The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, from a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) the impression that corruption is a universal phenomenon persists and the people do not co-operate in checking this evil

(B) so there is hardly anything that the government can do about it now.

(C) it is regrettable that there is a widespread corruption in the country

(D) Recently several offenders were brought to book, but they were not given deterrent punishment.

The correct option is C D A B.

To construct a logical and coherent paragraph, let us analyze the flow of ideas sentence by sentence:

1. Sentence (C) serves as the ideal introductory sentence because it introduces the main topic of discussion: "it is regrettable that there is a widespread corruption in the country".

2. Sentence (D) logically follows sentence (C) by elaborating on recent actions taken against this widespread corruption and highlighting a specific issue: "Recently several offenders were brought to book, but they were not given deterrent punishment."

3. Sentence (A) connects directly to the outcome mentioned in (D), explaining the consequence of weak punishments: "the impression that corruption is a universal phenomenon persists and the people do not co-operate in checking this evil".

4. Sentence (B) concludes the paragraph logically by stating the final result of public non-cooperation and persisting corruption: "so there is hardly anything that the government can do about it now."

Therefore, the correct sequence is C D A B.