Question

Directions: Sentences given in the following 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 five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. Another of his start-ups was sold to Google.
2. He founded the first company to sell virtual reality products.
3. But unlike most of his fellow technologists, he eventually came to feel that the rise of digital networks was no panacea.
4. He was there, more or less, at its creation.
5. Lanier has an unusual authority to criticize the digital economy:

1. EDCAB
2. EDBAC
3. EBADC
4. ECDBA

Explanatory Answer

It is clear that the starting sentence is ‘E’. Every other sentence refers to ‘he’ or ‘his’, while E refers to the name ‘Lanier’. E says that Lanier has unusual authority to criticize; the best sentence to follow this would be D, which elaborates on why this authority is.

So, we start with ED. BA seems to be a link. So, we could EDBAC or EDCAB. Between these two, EDBAC is better, as B and A elaborate on the idea espoused in E and C talks about something else.

EDBAC is the solution.

Answer Choice (2)