Paragraph Formation - English (MCQ) for Bank, MBA, CAT, MAT, GMAT, SSC for Q. 28017
Q. A. In such cases, services may get affected immediately, as the links to the ATMs, POS or other electronic networks are brought down.
B. As the systems go out of action, the damaging effects on banking services increase rapidly.
C. The consequential costs of a serious systems failure, therefore, can far exceed the costs of replacing damaged equipment, data or software.
D. Particularly damaging effect is on the environments wherein IT is being used for online, real-time processing.
E. An insufficient processing capacity to cope with the additional load may also lead to suspension of the banking facility unless adequate contingency plan has been specified and tested beforehand.- Published on 01 Mar 17a. ABEDC
b. BDAEC
c. CEADB
d. ABCDE
ANSWER: BDAEC
The opening sentence here should be B, as it introduces us to the problems and damaging effects on banking services.
D logically follows B as it specifies the areas damaged.
The next sentence should be A, as it describes the results or effects of the damage and the services that are brought down.
The last sentence here should be C which concludes the paragraph describing the consequences and costs of failure of systems.
The correct sequence should be “BDAEC”
