got a high school diploma - a fact he blames on Isaac Asimov.
(C) This July, Proyas turns again to his favoured author with I, Robot, an adaptation of Asimov’s nine-story collection of the same name.
(D) It was Asimov’s short story ‘Nightfall’ that derailed Proyas’ academic career.

(a)BDCA
(b)ACDB
(c)BACD
(d)BDAC

Answer 1

Hint: The sentences tell a story. The story has to be in the right order. Try to rearrange it in the order that makes the most sense.

Complete answer:Let us start constructing this story backwards.
The first sentence (A) repeats a quote from Proyas saying that he thought that the story was an example of how the world can suddenly change. This means that the person is talking about a story mentioned somewhere.
The second mention of Asimov is in the sentence (C). This mentions Asimov’s connection to Proyas.
The story is mentioned in the sentence (D), making a mention of the short story by Asimov. This is the first time Asimov has been mentioned. Now we need to find the next sentence.
The next sentence will be the sentence (B) starting the paragraph with an informative note.
This will be the backwards construction of the given paragraph. The actual answer will be in reverse order. Now, we know what we are looking for. Let’s go through the given options:
(a)BDCA - This is the reverse order of what we just constructed, which means that this is the order we are looking for. This is the required answer. So, this is the correct option.
(b)ACDB - This option starts with the wrong sentence, as sentence A should not be the first in the sequence. This is not the order we are looking for. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
(c)BACD - This option starts with the correct sentence, however, two of the other sentences are interchanged. This is not the order we are looking for. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
(d)BDAC - This option also starts with two correct sentences, however, the other two are interchanged. This is not the order we are looking for. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.

Note: Make sure that each sentence aligns with the sentences that come before and after. That will help to choose the order correctly.