Question

Arrange sentences A, B, C, and D in the correct logical order to form a coherent paragraph. A. Consequently, many firms have shifted to hybrid models that combine remote flexibility with periodic in-person collaboration. B. Remote work expanded dramatically as organisations adapted to distributed teams. C. Early data suggested that productivity held steady, but employees increasingly reported feelings of isolation. D. Over time, though, purely remote arrangements revealed drawbacks that were not obvious at first.

• A. BDCA
• B. BCDA
• C. BCAD
• D. DBCA

Hint:

Find the sentence that can stand alone as a topic opener, then notice how "early data", "over time", and "consequently" each signal a stage that must follow the one before it.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Apply the opener test: C starts with "Early data suggested", which needs a prior subject for the data to be "early" about, so it cannot open. D starts with "Over time, though", a contrast that needs a prior claim, so it cannot open. A starts with "Consequently", needing a prior cause, so it cannot open. Only B, "Remote work expanded dramatically as organisations adapted to distributed teams", introduces the topic cleanly, so B opens.
Step 2: After introducing remote work's expansion in B, the natural next step is reporting on how it performed early on: C, "Early data suggested that productivity held steady, but employees increasingly reported feelings of isolation", follows B directly, since "early data" logically follows an "expansion" just described.
Step 3: D opens with "Over time, though", a contrast signal that builds on the isolation concern just raised in C, and extends it: "purely remote arrangements revealed drawbacks that were not obvious at first", so D follows C.
Step 4: A opens with "Consequently", meaning as a direct result of the drawbacks named in D, "many firms have shifted to hybrid models", making it the concluding sentence.
Step 5: The chain B then C then D then A matches option (b).
Correct option: (2) BCDA.