Given the following six sentences:

(A) Tests of Ganga water indicate it has fared better in Uttar Pradesh; but then, the clean-up plan for the river has received dedicated Central funding of Rs.3,696 crore over three and a half years, compared to Rs.351 crore given to 14 States to conserve 32 rivers.

(B) The finding of the Central Pollution Control Board that the number of critically polluted segments of India’s rivers has risen to 351 from 302 two years ago is a strong indictment of the departments responsible for environmental protection.

(C) Their problems are worsened by the poor infrastructure available in a large number of cities and towns located near rivers. It is notable that these results come from a CPCB audit that was carried out at the instance of the National Green Tribunal.

(D) The data show that the plethora of laws enacted to regulate waste management and protect water quality are simply not working.

(E) The failed efforts to control pollution are all too evident in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Assam, which account for a third of the degraded river segments.

(F) The study also underscores the failure of many national programmes run by the Centre for river conservation, preservation of wetlands, and water quality monitoring.

If sentence (A) is the fourth sentence in the coherent paragraph formed by rearranging these sentences, which sentence will be the LAST sentence in the paragraph?

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Given the following six sentences:

(A) Tests of Ganga water indicate it has fared better in Uttar Pradesh; but then, the clean-up plan for the river has received dedicated Central funding of Rs.3,696 crore over three and a half years, compared to Rs.351 crore given to 14 States to conserve 32 rivers.

(B) The finding of the Central Pollution Control Board that the number of critically polluted segments of India’s rivers has risen to 351 from 302 two years ago is a strong indictment of the departments responsible for environmental protection.

(C) Their problems are worsened by the poor infrastructure available in a large number of cities and towns located near rivers. It is notable that these results come from a CPCB audit that was carried out at the instance of the National Green Tribunal.

(D) The data show that the plethora of laws enacted to regulate waste management and protect water quality are simply not working.

(E) The failed efforts to control pollution are all too evident in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Assam, which account for a third of the degraded river segments.

(F) The study also underscores the failure of many national programmes run by the Centre for river conservation, preservation of wetlands, and water quality monitoring.

If sentence (A) is the fourth sentence in the coherent paragraph formed by rearranging these sentences, which sentence will be the LAST sentence in the paragraph?

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**Solution:**

1. The question states that sentence (A) is the fourth sentence in the rearranged paragraph.

2. Sentence (B) introduces the paragraph by presenting data on the increase in critically polluted river segments, making it a logical opening.

3. Sentence (D) follows (B) as it discusses how the laws meant to protect water quality are ineffective, connecting logically to the data in (B).

4. Sentence (F) begins with "The study also...", indicating it continues from the previous sentence (D) which mentions the study.

5. Sentence (A) is given as the fourth sentence.

6. Sentence (E) logically follows (A) as it provides examples of failed pollution control efforts in specific states.

7. Sentence (C) concludes the paragraph by highlighting the worsening problems due to poor infrastructure and noting that the results come from a CPCB audit, which fits as a closing statement.

8. Thus, the correct sequence is: B → D → F → A → E → C.

9. Since (C) is the last sentence in this sequence, the correct answer is option (b) C.

**Answer:** (b) C

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