III Common III Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
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A) And 844 million don’t have access to clean water close to home, according to the latest report by Water Aid.
B) Around 4 billion people in the world live in physically water-scarce areas.
C) It is because globally we use six times as much water today as we did 100 years ago.
D) The world’s water crisis is getting worse.

Options

A. BDCA
B. BADC
C. CADB
D. DACB

Answer

B

Explanation

The sentence B is the first sentence of the passage as it introduces the subject i.e. ‘people living in water-scarce areas’. The sentence B gives the number of people living in water-scarce areas. ‘And’ in the sentence A further adds on the fact that 844 million don’t have access to clean water close to home. Therefore, sentence A becomes the second sentence. DC is the mandatory pair as it gives the problem and the reason of water crisis. Hence, the rearranged order is option B i.e. BADC.