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 : One winter afternoon, she had been buying something in a little antique shop in Curzon Street. S6 : He clasped his hands; he was so gratified, could scarcely speak. P : Therefore, she visited this shop once again. Q : It was a shop she always liked to visit. R : He beamed whenever she came in. S : And the man who kept it was very fond of serving her. The proper sequence should be

  1. P S Q R

  2. Q P S R

  3. P R Q S

  4. Q S P R
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D Correct answer
Explanation

We have the cue words ‘shop’ and ‘she’ in S1. So Q comes next. Next comes S as it describes the man who runs the shop. Next is P as the cue word ‘again’ is given. S6 gives cue (he) to the preceding sentence, R.

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