Verbal Question of the Day: 48
PARAJUMBLE
The five sentences (labelled 1,2,3,4, and 5) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of five numbers as your answer.
- Within the declining industry, one country now dominates the market for the design and export of nuclear plants: Russia.
- Subsequently, many nuclear plants closed around the world.
- The worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, it was a devastating blow to an industry that has been in the doldrums since the 1980s.
- In March 2011, a tsunami engulfed the Fukushima power plant in Japan, ultimately causing a meltdown.
- Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear power company, has 33 new plants on its order book, worth about $130 billion.
Please Note: The answer to this question will be posted tomorrow morning as a comment below.
43215
43215
43215
43215
43215
43215
The sequence should be 43215.
4 is a general statement about the meltdown in Fukushima plant of Japan.
3 follows 4 because it tells that it has been the worst disaster after Chernobyl,and a major blow to the already saddled Industry.
2 following this various plants were closed.This points to the decline in the nuclear industry.
1 talks about the same that in the declining industry,Russia is the leader now.
5 talks about a Russian company which has orders worth big numbers.
Absolutely, Shubhra!
43215
43215
43215
Reason
The passage talks about meltdown of nuclear industry.
4- The tsunami incident which affected power plant
3- Worst nuclear power plant accident
2- Subsequent many plants shut down
1- Russia’s dominance in the sector
5- continues the idea of Russia ‘s dominance.
Correct, Mayank 🙂
43215
The answer is 43215. Seeing that it contains the earliest time indicator (March 2011) and is a general sentence, 4 is the appropriate opening sentence. 3 has clear references to 4. 2 follows as it mentions the event(s) that is next in the sequence. 1 continues the idea with ‘declining industry’. 5 supports 1.
All the answers received are correct- Great going, everyone! 🙂
Some trivia related to the topic of today’s question: In 2016, China allowed urban couples to have two children. This policy change was preceded by a stamp design four months earlier that portrayed a monkey family with two baby monkeys.
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Hey sir, is this the same difficulty level that we get in CAT?
This question is easier than the average CAT question, Richa.
The correct order should be 43215