Multiple choice

Directions: In this question, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The other four sentences P, Q, R and S have been jumbled up. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: There is a touching story of professor Amit visiting Pattlipur as he lay desperately ill in hospital at Pune. S6: It is the lowest number that can be expressed in two different ways as the sum of two cubes. P : No. Amit, that is the not a dull number in the very least. Q : Amit, who was a very shy man, could not find the words for his distress. R : It was 1829. S : The best he could do, as he got to the besides was: “I say, Pattlipur, I thought the number of the taxi I came down in was a very dull number”. What is the proper sequence?

  1. PRSQ

  2. QSRP

  3. QSPR

  4. SQRP

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct sequence is Q-S-R-P. Q establishes Amit's distress. S describes what he actually said about the taxi number. R reveals the number was 1829. P contains Pattlipur's response about it not being a dull number. This creates a logical dialogue with the mathematical fact (about 1729 being expressible as sum of two cubes in two ways) mentioned in S6.