Direction: The following sentences form a paragraph. The third sentence of the paragraph is fixed. The rest are numbered as A, B, D, E and F. These five parts are not given in their proper order. Arrange them in the correct order to make the paragraph meaningful and then answer the questions given below.

A. However, doubts persist among physicists and philosophers about whether science can conclusively establish that time began with the Big Bang.

B. Before Lemaître, questions about the Universe’s origin were the domain of metaphysics and theology, with religious scholars advocating divine creation and atheists arguing for an eternal past.

C. Lemaître proposed that the Universe began with a rapid burst of energy, a fiery origin now commonly referred to as the Big Bang.

D. Recent developments in science and philosophy have highlighted limitations in conclusively proving the beginning of time, reflecting the complexities of understanding the Universe’s origins.

E. The Big Bang theory became a cornerstone of modern cosmology and popular culture, often portrayed as the definitive explanation of the Universe’s birth.

F. This theory revolutionized our understanding of the Universe and suggested that evidence of its origins could potentially be discovered.