SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 13 September 2025, Shift 2 · English Comprehension · Question 25 of 100

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Rearrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph: 1. It is a process that involves the systematic and objective investigation of a subject to discover new facts or to confirm existing ones. 2. Research is a foundational pillar of academic and scientific progress. 3. This can be either theoretical, aiming to expand knowledge, or applied, seeking to solve a practical problem. 4. The findings of this investigation are then documented and peer-reviewed to ensure validity and credibility.

(a)2, 1, 3, 4
(b)1, 2, 4, 3
(c)4, 3, 2, 1
(d)3, 4, 1, 2

Answer

Why

Correct — A. Open with the sentence that names its subject. Sentence 2 does: 'Research is a foundational pillar of academic and scientific progress.'

1 opens It is a process, defining research.
3 opens This can be, sorting it into theoretical or applied.
4 turns to 'The findings of this investigation', marked by then as the later stage.

→ 2, 1, 3, 4, option (a).

Why the others are wrong

(b)
1, 2, 4, 3 — Opens with It is a process, but 'It' has nothing to refer to yet. Research is named in sentence 2, which must come first.
(c)
4, 3, 2, 1 — Opens with 'The findings of this investigation', findings before any investigation is described, and runs the whole chain backwards.
(d)
3, 4, 1, 2 — Opens with This can be, a This with no noun behind it, and leaves the topic sentence about research to the end.

Concept

Paragraph jumbles built on reference words are solved from the opener. A sentence beginning It or This, or 'this investigation', points back, so it cannot come first.

Once the opener is found, follow the chain: each It or This must find its noun earlier, and then marks a later step.

Here the chain runs topic (2), definition (1), types (3), findings (4).

Option (a) is the one order that starts with sentence 2, so finding the opener is enough here. The rest of the chain is a check, not the decider.

Key facts

A sentence opening with It or This that refers back cannot open a paragraph.
In this jumble, sentence 2 alone names research, the noun that 'It' in sentence 1 refers to.
Then in sentence 4 marks the stage after the investigation: documenting and peer review.

Study next

Topic-sentence identification in paragraph jumblesPronoun and demonstrative reference: It, This, These, SuchSequence markers: then, subsequently, finally

Common traps

Starting with sentence 1 because 'It is a process that involves…' sounds like a definition — its It needs research named first.
Treating 'The findings of this investigation' as an opener — 'this' points back to an investigation already described.

This identical jumble, with the same four options, is keyed 2, 1, 3, 4 at 12 Sep 2025, 09:00, English Q.25 and at 15 Sep 2025, 16:00, English Q.24.

The same name-then-reference chain decides 14 Sep 2025, 09:00, English Q.25: 'Food processing is a series of methods' opens, and 'These methods' and 'this process' refer back, keyed 2, 3, 1, 4.

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Rearrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph: 1. It is a process that involves the systematic and objective investigation of a subject to discover new facts or to confirm existing ones. 2. Research is a foundational pillar of academic and scientific progress. 3. This can be either theoretical, aiming to expand knowledge, or applied, seeking to solve a practical problem. 4. The findings of this investigation are then documented and peer-reviewed to ensure validity and credibility.

(a)2, 1, 3, 4
(b)1, 2, 4, 3
(c)4, 3, 2, 1
(d)3, 4, 1, 2