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Read the following statement carefully.

A. Whatever that might be on Europa—far from the Sun, and beneath kilometres of ice—it will not be sunlight.
B. The final ingredient for a habitable world is a source of energy for life to exploit.
C. On Earth almost every living thing ultimately depends on photosynthesis for its energy, including the rich ecosystems in the ocean depths, discovered in the 1980s and which helped the idea of life on Europa gain a foothold.
D. Their inhabitants do not benefit from sunlight directly, but their metabolisms are powered by chemicals created in the photosynthesising, oxygen-rich surface oceans far above.
E. That is a bit of a problem.

Which of the following sequences is the MOST logically ordered?

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Explanatory Answer

Of the given sentences, only B or C can be opening sentences. The others start with a pronoun or contain pronouns that do not make sense if the sentence is placed first. So, we narrow down the answer options to the ones starting with B or C. Sentence E labels something as a problem. This sentence makes sense only when it follows sentences A or D: Europa not having sunlight can be labelled a bit of a problem, or, inhabitants being powered by chemicals created in oceans far above can be described as a bit of a problem. But the sentence order CE does not make sense. That every living thing on Earth depends on photosynthesis for its energy cannot be labelled a 'bit of a problem': it does not make logical sense in the given context. So, we rule out the sentence order in option C. Option B, with the order BAECD is the correct choice.

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The answer is 'B, A, E, C, D'

Choice B is the correct answer.

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