Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Select the option that arranges the sentences in the correct logical sequence to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. a. It regulates the operation of all body organs and protects the body and mind from becoming unbalanced as a result of negative circumstances and unhealthy lifestyles. b. It only requires frequent practice of the proper body motions and breathing techniques. c. The physical benefits of yoga can be enjoyed for a lifetime without risk or injury. d. It regulates the relationship between the body, the intellect, and the spirit.

Correct — D. Only sentence c names the subject, yoga. Sentences a, b and d all open with the pronoun It, which has nothing to refer to until yoga has been named.

That single test fixes the opener as c, and option (d) is the only arrangement that begins there.

The rest follows: b says what yoga requires, then the two 'It regulates' sentences run general before specific — d for the body, the intellect and the spirit, a for the operation of the organs.

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  b, a, c, d — Opens with b, It only requires, a pronoun with no antecedent, and pushes the one sentence that names yoga into third place.
• (b)
  a, b, c, d — Opens with a, another It sentence, so the paragraph again begins by referring back to something it has not yet said.
• (c)
  d, a, b, c — Ends on c, the sentence that introduces yoga. A paragraph cannot name its subject last, and this order opens with the pronoun It as well.

A paragraph jumble is settled by finding the sentence that can stand first. An opening sentence cannot point backwards, so anything beginning with a pronoun (It, They, This) or a connective (also, therefore, however) is disqualified.

Here three of the four sentences begin with It, so the search ends in one reading: the sentence carrying the full noun yoga must open, and every option that does not begin with it can be struck out without reading further.

Key facts

• In a jumble set, a sentence whose opening It, They, This or also has no antecedent inside the set cannot be the opener.
• In this set only sentence c carries the noun yoga — a, b and d all begin with It.
• Fixing the opener alone leaves one option standing here, so test openers before you weigh meaning.

Common traps

• Reading all four sentences for sense before testing which one can open, when the opener test decides this item by itself.
• Treating d and a as interchangeable because both begin 'It regulates', instead of ordering them broad before narrow.

No directly related past PYQ was found.