English and Logical Reasoning Prep GuideEnglishParagraph Organization
Directions: In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound). The Firefox project had undergone several name changes. Originally titled Phoenix, it was renamed because of trademark issues with P
Options
- AAs of August 2011, Firefox was the second most widely used browser, with approximately 30% of worldwide usage
- BPhoenix Technologies sued the Mozilla Foundation for trademark infringement.
- CThe Mozilla Foundation then came up with the replacement name, Firebird.
- DThe replacement name, Firefox, provoked an intense response from the Firefox free database software project.
Correct answer
D. The replacement name, Firefox, provoked an intense response from the Firefox free database software project.
Step-by-step solution
Option A is incorrect because there is no logical continuity with the rest of the paragraph. Option B is incorrect as well for the same reason as mentioned for option A. “Continuing pressure from the database server’s development community forced” the change of name from Mozilla Firebird to Mozilla Firefox clearly indicating that the blank sentence has got to do with Firebird. Option C is absurd as well because there is no logical continuity with the next sentence which starts with, “In resp