Multiple choice

Directions: The following passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S2, respectively. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and indicate your answer accordingly.

S1: When you are born, you are toothless. S2: After a certain age though, these permanent kind of teeth start to fall off as well. P: Every human being gets two sets of teeth which means that the first set is merely milk teeth, which completes its task within a few years and falls off. Q: These teeth then keep on supporting the need of biting, chewing and such for the rest of the life. R: Then the set of teeth that emerges is of the permanent kind. S: After spending a few months on Earth, you start to gain these appendages.

  1. PSQR

  2. SPRQ

  3. RSQP

  4. QPRS

  5. .
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. S1 introduces the topic (toothless when born), this connects with S (after a few years on Earth you get teeth). This connects to P (milk teeth for the first few years). P connects to R (permanent teeth after a few years). This is followed by Q (functions of permanent teeth for the rest of the life). S2 concludes the passage by connecting with Q (permanent teeth fall off as well).

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