Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The program has been criticised for assisting people classified as extremely poor at some point from 2014 to 2016, without adding others who may have fallen on hard times since then.
B. In just five years, China says it has lifted from extreme poverty over 50 million farmers left behind by rapid economic growth in cities.
C. It does very little too for the urban poor people where wages may be higher but workers must pay far more for food and rent.
D. Local government officials identified impoverished households, handed out loans, grants and even farm animals to poor villagers.
Solution
We should first identify if there is a pair in the passage by spotting connecting or referencing words. In sentence A, a program is being talked about, and sentence C begins with a referencing word- "It does" very little. Hence, A C is a pair.
As for B and D, B introduces the fact that China has lifted many farmers out of extreme poverty, and D explains the process of identifying poor households, so they naturally form a pair, with B as the first sentence.
Now, since B is introducing a fact and the rest of the sentences are explaining a fact, B is the first sentence.
So, the sequence becomes BDAC.
Hence, option A is correct.
