Direction: The sentences given in each question, when arranged in the proper sequence, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter/number. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
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A. While this path breaking event has attracted international media and public attention, apart from the inevitable punters and bookies, it rouses hopes of deepening people-to-people contact as well.
B. It is this aspect that can prove to be a firm bedrock for building up relations.
C. There is little else that energies the people on both sides of the border more than our men in flannel enmeshed in a contest that is telecast live to just about every corner on the subcontinent and to the entire Indian and Pakistani diasporas the world over.
D. A battle on the pitch is always more welcome than a pitched battle when it comes to India and Pakistan. Little wonder then that the subcontinent is agog with the current cricketing encounter that entails.
E. It is hoped that these moves will formalize trade between the two neighbors, which is at present largely floundering along clandestine channels routed through third countries.
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- A B C D E
- B C D A E
- D C A B E
- D A C B E
Correct Option: C
D C is the key. Passage must begin with D as it opens up the passage stating ‘A battle on the pitch is always more welcome ….. current cricketing encounter that entails.’ C must follow D as it states that ‘there is little else that energies ….. to the entire Indian and Pakistani diaspora the world over’. A, B, C and E cannot open the passage as they do not contain the relevant topic, moreover they are containing supportive text. A must follow C as it mentions about ‘while this path breaking event ….. people-to-people contact as well’. B must follow A as it is the correct sequence stating that ‘it is this aspect ….. building up relations’. E would follow B and would also close the passage as it states that ‘it is hoped that these moves ….. channels routed through third countries’. D C A B E is the right sequence.
