Multiple choice

Direction for question: The sentences given in the question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) This is now orthodoxy to which 1 subscribe -up to a point. (B) It emerged from the mathematics of chance and statistics. (C) Therefore the risk is measurable and manageable. (D) The fundamental concept: Prices are not predictable, but the mathematical laws of chance can describe their fluctuations. (E) This is how what business schools now call modern finance was born.

The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph.  Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

  1. ADCBE

  2. EBDCA

  3. ABDCE

  4. DCBEA
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D Correct answer
Explanation

There is a direct link between statements D, C and B, in that order.  D describes a fundamental concept, C explains the results and B establishes the cause. E and A are also related because E provides the origin of modern finance and A states that this is now orthodoxy. This sequence is available in option (4); hence the answer.

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