Discussion

Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

Answer: E

Correct answer: C

The THIRD sentence of the rearranged paragraph is C.

Correct sequence: F – A – C – E – B – D

How the paragraph builds:

F is a fragment - contrary to popular concepts of a predominantly rural India - so it must attach to a main clause.
A supplies it: a larger percentage now lives in urban areas.
C gives the comparison: India’s urban population is second largest after China.
E continues that comparison with and is higher than.
B opens the growth figures: over fifty years the national population grew 2.5 times.
D completes the contrast: in urban areas it grew five times.

Three of the six sentences are fragments - F, E and D - and each has to be attached to the clause it depends on, which fixes the whole order.

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