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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. India's message has always been one of love and peace.
ii. our Buddha was the light of Asia
iii. it has been a source of light and wisdom to the rest of the world
iv. Ashoka, moved by the horrors of Kalinga War, adopted the message of non-violence
v. the greatest apostle of non-violence in recent years was Mahatma Gandhi
vi. he shook the foundation of the British rule in India through non-violence.

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Work backwards: "he" in the fixed last sentence fought the British, so the sentence naming Gandhi must come just before it. Then place the three figures in historical order.
Updated On: Jul 17, 2026
  • ii, v, iii, iv
  • iv, ii, iii, v
  • v, iv, iii, ii
  • iii, ii, iv, v
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The Correct Option is D

Solution and Explanation

The quickest way into this jumble is the last sentence, which is already fixed: "he shook the foundation of the British rule in India through non-violence." That "he" has to be Gandhi, because he is the only one of the three figures mentioned who confronted the British. Sentence v is the one that names Gandhi, so v must be the fourth and final middle sentence. That single deduction leaves only one workable option.

  1. ii, v, iii, iv: Ends the middle block with Ashoka, so "he" in the closing sentence would mean Ashoka shook British rule, which is false by about two thousand years. Rejected.
  2. iv, ii, iii, v: This does end with Gandhi, but it puts Ashoka (third century BCE) before the Buddha (sixth century BCE), and it wedges the general statement iii between two named figures, breaking the list. Rejected.
  3. v, iv, iii, ii: Runs the three figures in reverse and closes on the Buddha, so "he" in vi would refer to the Buddha fighting the British. Rejected.
  4. iii, ii, iv, v: The general claim comes first, with "it" pointing back to India's message in i, and then the three figures follow in historical order: Buddha, Ashoka, Gandhi. The word "light" in iii is picked up at once by "the light of Asia" in ii, and Gandhi's name in v hands "he" to the closing sentence. Accepted.

The whole paragraph reads: "India's message has always been one of love and peace. It has been a source of light and wisdom to the rest of the world. Our Buddha was the light of Asia. Ashoka, moved by the horrors of Kalinga War, adopted the message of non-violence. The greatest apostle of non-violence in recent years was Mahatma Gandhi. He shook the foundation of the British rule in India through non-violence."

Let's summarize:

  • Solve backwards from a fixed sentence that opens with a pronoun: "he" pins Gandhi, and so sentence v, to the slot just before it.
  • When a paragraph lists historical figures, order them oldest to newest: Buddha, then Ashoka, then Gandhi.
  • A general statement (iii) introduces the examples that follow it, rather than sitting between them.

The middle sentences run iii, ii, iv, v, so option (D) is correct.

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