Which of the following are arranged in the order of increasing connotation?

Correct option is A

In this context, connotation refers to the specificity or number of attributes associated with a term. As we move from broader to more specific categories, the connotation increases because each successive term adds more specific attributes or characteristics.
· Vertebrates: A broad category with many types of animals that have a backbone.
· Mammals: More specific than vertebrates, adding attributes like warm-blooded and having fur or hair.
· Canine: More specific than mammals, focusing on a group that includes dogs and other similar animals.
· Labradors: A specific breed within the canine family, adding even more specific characteristics.
Thus, (a) Vertebrates, mammals, canine, labradors is arranged in order of increasing connotation, as each term becomes more specific and carries more detailed attributes.
Information Booster: · (b) Mammals, vertebrates, canine, labradors and (c) Canine, labradors, mammals, vertebrates do not follow a consistent increase in specificity or connotation.
· (d) Labradors, canine, mammals, vertebrates is arranged in decreasing connotation, starting with the most specific and moving to the most general.
· Increasing connotation means moving from general to specific, where each successive term has more defining characteristics.