Directions: In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
S1 : For the past five months, our screens have been flooded with distressing imagery of one catastrophe after another.
S6 : One such issue is the effect of the pandemic on children, specifically, an increased risk of child labour.
P : From locust attacks in the central and northwestern plains to the floods in Assam and Bihar.
Q : From the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable communities to cyclones in West Bengal, Odisha, and Maharashtra.
R : All of these have had disastrous effects on the Indian economy—millions in the country lost their jobs or were forced to take pay cuts, and economic activity in rural India came to a halt.
S : Amidst these ‘visible’ problems, there are other issues that have remained ‘invisible’.
The correct sequence should be: