Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question the passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are marked as P, Q, R, S. Arrange the sentences in their correct order after reading carefully. S1. Travellers coming in contact with strange people, habitually propitiate them by gifts. P. It is from the last of these that gift-making as a ceremony proceeds. Q. Gratification caused by the worth of the thing given, tends to beget a friendly mood in the person approached. R. Two results are achieved. S. Also, there is a tacit expression of the donor’s desire to please, which has a like effect. S6. Present-making, thus becomes a propitiatory act, apart from the value of the thing presented.

  1. SPRQ

  2. PQSR

  3. RPQS

  4. RQSP

  5. RSQP
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct choice because the sentence order follows logically. The first sentence in this option is placed correctly, as it follows the introductory sentence logically. The habit of giving gifts to strange people by travellers achieves two results. The next sentence mentions the first benefit i.e. the mood becomes friendly and the next sentence mentions that the tacit expression of the donor to please also has a desired effect of making the receiver like the donor. Finally the last sentence informs us that this is what created gift making as a ceremony. Lastly the sentence S6 also logically follows this by summing up the act of gift making.

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