Multiple choice

Directions: In the given 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 Socialism as a political movement has aimed at furthering the interests of industrial wage-earners.

A. It is argued that if capitalists were expropriated, the whole body of workers would own the state.

B. The common belief is that the economic power of private capitalist enables him to oppress the wage earner.

C. Consequently, the problem of economic power can be solved completely by state ownership of land and capital.

D. But the wage earner cannot individually own his means of production but be a part of collective ownership.

6 This is the proposal for taming of economic power and therefore, comes within this purview.

  1. ABCD

  2. DCAB

  3. BDAC

  4. DCBA
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C Correct answer
Explanation

As the introductory sentence makes remark about socialism in context of wage earners and among sentences to be ordered, we have reference to wage earners, therefore, logically they should follow sentence 1. Between B and D, B is better suited to follow 1 as it introduces an idea and in D, the idea is explained. So, 1 BD is an appropriate order, which is supported only by option (3), thereby, it is the correct answer.

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