Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. Note: This is an advertisement of an ice-cream brand. (A) That’s why Silky is deliciously different and exceptionally versatile, natural, thick and durable ice cream. (B) Beautifully firm, nice, silky rather than thin and watery, it stays in shape and stands on top of fruits or pastries without soaking in. (C) Silky thick double ice cream has a unique, fresh taste and texture.

Correct — C. The order is C, then B, then A.

C is the sentence that names the product in full — 'Silky thick double ice cream has a unique, fresh taste and texture' — and it points backwards at nothing, so it can open.

B takes up that texture claim, and its pronoun it ('it stays in shape') needs the product already named.

A begins That's why, a connector that announces a consequence, so it can only come after the description it draws its conclusion from. That sequence is option (c).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  BCA — BCA opens on B, whose it has no product to refer to yet, and it buries the naming sentence C in the middle, after the description C is supposed to introduce.
• (b)
  BAC — BAC starts with the same orphaned it and then ends on C, so the paragraph gets round to naming its product only after it has finished concluding about it.
• (d)
  ABC — ABC opens on That's why — a consequence marker with nothing before it to be the cause. A paragraph cannot begin on its own conclusion.

A jumbled-paragraph item is settled by two mechanical signals before any judgement of style.

First, the opening sentence must stand on its own: it names its subject in full and carries no pronoun or connector pointing backwards.

Second, the links: a pronoun must follow its antecedent, and a connector such as 'that's why' or 'therefore' must follow the sentence it responds to.

Here C passes the opening test and A fails it outright, which fixes both ends of the paragraph before you weigh anything in the middle.

Key facts

• 'That's why' announces a consequence, so a sentence beginning with it cannot open a paragraph.
• Sentence B's pronoun 'it' needs the product named before it, and sentence C is what names it.
• Sentence C is the one of the three that gives the product's full name, 'Silky thick double ice cream'.

Common traps

• B reads like an opener because it is the most descriptive sentence, but its 'it' has no antecedent.
• Treating 'That's why' as an ordinary linker rather than a conclusion marker.

No directly related past PYQ was found.