Direction: Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
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1. In order to prevent wars and stop the ones that did erupt, the UN needed a military capacity.
A. It set up the Military Staff Committee (MSC) as a subsidiary body of the Security Council and charged it with the planning of UN military operations.
B. The UN Charter addressed these questions.
C. How else could the UN force warring parties—unwilling to yield to diplomatic or economic pressure—to cease fighting but by displaying superior military prowess?
D. How else could the organization throw its weight around but by dispatching troops to a troubled region?
6. The MSC was further mandated to assist the Security Council in arms regulation.
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- A C D B
- A D C B
- C D B A
- D C B A
Correct Option: D
A has to come in the end because the last sentence talks about MSC mentioned in A. D and C have to come before B because ‘these questions’ mentioned in B refer to the questions raised in D and C. Statement I of the question states that preventing wars was the primary focus of the UN and only if it failed in this would it have to resort to coerce warring parties to stop fighting. Going by this line of thought, D comes before C as D talks about preventing conflict by dispatching troops to a troubled region while C talks about a situation where a war or fight has already broken out among opposing parties. Thus, option (d) is the clear choice
