A. According to the agreement, the people living on the island were shifted to Mauritius' main island, and the British paid some compensation for their rehabilitation.
B. Diego Garcia, a small island in the Indian Ocean was a part of the Group of Islands of Mauritius.
C. Today, it is a base of high strategic significance.
D. When Mauritius' independence was negotiated with the British in 1965 the colonial power insisted on the condition that Diego Garcia would continue to remain a British possession.
E. The British leased out the island to U.S.A. which set up a nuclear military base.
A. According to the agreement, the people living on the island were shifted to Mauritius' main island, and the British paid some compensation for their rehabilitation.
B. Diego Garcia, a small island in the Indian Ocean was a part of the Group of Islands of Mauritius.
C. Today, it is a base of high strategic significance.
D. When Mauritius' independence was negotiated with the British in 1965 the colonial power insisted on the condition that Diego Garcia would continue to remain a British possession.
E. The British leased out the island to U.S.A. which set up a nuclear military base.
The correct option is B BDAEC
Solution:
Statement E cannot start the paragraph because of the word 'the island', which indicates that it has already been mentioned in a previous statement. Among B and D only statement B appears to be the right choice because in statement D there is no explanation for Diego Garcia. Hence D is a continuation of a previous statement. Among B and D, choice D cannot be the answer because there is no time agreements between statements C and A and E and D. Hence B is the obvious choice.
BDAEC
Solution:
Statement E cannot start the paragraph because of the word 'the island', which indicates that it has already been mentioned in a previous statement. Among B and D only statement B appears to be the right choice because in statement D there is no explanation for Diego Garcia. Hence D is a continuation of a previous statement. Among B and D, choice D cannot be the answer because there is no time agreements between statements C and A and E and D. Hence B is the obvious choice.
