Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. In Bihar and Central India, in particular, every district had smelters that used local deposits of ore to produce iron which was widely used for the manufacture of implements and tools of daily use.

B. The smelting was done by men while women worked on the bellows, pumping air that kept the charcoal burning.

C. But iron smelting in India was extremely common till the end of the nineteenth century.

D. Production of Wootz steel required a highly specialised technique of refining iron.

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SSC CGL 2023 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On: 14 Jul 2023 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is "DCAB."

Key Points

Among the given sentences, Sentence D mentions the subject of the passage.
Thus, we will place sentence D at the beginning of the passage.
Sentence D talks about the production of Wootz steel which required a highly specialized technique of refining iron. This implies that iron smelting was not a simple process.
Further, sentence C states that iron smelting was extremely common in India till the end of the nineteenth century. This indicates that iron smelting was prevalent in India for a long time.
Sentence A mentions that every district in Bihar and Central India had smelters that used local deposits of ore to produce iron. This implies that iron smelting was a widespread activity in India.
Sentence B talks about the division of labor in iron smelting. Men did the smelting while women worked on the bellows. This gives us an idea of how iron smelting was carried out in India.
Thus, the sentences chronologically explain the prevalence, spread and process of iron smelting in India.
Thus, it can be concluded that the correct order for the given sentence would be "DCAB."

Hence, the correct answer is option 2.