Multiple choice

Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark accordingly on the answer sheet.

S1 : Of men’s earliest inventions we know very little. S6 : Once man had fire, he was the master of all lower creatures. P : Man used stick and stone long before he dared to meddle with fire. Q : The first was to use a stone to crack a nut. R : The next was the use of a stick to strike an enemy. S : It was only a step further that he made a rude weapon by fastening a stone to the end of a stick. The proper sequence should be

  1. P Q R S

  2. Q R S P

  3. S P R Q

  4. S R Q P

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Opening statement defines the sequence. The word ‘first’ in Q indicates it needs to come first and the indicating words ‘next’, ‘step further’ define the next 2 sentence sequence.