Question

Given below are the jumbled sentences of a paragraph. The first and the last sentence of the jumbled paragraph are given in correct order. Arrange the middle sentences in the correct sequence.

i. On the basis of experiments with rats
ii. health experts here say that
iii. exercise more and consume vitamins,
iv. they will live up to 100 years or more
v. if humans eat less,
vi. and be vigorous in their eighties and nineties.

• A. ii, iii, v, iv
• B. ii, v, iii, iv
• C. ii, v, iv, iii
• D. v, ii, iii, iv

Hint:

Look for the reporting clause that ends in "that", the "if" clause that opens the condition, and the single clause with a subject and "will" that must state the result.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

The paragraph is one long reported conditional sentence. Its skeleton is: introductory phrase (i), reporting clause, if clause, result clause. Sentence i and sentence vi are locked, so the four middle sentences must fill that skeleton. Once you notice that ii ends in "that", v begins with "if", and iv is the only clause with a subject and a future verb ("they will live"), the arrangement is forced.

1. ii, iii, v, iv: Puts "exercise more and consume vitamins" directly after "say that". Those are bare verbs with no subject, so the reported clause never gets going, and the "if" condition arrives too late. Rejected.
2. ii, v, iii, iv: The reporting clause comes first, then the "if" clause opens the condition with "eat less", iii adds the other two conditions in the same list, and iv delivers the result the condition points to. Every comma and connector lands correctly. Accepted.
3. ii, v, iv, iii: The result "they will live up to 100 years or more" is dropped in the middle of the condition list, so "exercise more and consume vitamins" is stranded at the end and reads as something that happens after living to 100. Rejected.
4. v, ii, iii, iv: Starts with the "if" clause before anyone has been quoted, leaving "On the basis of experiments with rats, if humans eat less, health experts here say that..." The opening phrase then modifies the wrong clause. Rejected.

The completed paragraph reads: "On the basis of experiments with rats, health experts here say that if humans eat less, exercise more and consume vitamins, they will live up to 100 years or more and be vigorous in their eighties and nineties."

Let's summarize:

• A clause ending in "that" is a reporting clause and must be followed by what was said.
• The three actions (eat less, exercise more, consume vitamins) form one list, so v and iii stay together.
• The result clause of a conditional comes after the whole condition, which fixes iv at the end of the middle block.

The middle sentences therefore run ii, v, iii, iv, and option (B) is correct.