Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

  1. We have seen that the truth of an analytic proposition, or statement, can, in principle be established without the need to make even the simplest of empirical observations, it follows that whatever we may observe can make no difference to the truth of such a proposition.

A. One can see at once that this is an analytic proportion, because its truth follows immediately from the meanings in this context of the words 'nought' and 'duck' and so can be established by reference to the language of cricket, without any need to wait for somebody actually to score nought and see what happens then.

B. Take, for example, the proposition 'Anyone who makes nought at cricket, makes a duck'.

C. No matter how many cricket matches one attended, one would and could never come across a case of a man making nought without making a duck.

D. But it is not just that there is no need to go and watch cricket matches to establish this truth, there could be no point in doing so.

  1. There is no score whatsoever that a batsman might make that could make any difference to this sad and simple truth. And one knows this in advance, precisely because it is analytic.

  1. CDAB

  2. ACDB

  3. BADC

  4. CBAD

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C Correct answer
Explanation

This para jumble is about philosophy on analytic statements as could be seen in statement 1. Statement B provides support to statement 1 in the form of example which is explained in A. Out of D and C, D provides link to A as it begins with 'but' and C is to follow D as it supports statement D. Hence, correct answer is (3), the only option that satisfies this condition.