Arrange the hydrological/seasonal terms into a meaningful natural cycle. Items: a. Ocean, b. Rain, c. Clouds, d. River, e. Monsoon.

Introduction / Context:
This sequence models a simplified monsoon-driven water cycle. Seasonal winds (monsoon) promote moisture advection and cloud formation that produce rainfall over land; water collects into rivers and ultimately returns to the ocean.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Elements: Monsoon (wind regime), Clouds (condensed moisture), Rain (precipitation), River (runoff channel), Ocean (ultimate reservoir).
• We assume monsoon onset initiates the chain for this problem’s logic.

Concept / Approach:
A coherent chain is: Monsoon → Clouds → Rain → River → Ocean. Although evaporation from the ocean precedes clouds physically, the item uses “Monsoon” as the practical trigger, then follows the visible hydrological path back to the ocean.

Step-by-Step Solution:
(e) Monsoon drives moist air.(c) Clouds form by condensation.(b) Rain falls over land.(d) Rivers convey runoff.(a) Ocean receives the discharge.

Verification / Alternative check:
Check adjacency: clouds must precede rain; rivers flow after rain; the ocean is a terminal sink in this simplified loop.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
They either place rain before clouds or sandwich monsoon late in the sequence, which breaks causality in this framing.

Common Pitfalls:

• Confusing the larger perpetual water cycle (evaporation → condensation) with this monsoon-anchored logical chain. Here, “Monsoon” is the entry point.

Final Answer:
e, c, b, d, a.