Question
Which of the following is the first sentence after
rearrangement? Directions : Six statements are given below, which are jumbled in any random order. Only statement (b), which has been emboldened, is in its correct place. These statements will form a coherent and meaningful paragraph, when arranged in the correct sequence. Arrange the sentences in the right order and answer the questions that follow. (a) This year’s festival is dedicated to the late Ajay Gandhi, founder of Manthan and one of the former directors of HLF. (b) When the directors of the festival decided late last year to conduct it virtually, it appeared to be a preemptive move, factoring in the possibility of the third wave of COVID-19. (c) After the talk, there would be literary sessions, which will take up diverse topics and the delegates include Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee and artist Cheyenne Olivier. (d) Carnatic vocalist and writer T M Krishna will deliver a tribute to Mr Gandhi on the opening evening, before moving on to talk about ‘Artistic Universe: Creative Spaces Within and Without’. (e) There will also be workshops for children and teens, art exhibitions and movie screenings by Moving Images group. (f) For the second consecutive year, the Hyderabad Literary Festival will be held virtually.Solution
The correct order of the sentences is f, b, a, d, c and e . Here, f is the first statement, as it introduces what we are talking about- The Hyderabad Literary Festival. b is the second sentence. the sentence after b is definitely a , because other statements revolve around a . After a comes d. It will be followed by c because in c , ‘after the talk’ is mentioned and ‘the talk’ is mentioned in d . e is the last sentence of the passage.
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