Question

Arrange sentences 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to form a logical sequence. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the four given choices.

1. Seen through Bond's eyes, the morning sun comes 'shouting over the rooftops', while the whistling-thrush is 'Fred Astaire dancing in top hat and tails'.
2. But they don't matter.
3. You can feel how precious this world, with its mountains and valleys, rivers and cascades, animals, birds, insects and plants, is to the author.
4. When Bond describes a destination it ceases to be a place on the map and becomes a beautiful portrait of life itself.
5. As is inevitable with an anthology containing such a vast body of work, there is some overlapping of material and several typos.

• A. 45231
• B. 52314
• C. 41235
• D. 54231

Hint:

Find the sentence that best opens the passage, then trace the pronoun 'they' to the next line.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Read all five sentences and find the opening idea.
Sentence 5 says, "As is inevitable with an anthology containing such a vast body of work, there is some overlapping of material and several typos." This works well as an opening line because it introduces the subject, an anthology of writing, and admits a minor flaw right at the start, which is a natural way to begin a piece of balanced praise.

Step 2: Find the sentence that follows naturally from sentence 5.
Sentence 2 says simply, "But they don't matter." The word "they" refers back to the overlapping and typos mentioned in sentence 5, and the sentence dismisses them as unimportant, which flows directly from admitting the flaw in the first sentence. So sentence 2 comes right after sentence 5.

Step 3: Find what comes after dismissing the flaws.
Sentence 3 says, "You can feel how precious this world, with its mountains and valleys, rivers and cascades, animals, birds, insects and plants, is to the author." Having said the small flaws do not matter, the passage naturally moves to what does matter, the vivid world the author creates. This gives a positive turn right after the dismissal in sentence 2.

Step 4: Find the sentence that gives an example of this vivid world.
Sentence 1 gives a concrete example: "Seen through Bond's eyes, the morning sun comes 'shouting over the rooftops', while the whistling-thrush is 'Fred Astaire dancing in top hat and tails'." This sentence illustrates the "precious world" described in sentence 3 with specific, vivid images, so it logically follows sentence 3.

Step 5: Find the concluding sentence.
Sentence 4 says, "When Bond describes a destination it ceases to be a place on the map and becomes a beautiful portrait of life itself." This works as a closing statement that sums up the overall effect of Bond's writing style shown by the earlier examples, so it comes last.

Step 6: Combine the order.
Putting these steps together gives the sequence 5, 2, 3, 1, 4.

Step 7: Final Answer.
The correct logical order is 5-2-3-1-4, which matches option (b).