Multiple choice

S1. The Council of Europe Convention to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence will take effect this August.

A. In particular, the plight of victims who happen to be in abusive relationships in Eastern Europe have come in for some scrutiny by Human Rights Watch over the last three years. B. The new treaty seeks to address the psychological effects of violence among adults in the family on children, protection for male victims where relevant and provision for a monitoring mechanism and prosecution of perpetrator. C. Not surprisingly, there are striking parallels to the situation in Europe around the world, as is evident from a 2013 World Health Organization study. D. Persistent instances of physical abuse encountered among large migrant populations of women, and the need to strengthen the legal framework forms part of the context to the Istanbul Convention. S6 In fact, the same report characterises physical or sexual violence against women as a public health phenomenon of epidemic proportions, affecting more than one-third of all women globally.

Directions: In the following question the first and the last sentence are marked S1 and S6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named ABCD. These parts are not given in their correct order. Read the sentences carefully and find out which of the following orders is correct.

  1. BACD

  2. DABC

  3. CDAB

  4. CADB

  5. DCBA
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. The opening sentence introduces the topic and the first sentence to follow takes this topic forward by telling us the context of this convention. The next sentence follows with the details of the context under which this convention would take place. The next sentence of this passage is a discussion on the prospects of the new treaty being developed. The next sentence mentions that there are parallels to this situation over the world. Thus, the last sentence S6 concludes with the details of the report mentioned in the previous sentence. All the sentences of the passage are therefore linked within the context.

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