Given below are four jumbled parts of a sentence. Select the option that gives their correct order.

Question

Given below are four jumbled parts of a sentence. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A) has been attributed by many climate scientists

B) the unprecedented frequency of extreme weather events

C) to the steady rise in global atmospheric temperatures

D) observed across various continents over the last decade

1. A. BDAC (Correct answer)
2. B. CBAD
3. C. ABCD
4. D. ADBC

Correct Answer

Option A — BDAC

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is BDAC.

Key Points

• Identify the grammatical role of each fragment:
  • B — "the unprecedented frequency of extreme weather events" is the subject
  • D — "observed across various continents over the last decade" is a participial phrase modifying that subject, so it must follow it immediately
  • A — "has been attributed by many climate scientists" is the verb with its agent
  • C — "to the steady rise in global atmospheric temperatures" completes attributed to
• Assembled: subject → modifier → verb → complement = BDAC.

Additional Information

• The decisive clue is the fixed phrasal pattern attribute X to Y: fragment A must be followed by C, which eliminates every option not placing them adjacently in that order.
• A participial phrase such as "observed across…" has no subject of its own, so it attaches to the nearest preceding noun — placing it elsewhere creates a dangling modifier.
• In parts-of-a-sentence jumbles, locate the subject and the main verb first; the remaining fragments are almost always modifiers or complements slotting around them.
• Reading your assembled sentence aloud is the final check — the correct order should need no pause to make sense.