RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM) 2019 · Question 119 of 120

Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below. (A) Other resources are also heavily over-exploited in many of these regions. Depletion is causing economic and social distress in rural areas, though the manifestation is different in different settings. (B) The government finance for well digging and pump installation with capital subsidies, massive rural electrification and pervasive energy subsidies all have enabled this process to aggravate. (C) Groundwater is the backbone of rural economy in both semi-arid and arid regions of India. (D) In the alluvial areas of Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, water tables keep falling, increasing the cost of pumping. (E) The past four decades have witnessed an explosion in well numbers in these regions for irrigated farming. (F) Moreover, in the hard rock areas of AP, Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra, there are rampant well failures and seasonal depletion. Which among the following becomes the SECOND statement of the paragraph after rearrangement?

English Language

1. AA. A
2. BB. B
3. CC. ECorrect
4. DD. F
5. EE. C