Multiple choice

Directions: In the following items each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. There are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out of the proper sequence of the four sentences.

S1 : No one knows when tea was first discovered, or how it came to be such a popular drink. S6 : It was called Cha's Ching which, translated, means Tea Scripture. P : By the eight century A.D. most Chinese were drinking tea, both because they liked it as a beverage and for its medicinal value. Q : Tea was so popular that one of th most distinguished poets of the 'T' ang dynasty, a man called Lu Yu, even wrote a holy scripture about it. R : The beverage is generally accepted to have originated in China hundreds of years ago. S : Records going back to the fourth century A.D. refer to tea.

  1. S R Q P

  2. Q R P S

  3. R S P Q

  4. S P Q R

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The passage begins with the discovery of tea (S1) and logically moves to its origin in China (R). It then follows a chronological order from the fourth century (S) to the eighth century (P), concluding with the mention of the first scripture on tea (Q) which matches the title given in S6.