Para Jumbles · Question 27 · Hard

Para Jumbles question 27

Arrange the sentences P, Q, R, S and T to form a coherent paragraph.
P: These droughts forced the country to import large quantities of wheat to avoid famine.
Q: In the years after Independence, India often struggled to grow enough food for its people.
R: To end this dependence on imports, scientists introduced high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice.
S: In the mid-1960s, two consecutive droughts made the situation far worse.
T: Combined with irrigation and fertilisers, these seeds raised output dramatically, especially in Punjab.

  1. QSRPT
  2. QPSRT
  3. SQPRT
  4. QSPRT
Answer and explanation

Answer: D. QSPRT

Explanation: Q sets the background, S introduces the droughts that 'These droughts' in P refers to, R ('this dependence on imports') follows P, and T ('these seeds') follows R.

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