Given below are four jumbled parts of a sentence. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. encouraged interest
B. the invention of the printing press
C. and reading
D. in the writing of books

Correct option is D

Option (d) is the correct order of the given sentences.
Explanation:
· The sentence begins with “the invention of the printing press” (B), which is the subject of the statement.
· It is followed by “encouraged interest” (A), which tells what effect the invention had.
· Next comes “in the writing of books” (D), showing the area where the interest grew.
· Finally, “and reading” (C) completes the parallel idea connected with “writing.”
· Thus, the logical and grammatically correct sequence is BADC, forming the sentence:
· “The invention of the printing press encouraged interest in the writing of books and reading.”
· The structure maintains coherence and a cause-effect relationship.