Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and 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 believe that Indian industry can take major advantage of the newly emerging opportunities and even make up for the ones missed earlier.
2. Some of the smaller units have come up to meet the demands for equipment arising out of import substitution, or because of the local sourcing requirements of industries using imported equipment and know how.
3. Yet we cannot afford to forget a large number of small and tiny manufacturing units, which are in the organized, and the so-called informal sector.
4. They range from the level of artisanal craft to those with obsolete machinery and equipment, surviving mostly because of their low wage costs.
5. It is imperative that we prepare the tiny, small, medium and even bigger Indian industries to face a more competitive future.
6. That would mean a systematic upgradation of human skills in most of these industries and also large - scale modernization of many of them by continuous injection of newer technologies.

  1. DACB

  2. ADBC

  3. CBDA

  4. BCAD

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This para jumble talks on small scale manufacturing units in India, which is clear from statement B and this gives a direct link to statement 1. C elaborates statement B, B à C. Hence, (4) is the correct answer.