Para Jumble - Server History
XAT 2024 · Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning · Medium · Verbal Ability
Read the following statements and answer the question that follows.
A. Back then, they were owned by companies and installed on their premises. B. Rooms and servers began to replace computer mainframes in the 1990's. C. These were supplemented by processors from Intel, which by the mid-2000s translated its dominance of PC semiconductors into a near monopoly of the server market. D. They mostly ran on chips made by IBM and HP, the big tech of the day. E. Things started to change once again around a decade ago, when Amazon began selling some of its spare server capacity.
Which of the following combinations is the MOST logically ordered
- A.
A, B, C, D, E
- B.
E, A, D, C, B
- C.
B, A, D, C, E
- D.
E, D, C, B, A
- E.
B, E, C, D, A
C
Explanation
B introduces the topic (1990s replace mainframes). A follows naturally referring to those servers. D elaborates on chips of that day. C moves to mid-2000s with Intel. E concludes with Amazon's cloud computing era.
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