Direction: Given below is a set of statements, not necessarily in the correct order. You are required to identify the correct sequence from the options given below and mark that as your answer.

A. To be sure, the growth even in this key area trails the pace of 9.8% that was reported in April 2018 by a wide margin.

B. Hearteningly, capital goods, a sector that serves as a closely tracked proxy for business spending intentions, posted a 2.5% expansion, snapping three straight months of contraction.

C. In fact, manufacturing output growth, which had decelerated sharply from the pace of 8.2% in October to a revised level of less than 0.1% in March, rebounded to a four-month high of 2.8%.

D. A look at the use-based classification reveals that all six segments were in positive territory, with only infrastructure and construction goods marking a slowdown providing cause for some concern.

E. Industrial output rose 3.4% in April, buoyed by a generally broad-based revival that saw electricity, mining and even manufacturing post fast growth.

F. Industrial activity in the new financial year appears to have started on a healthier note than the trend witnessed in the last quarter of the previous fiscal, the government’s latest quick estimates show.

Q:

Which among the following will be the SECOND sentence after the re-arrangement?

• 1
  A
• 2
  B
• 3
  C
• 4
  D
• 5
  E