Arrange the following in a meaningful order: (i) Plan (ii) Revise (iii) Publish (iv) Think (v) Write

The sequence runs from idea to finished product: Think (iv) generates the idea, Plan (i) gives it structure, Write (v) produces the draft, Revise (ii) improves it, and Publish (iii) releases it. So the answer is C.

Why the others fail:

• A reverses the process, starting with publishing and ending with thinking. Nobody publishes before writing.
• B puts planning first, but you cannot plan a piece before you have thought about what it should say. Thinking comes before planning.
• D places Write after Publish and Revise at the end, which breaks the logic: you cannot publish an unwritten draft and revise only after publication.

The core concept is the stages of a writing or research process, a reasoning item that appears in UPPSC general studies papers. In Mains answer writing the same discipline applies: think about the question, plan the structure, write, then revise within the time limit. Ordering questions reward a clear picture of how each step depends on the previous one.

Trap: Candidates pick B because Plan looks like the natural starting word. Ask what must exist before a plan can be made, and the answer is a thought.