Rearrange the following phrases into a meaningful sentence.

The beginning of the sentence has been given below. Read the options and find out which of the four combinations is correct:-

The point is that both ecology and resource management science……………. .

(A) and mechanistic worldview, shaped by the utilitarian premise

(B) of the industrial age, had more to say

(C) about the human mission to extract rather than to conserve

(D) that developed under the conventional

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

The correct option is (D), (A), (B), (C).

To arrange the phrases into a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence, let us analyze the structural connections step-by-step:
1. Identifying the Subject and Modifier: The sentence begins with the main subject: "The point is that both ecology and resource management science...". This subject needs a modifier or a verb. Looking at the options, phrase (D) starts with the relative pronoun "that" ("that developed under the conventional"), which serves to modify "ecology and resource management science". Therefore, (D) must follow the opening clause.
2. Connecting the Adjectives: Phrase (D) ends with the adjective "conventional". A coordinating conjunction is required to connect it to another descriptor. Phrase (A) starts with "and" followed by another adjective and noun phrase: "and mechanistic worldview, shaped by the utilitarian premise". Thus, (A) directly follows (D), forming "...conventional and mechanistic worldview...".
3. Completing the Prepositional Phrase: Phrase (A) ends with the noun phrase "...shaped by the utilitarian premise". Phrase (B) begins with "of the industrial age", which logically qualifies the "utilitarian premise" (i.e., "utilitarian premise of the industrial age"). Phrase (B) also introduces the main verb phrase for the subject: "had more to say".
4. Connecting to the Object: The phrase "had more to say" in (B) requires a prepositional object to explain what they had to say about. Phrase (C) completes this thought: "about the human mission to extract rather than to conserve".

Combining these in the sequence (D) → (A) → (B) → (C) yields the complete, coherent sentence:
"The point is that both ecology and resource management science that developed under the conventional and mechanistic worldview, shaped by the utilitarian premise of the industrial age, had more to say about the human mission to extract rather than to conserve."